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by preetha_85 » Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:21 am
The computer software being designed for a project studying Native American access to higher education will not only meet the needs of that study, but also has the versatility and power of facilitating similar research endeavors.

(A) but also has the versatility and power of facilitating
(B) but also have the versatility and power to facilitate
(C) but it also has the versatility and power to facilitate
(D) and also have the versatility and power of facilitating
(E) and it also has such versatility and power that it can facilitate


OA is B

but why not A
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by iamcste » Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:33 am
preetha_85 wrote:The computer software being designed for a project studying Native American access to higher education will not only meet the needs of that study, but also has the versatility and power of facilitating similar research endeavors.

(A) but also has the versatility and power of facilitating
(B) but also have the versatility and power to facilitate
(C) but it also has the versatility and power to facilitate
(D) and also have the versatility and power of facilitating
(E) and it also has such versatility and power that it can facilitate


OA is B

but why not A

IMO B

Meet and facilitate are parallel

Also, "To facilitate" is acceptable
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by krazy800 » Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:02 am
It can't be B

The subject 'computer software' is singular

so 'has' should be used instead of have..


Am i Missing something?

Please correct me if i am wrong...
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by mals24 » Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:10 am
Hopefully the discussion in this link should help :)

https://www.beatthegmat.com/computer-sof ... 19234.html
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by krazy800 » Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:14 am
Got it! i missed future tense (will..)

Thanks Mals
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by niraj_a » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:19 am
even if you missed 'will', u gotta keep the idiom parallel and need 'have' in the correct answer, which is only done by B.

underline the stem for god's sake!!!
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by logitech » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:41 am
niraj_a wrote:even if you missed 'will', u gotta keep the idiom parallel and need 'have' in the correct answer, which is only done by B.

underline the stem for god's sake!!!
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by krazy800 » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:54 am
Niraj plz chek the link provided by Mals...

I agree that parallelism should be maintained w.r.t idioms but here since the sentence is in future tense it calls for a ..have as indicated in option B..

take out will(which i missed) and see whether u will get ..have or not..


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by preetha_85 » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:24 am
oops sorry i forgot all about it.. :(
I know how frustrating it is to answer if the sentence is not underlined...
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by niraj_a » Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:43 pm
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