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If the proposed expenditures for gathering information abroad are reduced even further, international news reports have been and will continue to diminish in number and quality.
(A) have been and will continue to diminish
(B) have and will continue to diminish
(C) will continue to diminish, as they already did,
(D) will continue to diminish, as they have already,
(E) will continue to diminish
OA is E
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Well, this is a problem related to redundancy and clarity of meaning.
"will continue to diminish" implies that the reduction has been happening till this date, making "have been" and all its form redundant.
Hope this helps.
"will continue to diminish" implies that the reduction has been happening till this date, making "have been" and all its form redundant.
Hope this helps.
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''will continue to diminish'' clearly suggests that its already in diminishing state andwill continue the same.fx678 wrote:Please delete this post anyway if similar post already exists.
If the proposed expenditures for gathering information abroad are reduced even further, international news reports have been and will continue to diminish in number and quality.
(A) have been and will continue to diminish.
(B) have and will continue to diminish
(C) will continue to diminish, as they already did,
(D) will continue to diminish, as they have already,
(E) will continue to diminish
OA is E
Please can some one explain in detail? Thanks~[spoiler][/spoiler]
In all other options one part is redundancy like 'have been' in A.
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I see. Thus this problem intended to check redundancy, not tense. Thank you, suchoudh.suchoudh wrote:Well, this is a problem related to redundancy and clarity of meaning.
"will continue to diminish" implies that the reduction has been happening till this date, making "have been" and all its form redundant.
Hope this helps.
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If the proposed expenditures for gathering information abroad are reduced even further, international news reports have been and will continue to diminish in number and quality.
(A) have been and will continue to diminish
(B) have and will continue to diminish
(C) will continue to diminish, as they already did,
(D) will continue to diminish, as they have already,
(E) will continue to diminish
Underlined for the lazy people who like to read it like that
Also, I think the answer is E[/i]
(A) have been and will continue to diminish
(B) have and will continue to diminish
(C) will continue to diminish, as they already did,
(D) will continue to diminish, as they have already,
(E) will continue to diminish
Underlined for the lazy people who like to read it like that
Also, I think the answer is E[/i]
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This problem is primarily testing clarity of meaning, but it is also testing verb tense. When it says "have been and will continue to diminish," the parallel structure would suggest "have been [continue to diminish] and will continue to diminish." This doesn't make any sense.fx678 wrote:I see. Thus this problem intended to check redundancy, not tense. Thank you, suchoudh.suchoudh wrote:Well, this is a problem related to redundancy and clarity of meaning.
"will continue to diminish" implies that the reduction has been happening till this date, making "have been" and all its form redundant.
Hope this helps.
The have been and will are both parts of compound verbs, and the parallel structure with and requires that they share the rest of the compound verb. For example, I could say "he has been and will be studying for the GMAT." This implies "has been [studying] and will be studying." The present participle works with both of these, so it's ok to use this parallel structure.
In A, B, C, and D here, the verb tenses won't work in a parallel structure.
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If the proposed expenditures for gathering information abroad are reduced even further, international news reports have been and will continue to diminish in number and quality.
(A) have been and will continue to diminish - redundant continue to diminsh implies that it has been diminishing
(B) have and will continue to diminish - redunant - same explaination
(C) will continue to diminish, as they already did, - redundant
(D) will continue to diminish, as they have already, - again redundant
(E) will continue to diminish - crisp and clear without any redundancy
(A) have been and will continue to diminish - redundant continue to diminsh implies that it has been diminishing
(B) have and will continue to diminish - redunant - same explaination
(C) will continue to diminish, as they already did, - redundant
(D) will continue to diminish, as they have already, - again redundant
(E) will continue to diminish - crisp and clear without any redundancy
