The health commissioner said that the government had implemented strict measures to eradicate the contaminated food and, despite the recent illnesses, it will try to prevent the outbreak from recurring in the future.
a it will try
b that it tried
c it had tried
d it would have tried
e that it would try
E
ps: i knw that q has been posted before.. but i stil find this confusing
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Crux portion of the sentences&s wrote:The health commissioner said that the government had implemented strict measures to eradicate the contaminated food and, despite the recent illnesses, it will try to prevent the outbreak from recurring in the future.
a it will try
b that it tried
c it had tried
d it would have tried
e that it would try
E
ps: i knw that q has been posted before.. but i stil find this confusing
thanks.
The health commissioner said .....to prevent the outbreak from recurring in the future.
Since, Commisioner refers to future actions, all the past tenses " tried" can be eliminated ( B C D)
We need "that" for parallellsim
The health commissioner said
that the government had implemented
and
that it would try
Choose E
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IMO E
past tense of will is would....
commissioner said -----past tense....
past tense of will is would....
commissioner said -----past tense....
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iamcste, isn't this a great example for correct usage of PRONOUN...so we exactly know what IT refers to..iamcste wrote:Crux portion of the sentences&s wrote:The health commissioner said that the government had implemented strict measures to eradicate the contaminated food and, despite the recent illnesses, it will try to prevent the outbreak from recurring in the future.
a it will try
b that it tried
c it had tried
d it would have tried
e that it would try
E
ps: i knw that q has been posted before.. but i stil find this confusing
thanks.
The health commissioner said .....to prevent the outbreak from recurring in the future.
Since, Commisioner refers to future actions, all the past tenses " tried" can be eliminated ( B C D)
We need "that" for parallellsim
The health commissioner said
that the government had implemented
and
that it would try
Choose E
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