Hi All,
in the below question, OA is "E". For kicking out "A" and "B"......OG says that
1. it does not follow if [present tense], then...[future tense] paradigm.
2. The auxillary verbs "have been" in A and "have" in B cannot properly be completed by "to diminish".
Can someone please help me understand what is meant by point 2 above...why this is the case ?
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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
in the below question, OA is "E". For kicking out "A" and "B"......OG says that
1. it does not follow if [present tense], then...[future tense] paradigm.
2. The auxillary verbs "have been" in A and "have" in B cannot properly be completed by "to diminish".
Can someone please help me understand what is meant by point 2 above...why this is the case ?
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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
