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by gmattestprep » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:00 pm
IMO: A

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by anju » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:35 pm
imo: D

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by vivek.kapoor83 » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:31 pm
imo D.
because .............predicted the process ............to gradually undermine ethinicity.

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by thegmatbeater » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:47 pm
Yes I thought like you but D is not the answer:(

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by gmattestprep » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:55 pm
whats the OA?

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by ska7945 » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:03 am
imo a
oa?
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by mayur00 » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:11 am
IMO A

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by warlock » Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:53 pm
E ????

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by P_mashru » Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:43 pm
focus here is on prediction and author is mentioning about prediction while writing this sentence today.

would is required as conjuction and hence answer A.

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by mals24 » Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:43 am
IMO A

Predicted uses past tense i.e. the scholarly wisdom had predicted in the past, Hence we should use the verb would.

That eliminates options B,D & E

C is not worded properly

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by anju » Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:04 pm
thegmatbeater wrote:Yes I thought like you but D is not the answer:(
When I again read the question, I found that I was wrong in my OA, it should be A not D. Here's my reasoning
Earlier I thot "predict" to be a part of hopes, request, desire world which are "wishes" but predict is something that one predict would happen and hence a that + to be verb will not be correct. predict should be followed by a would.

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by vivek.kapoor83 » Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:07 pm
IMO was D but after reading it again and again and by seeing the starting ....Contary to scholars.........then it looks like A.
OA ???????????
Experts Please help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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by duke » Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:11 pm
vivek.kapoor83 wrote:IMO was D but after reading it again and again and by seeing the starting ....Contary to scholars.........then it looks like A.
OA ???????????
Experts Please help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ANS should be either D or E. NO way to have "would" in place here. Your OA please...
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by apurohit » Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:09 pm
IMO: E
OA please.