BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem

Q22 - SC Test 4

This topic has expert replies
Post new topic Locked
Previous Topic Next Topic
Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts
Posts: 26
Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:38 am
Location: India

Q22 - SC Test 4

by garson0in » Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:26 am
Q22

A historian attempting to predict in the 1870's which nation would take over world leadership from the British probably would have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and been quite wrong.

a)....
b) have guessed that it would have been Bismarck's Prussia and he would be
c) have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and would be
d) guess Bismarck's Prussia and be
e) guess that it would be Bismarck's Prussia and would have been

Please advise the answer with details.
Top
Source: — Sentence Correction |
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 137
Joined: Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:50 pm
Location: Chicago
Thanked: 1 times

Post subject: Q22 - SC Test 4

by [email protected] » Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:30 am
IMO D should be the answer.
As the sentence implies supposition, would and be are the correct forms of verb.
Please let us know OA
Top
Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts
Posts: 26
Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:38 am
Location: India

Re: Post subject: Q22 - SC Test 4

by garson0in » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:48 am
[email protected] wrote:IMO D should be the answer.
As the sentence implies supposition, would and be are the correct forms of verb.
Please let us know OA
OA is A. Looking for an explanation of the same.
Top
Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts
Posts: 26
Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:38 am
Location: India

by garson0in » Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:27 am
Any explanations please.
Top
User avatar
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 277
Joined: Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:51 pm
Location: New York, NY
Thanked: 6 times
Followed by:1 members

by givemeanid » Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:23 pm
The statement talks about an event in the past. 'would guess' implies a future event. Eliminate D and E. We need 'would have been' to signify an event that finished in the past.

B is wordy and awkward.

C has 'would be' is the wrong tense because it indicates that historian has guessed but hasn't been proven wrong as yet.

A has the correct tense. 'would have guessed X and (would have) been quite wrong'.
So It Goes
Top
Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts
Posts: 26
Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:38 am
Location: India

by garson0in » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:03 am
Thanks Anid for the detailed explanation.
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 108
Joined: Tue Aug 05, 2014 3:00 am

by graem83d » Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:38 am
I would also go with A
Top
Post new topic Locked
• Page 1 of 1