BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem

The ground swell of public opinion

This topic has expert replies
Post new topic Locked
Previous Topic Next Topic
Legendary Member
Posts: 544
Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:10 am
Thanked: 45 times
Followed by:2 members

The ground swell of public opinion

by sameerballani » Fri May 27, 2011 3:39 am
The ground swell of public opinion made it inevitable that the senate would approve the president's energy proposal
A. it inevitable that the senate would approve
b. it inevitable that the senate had approved
C. it inevitable of the senate to approve
D. inevitable the approval of the senate of
E. approval of the senate inevitable of

[spoiler]OA:A[/spoiler]
Can any1 please explain how to eliminate choices.
Thanks
Top
Source: — Sentence Correction |
Legendary Member
Posts: 1574
Joined: Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:52 am
Thanked: 88 times
Followed by:13 members

by aspirant2011 » Fri May 27, 2011 9:44 am
I am confused with C option :-(
Top
Legendary Member
Posts: 759
Joined: Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:15 am
Thanked: 85 times
Followed by:3 members

by clock60 » Fri May 27, 2011 10:19 am
i also vote for C and sad that answer is A, i thought that it is second best answer
B)had approved is wrong usage, the usage of past perfect implies that senate approved proposals before the ground swell, but the meaning of the sentence says that first it was swell and second approve
C) i don`t see any mistakes, perhaps construction inevitable that is better than inevitable to, may be idiom usage
D)i am not too sure but of the president`s looks like double posessive
we need: proposal of president, or president`s proposal. but we can`t use both of and ` posessive
E) the same as in D
Top
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 965
Joined: Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:52 am
Thanked: 156 times
Followed by:34 members
GMAT Score:720

by vineeshp » Fri May 27, 2011 7:34 pm
"inevitable of the senate to approve" is wrong and unidiomatic.
Vineesh,
Just telling you what I know and think. I am not the expert. :)
Top
Legendary Member
Posts: 544
Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:10 am
Thanked: 45 times
Followed by:2 members

by sameerballani » Sat May 28, 2011 1:37 am
Even i chose option C
Correct Answer is option A. Source: Kaplan

The explanation given in the book was something like that the event that is INEVITABLE needs to be in future, so we need to go with option A using the word WOULD

While attempting, I was left with option A and Option C. Probably, the reason i chose option C was because of Placeholder It concept. But re-reading this now, even i feel inevitable of the senate is wrong. We can mark some action as inevitable not any person.
Top
User avatar
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 439
Joined: Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:32 am
Location: India
Thanked: 34 times
Followed by:28 members

by sivaelectric » Sat May 28, 2011 5:16 am
Thanks Sameerballani for the explanation
If I am wrong correct me :), If my post helped let me know by clicking the Thanks button ;).

Chitra Sivasankar Arunagiri
Top
Post new topic Locked
• Page 1 of 1