OG 11 SC #63

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OG 11 SC #63

by [email protected] » Mon May 26, 2008 1:35 pm
A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses to discourage poachers; the question is whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are trimmed.

A) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are
B) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one once their horns are
C) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see rhinoceroses once the animals' horns have been
D) if tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses once the animals' horns are
E) if tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one after the animals' horns have been

Please explain why C is correct

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by chidcguy » Mon May 26, 2008 2:54 pm
Whether beats if here because if needs a conditional clause and there is no such condition here.

D & E are out

In A & B, their seems to refer to either animals or tourists even though we know that tourists do not have horns.

C avoids that ambiguity.

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by astrologer » Wed May 28, 2008 10:31 am
Right.
Also C maintains the parallelism by using present perfect 'have been' unlike A & B.

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