Sentence Correction

A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could

The use of "that" in A and B is incorrect. It creates the incorrect construction "journalists...view nuclear power stations as unsafe...but that they will."

C removes "that", but still creates an incorrect construction: "journalists...view nuclear power stations as unsafe...but they will"

D correctly gives us a second verb to reflect the possible changes to the power stations: "journalists view nuclear power stations...but (journalists) think..."

E is not parallel "would or could be"

Looking for a further explanations.

OA is D

But anyone expert can explain it in detail?

Will / Would / Can / Could / etc...usage

i think this question is worthless. There isn't a way in which "will" can be made parallel to "could".

Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:The use of "that" in A and B is incorrect. It creates the incorrect construction "journalists...view nuclear power stations as unsafe...but that they will."

C removes "that", but still creates an incorrect construction: "journalists...view nuclear power stations as unsafe...but they will"

D correctly gives us a second verb to reflect the possible changes to the power stations: "journalists view nuclear power stations...but (journalists) think..."

E is not parallel "would or could be"

Bill, please explain the issue with E.
Why do you say

will be or could be is parallel
would or could be is not parallel

confuse mind wrote:

Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:The use of "that" in A and B is incorrect. It creates the incorrect construction "journalists...view nuclear power stations as unsafe...but that they will."

C removes "that", but still creates an incorrect construction: "journalists...view nuclear power stations as unsafe...but they will"

D correctly gives us a second verb to reflect the possible changes to the power stations: "journalists view nuclear power stations...but (journalists) think..."

E is not parallel "would or could be"

Bill, please explain the issue with E.
Why do you say

will be or could be is parallel
would or could be is not parallel

Date (1970/04/13)
Title Toward a Burger Court
Source https://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 92,00.html

Expanded context:

of Appeals might well have been allowed to interpret the meaning of " at once " in the light of " the various situations of the several school districts. " A Burger concurring opinion to another decision became an important part of Nixon's desegregation message three weeks ago. Burger urged the court to take future school cases that could " resolve some of the basic practical problems " of its past rulings, " including whether, as a constitutional matter, any particular racial balance must be achieved in the schools; to what extent school districts and zones may or must be altered; to what extent transportation may or must be provided. " # WELFARE. A five-man majority recently ruled that welfare recipients are constitutionally entitled to hearings before their stipends are cut off. Burger's dissent typified his view that the court should not intervene when other parts of Government have recently acted. Arguing that regulations going into effect this summer will give welfare clients the same rights as the court ruling, Burger rapped the majority's action as " another manifestation of the now-familiar constitutionalizing syndrome: once

Source information:
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Date (1944/08/29)
Title

Expanded context:

Fantastic! "' # H. L. Mencken, happy over the soldier-sailor fan mail that followed pocket-size reprinting of his autobiographical Happy Days and Heathen Days, exuberated with an old-fashioned Mencken slambang: " That is the difference between a soldier and a civilian. The letters you get from civilians come from those who don't like your books. " # Henry Ford, stuck with his March 19 prediction that the war would be over in two months, stuck to his story: " I had information at that time that led me to believe the war would or could be over within two months. I am sorry, as a lot of other people must be, that it is not over. " # Lew Ayres, onetime cinema glamor boy, now a gaunt and grizzled chaplain's aide at Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, decided that he had found what he had always wanted. The former " Dr. Kildare " * plans to enter a seminary after the Avar, eventually preach from a Congregational pulpit. Said he: " I want to continue this work,

karthikpandian19 wrote:A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could

Between D and E

I hope everyone will agree with me that there is no issue with they in D as it clearly refers to the antecedent - nuclear power stations.

I will prefer 'they' in D over 'the power stations' in E because as per context the same copy of noun should be used, which is best possible by the usage of pronouns - they, them, their. The usage 'the power stations' can refer to some other copy of the noun or power stations in general.

Secondly, would is used as future with respect to the past and will as the current future

scientists think .....will
scientists thought ....would

Hope the above makes sense....thanks!

can you justify usage of "could". please don't say that it is present in all options because we need to justify every element of option we choose

Between D and E:


"think they will be or could be" - this is correct because of verb tense. Relating to MGMAT SC book, they think (present) something will (future) happen

or

they thought (past) something would (past) happen

"think they would" - this is incorrect, because of the wrong verb tense.

hope this helps