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SC: Mayor of Tallahassee

by GmatKiss » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:47 am
By next month Ms. Jones will be mayor of Tallahassee for two years.

A. will be mayor of Tallahassee
B. will have been mayor of Tallahassee
C. would be mayor of Tallahassee
D. could have been mayor of Tallahassee
E. will become mayor of Tallahassee

OA after sometime!
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:07 am
GmatKiss wrote:By next month Ms. Jones will be mayor of Tallahassee for two years.

A. will be mayor of Tallahassee
B. will have been mayor of Tallahassee
C. would be mayor of Tallahassee
D. could have been mayor of Tallahassee
E. will become mayor of Tallahassee

OA after sometime!
IMO A
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by Calvin123 » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:22 am
IMO B.
What is OA?
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by GmatKiss » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:25 am
Calvin123 wrote:IMO B.
What is OA?
Please provide reasons for choosing it!
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by gunjan1208 » Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:01 am
I shall go with B also.

Reason: Future perfect continuous tense
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by gunjan1208 » Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:02 am
I shall go with B also.

Reason: Future perfect continuous tense
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by Calvin123 » Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:12 am
GmatKiss wrote:By next month Ms. Jones will be mayor of Tallahassee for two years.

A. will be mayor of Tallahassee
B. will have been mayor of Tallahassee
C. would be mayor of Tallahassee
D. could have been mayor of Tallahassee
E. will become mayor of Tallahassee

OA after sometime!
When we say 'By Next month, blah blah..', our intent is to say something has startd in past and by specified time in future(next month or hour or year) that work or thing will be completed that much only. So only future perfect progressive makes sense in such case.

I know i am not good at explaining the things.
I hope below link will help.

https://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/tenses.html#future perfect progressive
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by aspirant2011 » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:13 am
I will go with option A. Whats the OA?
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by dhonu121 » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:18 am
B is the correct answer.
we use perfect continuous tense for for/since.
Hence it should be will have been.
Will is used in place of would because it is talking about the future in the present.
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by aspirant2011 » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:01 am
dhonu121 wrote:B is the correct answer.
we use perfect continuous tense for for/since.
Hence it should be will have been.
Will is used in place of would because it is talking about the future in the present.
Hi Dhonu121,

Where do u see for/since in option B?
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by GmatKiss » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:35 am
OA is B :?
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