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jamesk486: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 141; Joined: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:24 pmFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 2 times

by jamesk486 » Wed May 30, 2007 4:18 am

The population of India has been steadily increasing for decades, and it will probably have what is estimated as 1.6 billion people by 2050 and surpass China as the world's most populous nation.

A. it will probably have what is estimated as
B. they are likely to have
C. the country will probably have
D. there will probably be
E. there will be an estimated

please provide an explanation

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by discreet » Wed May 30, 2007 7:03 am

It appears to be C as all other choices have ambigous referrents(it,they,there)...Am I right?

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Re: tricky sc question

by jayhawk2001 » Wed May 30, 2007 5:23 pm

jamesk486 wrote:The population of India has been steadily increasing for decades, and it will probably have what is estimated as 1.6 billion people by 2050 and surpass China as the world's most populous nation.

A. it will probably have what is estimated as
B. they are likely to have
C. the country will probably have
D. there will probably be
E. there will be an estimated

please provide an explanation

The clue is in "... and surpass china". So, for parallelism, we need a
noun (country). The subject of the main phrase is "population of India"
and so we cannot have it/they to refer back to India.

Only C has this parallelism. Another vote for C.

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by mv12 » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:04 pm

We can have parallelism between countries here..So another vote for C.

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by alex.gellatly » Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:09 am

jamesk486 wrote:The population of India has been steadily increasing for decades, and it will probably have what is estimated as 1.6 billion people by 2050 and surpass China as the world's most populous nation.

A. it will probably have what is estimated as -->mean the same thing... redundant
B. they are likely to have --> who is they?
C. the country will probably have --> Correct
D. there will probably be --> where? In India, the world? Unclear.
E. there will be an estimated --> where? In India, the world? Unclear.

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