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by hritik » Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:52 pm
The expected rise in the price of oil could "be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have" an economy free of inflation.
(A) be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have
(B) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have
(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility of having
(D) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have
(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having
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by sungoal » Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:15 pm
impact on and possibility of is correct idiom.

So option A is wrong.
In option B, impact is a noun. So the part could serious impact on doesn't have a main verb. So wrong.
Option C has the same error as in B
Option D incorrectly uses possibility to. Correct idiom is possibility of or possibility that

So option E is left and is correct.
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by sungoal » Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:28 pm
impact on and possibility of is correct idiom.

So option A is wrong.
In option B, impact is a noun. So the part could serious impact on doesn't have a main verb. So wrong.
Option C has the same error as in B
Option D incorrectly uses possibility to. Correct idiom is possibility of or possibility that

So option E is left and is correct.
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by GmatKiss » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:17 am
hritik wrote:The expected rise in the price of oil could "be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have" an economy free of inflation.
(A) be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have
(B) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have
(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility of having
(D) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have
(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having
Correct answer is E
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