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by [email protected] » Mon May 26, 2008 4:31 pm
The Coast Guard is conducting tests to see whether pigeons can be trained to help find survivors of wrecks at sea.

A. to see whether pigeons can be trained to help find
B. to see whether pigeons can be trained as help to find
C. to see if pigeons can be trained for helping to find
D. that see if pigeons are able to be trained in helping to find
E. that see whether pigeons are able to be trained for help in finding

The correct answer per OG is A.

Whether should have 2 conditions right.Please explain how in this case it is right

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by jasonc » Mon May 26, 2008 10:51 pm
implied 'can't', can or can't be trained
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by rattanas » Mon May 26, 2008 11:26 pm
well other than whether or if;there is no other option which is correct...so A is correct
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by astrologer » Tue May 27, 2008 1:30 am
GMAT doesn't require 'weather' to have second part necessarily.
This trend can be seen in other questions of OG as well.
And remeber it always prefers 'weather' over 'if' when it comes to chosing between 2 options, although sentence many not have the second option written explicitly.

One more example of similar use of 'weather' is:

Critics of the trend toward privately operated prisons consider corrections facilities to be an integral part of
the criminal justice system and question if profits should be made from incarceration.
(A) to be an integral part of the criminal justice system and question if
(B) as an integral part of the criminal justice system and they question if
(C) as being an integral part of the criminal justice system and question whether
(D) an integral part of the criminal justice system and question weather
(E) are an integral part of the criminal justice system, and they question whether

Here the right answer is D.
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by rattanas » Tue May 27, 2008 2:07 am
hey...the example u have mentioned has the idiomatic error as consider dont need to be followed by preposition so D is rgt..nothin to do with whether or if
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by astrologer » Tue May 27, 2008 2:24 am
i didnt say it is right only because it uses 'weather' and not 'if'.. offcourse it doesnt has idiomatic flaws as other sentences have.
but it is right answer and has 'weather' used in it without explicitly mentioning the second option of the condition.
so i wanted to say that at many places they have accredited a sentence to be right although it has only one option of condition menioned.
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by rattanas » Tue May 27, 2008 7:56 am
Alrgt got ur point
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