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by shekhar.kataria » Mon Apr 02, 2012 11:13 pm
Even though she didn't anticipate to implement it, the advertising manager agreed with the personal manager's proposal to strengthen her department.

A) to implement it, the advertising manager agreed with the personal

B) implementing it, the advertising manager agreed with the personal

C) implementing it, the advertising manager agreed with the personnel

D) to implement it, the advertising manager agreed with the personnel

E) implementing it, the advertising manager agreed to the personnel

OA:- E

My DOubt:- [spoiler]Why cant we used anticipate to implement here. and wouldn't anticipate implementing be wrong in the sense that it uses two verbs together.[/spoiler] [/u]
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by top_business_2011 » Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:35 am
shekhar.kataria wrote:Even though she didn't anticipate to implement it, the advertising manager agreed with the personal manager's proposal to strengthen her department.

A) to implement it, the advertising manager agreed with the personal

B) implementing it, the advertising manager agreed with the personal

C) implementing it, the advertising manager agreed with the personnel

D) to implement it, the advertising manager agreed with the personnel

E) implementing it, the advertising manager agreed to the personnel

OA:- E

My DOubt:- [spoiler]Why cant we used anticipate to implement here. and wouldn't anticipate implementing be wrong in the sense that it uses two verbs together.[/spoiler] [/u]
Yes the answer is E.

1. In the context of this question, 'agree' has to be followed by 'to'.
You agree with a person, but you agree to an idea or a proposal.
Therefore, choices A, B,C, D are all out!
This leaves you with the only correct statement: the one in choice E.

2. 'Anticipate' shall be followed by a gerund, and not by an infinitive. Choice A and D are out using this criterion.
E.g., I anticipate arriving late...Correct
I anticipate to arrive late...Incorrect
Well, if you follow this path to the answer, you will be left with choices B,C and E, and thus you need to spot other errors to make the cut. Note also that you should use, in this context, 'Personnel manager', not 'Personal manager'. And like that you can zero in on the answer.

I hope it is now clear.
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by killer1387 » Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:48 am
Both anticipate to X and anticipate -ing are correct.

This question can be solved just by correct usage of agree with /to.
Only E has correct usage and hence correct.
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by avik.ch » Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:59 pm
killer1387 wrote:Both anticipate to X and anticipate -ing are correct.
I too agree with you - I do not think this is the split here.
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by top_business_2011 » Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:08 pm
killer1387 wrote:Both anticipate to X and anticipate -ing are correct.

This question can be solved just by correct usage of agree with /to.
Only E has correct usage and hence correct.
Not at all!
'Anticipate' is one among the many words that get followed only by gerunds( -ing form).

E.g., I anticipate getting the issue handled by tomorrow. [ Grammatically correct]
I anticipate to get the issue handled by tomorrow. [ Grammatically incorrect]
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by killer1387 » Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:28 pm
top_business_2011 wrote:
killer1387 wrote:Both anticipate to X and anticipate -ing are correct.

This question can be solved just by correct usage of agree with /to.
Only E has correct usage and hence correct.
Not at all!
'Anticipate' is one among the many words that get followed only by gerunds( -ing form).

E.g., I anticipate getting the issue handled by tomorrow. [ Grammatically correct]
I anticipate to get the issue handled by tomorrow. [ Grammatically incorrect]
I have encountered all these below

1) Anticipate X; X=noun
2) Anticipate that Y; Y=clause
3) Anticipate to .. do something/ be something

there may be more in the list but in the present question there is no issue of anticipate usage.
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by avik.ch » Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:44 pm
top_business_2011 wrote:
killer1387 wrote:Both anticipate to X and anticipate -ing are correct.

This question can be solved just by correct usage of agree with /to.
Only E has correct usage and hence correct.
Not at all!
'Anticipate' is one among the many words that get followed only by gerunds( -ing form).

E.g., I anticipate getting the issue handled by tomorrow. [ Grammatically correct]
I anticipate to get the issue handled by tomorrow. [ Grammatically incorrect]
How can you prove this to be gramatically correct or incorrect.

"anticipate" as a transitive verb can be followed by anything that is a noun or a noun clause.
1) Anticipate X; X=noun
2) Anticipate that Y; Y=clause --- "that.." signify noun clause
3) Anticipate to .. do something/ be something -- yes "infinitives"
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by top_business_2011 » Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:41 am
avik.ch wrote:
top_business_2011 wrote:
killer1387 wrote:Both anticipate to X and anticipate -ing are correct.

This question can be solved just by correct usage of agree with /to.
Only E has correct usage and hence correct.
Not at all!
'Anticipate' is one among the many words that get followed only by gerunds( -ing form).

E.g., I anticipate getting the issue handled by tomorrow. [ Grammatically correct]
I anticipate to get the issue handled by tomorrow. [ Grammatically incorrect]
How can you prove this to be gramatically correct or incorrect.

"anticipate" as a transitive verb can be followed by anything that is a noun or a noun clause.
1) Anticipate X; X=noun
2) Anticipate that Y; Y=clause --- "that.." signify noun clause
3) Anticipate to .. do something/ be something -- yes "infinitives"
Yes, 'anticipate' can get followed by a noun or a clause, but my statement that the word should be followed by a gerund was meant to be understood in the context of the question under consideration.

It's grammatically correct to say: She didn't anticipate implementing it. But it's grammatically incorrect to say: she didn't anticipate to implement it. Well, you can go get this in your grammar book. Or do 'Google' that!
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:09 am
If anticipate is followed by a verb form, it must be a gerund. https://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/ ... ge/gerunds
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by shekhar.kataria » Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:31 pm
Hi Bill

I posted some of the verbs, which are supposed to follow gerund after it. Can you please check that the list is for sure. Please revert.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/list-of-verb ... tml#462459

Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:If anticipate is followed by a verb form, it must be a gerund. https://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/ ... ge/gerunds
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by lunarpower » Thu Apr 12, 2012 3:30 am
i received a private message regarding this thread.
killer1387 wrote:Both anticipate to X and anticipate -ing are correct.
no.
only the latter of these is correct. however, this is the type of idiom split that gmac has basically phased out of the current version of the exam, so you can rest easy.
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