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by GaneshMalkar » Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:41 am
The health commissioner said that the government had implemented strict measures to eradicate the contaminated food and, despite the recent illnesses, it will try to prevent the outbreak from recurring in the future.
a) it will try
b) that it tried
c) it had tried
d) it would have tried
e) that it would try

OA - E

I think "had implemented" is in past perfect tense and "said" in simple past tense. And with past tense a sentence should have "conditional" so "would try" is proper.

Is my understanding correct?
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by faraz_jeddah » Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:33 am
Answer should be E

I think the rule is - "to express an action expected to take place after another past actions - you use WOULD."

I may be incorrect.
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by vivekchandrams » Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:39 pm
Hi Ganesh,

You are absolutely right (at least according to my knowledge).
The normal sentence construction is present + future and past + conditional
GaneshMalkar wrote:The health commissioner said that the government had implemented strict measures to eradicate the contaminated food and, despite the recent illnesses, it will try to prevent the outbreak from recurring in the future.
a) it will try
b) that it tried
c) it had tried
d) it would have tried
e) that it would try

OA - E

I think "had implemented" is in past perfect tense and "said" in simple past tense. And with past tense a sentence should have "conditional" so "would try" is proper.

Is my understanding correct?
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