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by kartik1979 » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:16 am
Over his 65-year life span, Hughes, one of America’s most enduring writers and a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s, will have published hundreds of poems, plus novels, short stories, autobiographies, librettos, essays and children’s books.
A. will have published hundreds of poems, plus novels, short stories, autobiographies, librettos, essays and children’s books.
B. is publishing hundreds of poems, plus novels, short stories, autobiographies, librettos, essays and children’s books.
C. would have published hundreds of poems, plus novels, short stories, autobiographies, librettos, essays and children’s books.
D. will publish hundreds of poems, plus novels, short stories, autobiographies, librettos, essays and children’s books.
E. would publish hundreds of poems, plus novels, short stories, autobiographies, librettos, essays and children’s books.

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by gmat740 » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:47 am
https://www.beatthegmat.com/is-c-better- ... 34138.html

Why do you ask the same question under different threads??
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by cramya » Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:13 pm
Hi Karthik,
Not sure if u still have a question despite the the other post.

But anyways:

The main subject is Hughes and we are talking about something in the past (1920's) so would is the right usage. IMO Verb tense error is what we are looking for here.

Will refers to something he might do in the near futrue and the meaning of the sentence becomes obscure.

C is better than E since E says would publish i.e something that is going to happen whereas we want to convey something that has happenned which C does it correctly.

Hope this helps!

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CR
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