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by Nightmare » Thu May 02, 2013 8:54 pm
pls help me to solve this

Those with a cynical turn of mind might speculate if the new corporation, eager for profit,might not have started the rumor that caused its competitor to declare bankruptcy.

1 speculate if the new corporation,eager for profit,might not have started.
2 speculate if the new corporation,eager for profit,had not started
3 speculate if,in its eagerness for profit,the new corporation started
4 wonder as to whether,in its eagerness for profit,the new corporation did not start
5 wonder whether the new corporation,eager for profit,had started
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by ankya » Thu May 02, 2013 9:59 pm
Answer is 2
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by Lifetron » Thu May 02, 2013 10:58 pm
IMO E
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by beatthe800 » Sat May 04, 2013 1:05 pm
[spoiler]E for me as well :)[/spoiler]
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by Ankur87 » Sun May 05, 2013 10:23 am
+1 for E.

whether... had started...
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by Nightmare » Thu May 09, 2013 10:42 pm
gughanbose wrote:IMO E
pls explain.
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by snigdha1605 » Fri May 10, 2013 2:58 am
Those with a cynical turn of mind might speculate if the new corporation, eager for profit,might not have started the rumor that caused its competitor to declare bankruptcy.

1 speculate if the new corporation,eager for profit,might not have started. [Usage of If is incorrect]
2 speculate if the new corporation,eager for profit,had not started [Usage of If is incorrect]
3 speculate if,in its eagerness for profit,the new corporation started [Usage of If is incorrect]
4 wonder as to whether,in its eagerness for profit,the new corporation did not start [Usage of whether correct. But the sentence is too wordy]
5 wonder whether the new corporation,eager for profit,had started [CORRECT : Usage of whether is correct and the sentence is concise][/quote]
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by Lifetron » Sat May 11, 2013 6:18 am
Those with a cynical turn of mind might speculate if the new corporation, eager for profit,might not have started the rumor that caused its competitor to declare bankruptcy.

1 speculate if the new corporation,eager for profit,might not have started.
2 speculate if the new corporation,eager for profit,had not started
3 speculate if,in its eagerness for profit,the new corporation started
4 wonder as to whether,in its eagerness for profit,the new corporation did not start
5 wonder whether the new corporation,eager for profit,had started
'If' is wrong and we usually speculate on things that happen. Here the usage of negative sense like "had not" or "might not" sounded odd to me. A B C D out !

Hence E !
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by aaggar7 » Sun May 12, 2013 6:12 am
IMO E.

IF is used for a condition and whether is used for Choice
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