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by aspirant2011 » Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:37 am
A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction of the caribou into northern Minnesota would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than one wolf for every 39 square miles.
(A) would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than
(B) would fail provided the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more than
(C) should fail if the timber wolf density in that region was greater than
(D) will fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is greater than
(E) will fail if the timber wolf density in that region were more numerous than


I am confused bw D and E.............................

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by Night reader » Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:29 am
apparently it's D, simple as that conditional - real
aspirant2011 wrote:A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction of the caribou into northern Minnesota would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than one wolf for every 39 square miles.
(A) would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than
(B) would fail provided the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more than
(C) should fail if the timber wolf density in that region was greater than
(D) will fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is greater than
(E) will fail if the timber wolf density in that region were more numerous than



I am confused bw D and E.............................

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by aspirant2011 » Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:35 am
Hi Nightreader,

I have one doubt in this i.e is the sentence not using subjunctive mood i,e "if the density of the timber wolf population"...................so shouldn't we take this sentence in the following manner "if I were a pilot"?????

i selected E because I fell for subjunctive mood :-(
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by Night reader » Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:38 am
the one you selected "subject ... would, IF subject ... were " conditional - unreal, needs to follow this rule, i.e. not will BUT would
aspirant2011 wrote:Hi Nightreader,

I have one doubt in this i.e is the sentence not using subjunctive mood i,e "if the density of the timber wolf population"...................so shouldn't we take this sentence in the following manner "if I were a pilot"?????

i selected E because I fell for subjunctive mood :-(
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by aspirant2011 » Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:59 am
means u wana say that subject over here is "density" and is unreal therefore the subjunctive mood is not valid, am i right?????
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by Night reader » Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:17 am
A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction of the caribou into northern Minnesota would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than one wolf for every 39 square miles.

original sentence above, three cases are possible
1) regular action - no conditionals
2) real conditionals, and
3) unreal conditionals

we don't know what is the idea conveyed by author in this sentence - i.e. regular, real or unreal - unless we follow the grammatical structure of this sentence

none of the answer choices are correctly reflecting the conditionals except for D

A-violates with "would+is" SHOULD BE "will +is" OR "would+were"
B-does so with "would, confusion with provided ... + is" SHOULD BE "will +is" OR "would+were"
C-"should +was" ------- the same
D-correctly put as "will+is"
E-incorrect "will + were" SHOULD BE "will +is" OR "would+were"

aspirant2011 wrote:means u wana say that subject over here is "density" and is unreal therefore the subjunctive mood is not valid, am i right?????
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by aspirant2011 » Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:52 pm
Thanks a lot nightreader.................i got it :-)
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by AIM GMAT » Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:38 am
A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction of the caribou into northern Minnesota would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than one wolf for every 39 square miles.

(A) would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than

(B) would fail provided the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more than


(C) should fail if the timber wolf density in that region was greater than


(D) will fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is greater than

(E) will fail if the timber wolf density in that region were more numerous than

POpulation density can be greater not numerous.
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