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by sparsh.21 » Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:38 am
Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest rate target five times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in November.

A. because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will
B. with the economy’s strength continuing, analysts predicted for weeks that the target
C. because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would
D. due to the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target
E. due to the fact of the economy’s continued strength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will

OA is

D

Please explain the answer
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by iamcste » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:47 am
sparsh.21 wrote:Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest rate target five times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in November.

A. because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will
B. with the economy’s strength continuing, analysts predicted for weeks that the target
C. because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would
D. due to the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target
E. due to the fact of the economy’s continued strength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will

OA is

D

Please explain the answer

since ..present perfect.. A and D

D is terse and succint

choose D
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by sparsh.21 » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:57 am
well agreed to your explanation but can you elaborate more on general usage of "Because of " and "Due to" , which one is better
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by piyush_nitt » Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:09 am
[quote="sparsh.21"]well agreed to your explanation but can you elaborate more on general usage of "Because of " and "Due to" , which one is better[/quote]

Wondering if predict is a Subjuncitve?

If so, then D is BEST among lot.

that + infinitive form
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by iamcste » Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:15 am
Because v/s due to

Usally, due to is incorrect on GMAT

But looks at the example of rain at this URL

https://www.beatthegmat.com/because-of-v ... 23121.html

The game's postponement due to..

so usally when I struck by apostrophe, I get inclined to "Due to"

Secondly,

Predict means anticipate..future..hence we need "would/were/ be+ infinitive form"
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by sparsh.21 » Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:21 am
cool..... thanks !!!
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by gg1 » Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:12 am
But if we apply the why ? rule as suggested by the thread mentioned.

In that case

Why have been the analyst predicting .... because of economy's continued strength .

Above sentence makes sense and is a good candidate.

Can you guys throw some more light on this ..

in that case apostophys rule wins .
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by pbanavara » Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:34 pm
I hate to disagree on this .. if D is the OA then it should end with 'target will be raised" in the end.

"analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target be raised again in November" just doesn't sound appropriate.

Can someone please clarify this ?

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by amitabhprasad » Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:54 pm
predicting for weeks that the target be raised is fine.
This is the case of command subjunctive
Verb(predict) + That+ subject(the target) + Command Subjunctive (be)
In fact using will be instead of "be" will be wrong IMO
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by logitech » Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:14 pm
I predict that he will come DOES NOT sound right because you predict something that is not for sure. On the other hand WILL implies certainty.
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by logitech » Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:16 pm
But this is indeed a very common usage in daily life:

Bill Clinton: I predict that Sen Obama will win and will win pretty handily.

So...welcome to the Sentence Correction Hell :)
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by iamcste » Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:37 pm
pbanavara wrote:I hate to disagree on this .. if D is the OA then it should end with 'target will be raised" in the end.

"analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target be raised again in November" just doesn't sound appropriate.

Can someone please clarify this ?

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yes subjunctive use calls for "be"
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