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by The Iceman » Thu Dec 20, 2012 2:24 am
New items developed for automobiles in the 1997 model year included a safer air bag, which, unlike previous air bags, eliminated the possibility that a burst of smoke would appear when the bag inflated, and making an already terrified passenger think the car was on fire.

A. inflated, and making
B. inflated, so that it could make
C. inflated and made
D. inflated and make
E. inflated to make
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by aman88 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:33 am
IMO E
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by The Iceman » Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:53 am
aman88 wrote:IMO E
Please try again!
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by aman88 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:32 pm
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aman88 wrote:IMO E
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E remains my choice. Please let me know the OA.

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by The Iceman » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:43 pm
aman88 wrote:
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aman88 wrote:IMO E
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E remains my choice. Please let me know the OA.

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The OA is D.

As per the intended meaning of the question, smoke would appear... and [smoke would] make
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by Chitturi » Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:08 am
The bags are not inflated to make the passenger terrify.

Smoke would appear when the bag inflated and make the passenger terrify.
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by ceilidh.erickson » Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:57 am
aman88 wrote:
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aman88 wrote:IMO E
Please try again!
E remains my choice. Please let me know the OA.

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The Iceman is correct that choice D uses the correct parallel structure with "would appear and... make."

To expand upon what Chitturi is saying about E, though... when the infinitive is used after a verb (or participle), as in "inflated to make," it implies intention. So this phrase essentially means "inflated in order to make." The smoke is not appearing in order to terrify people, so we can't use the infinitive in this context.
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by sachindia » Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:18 am
ceilidh.erickson wrote:
aman88 wrote:
The Iceman wrote:
aman88 wrote:IMO E
Please try again!
E remains my choice. Please let me know the OA.

Thanks.
The Iceman is correct that choice D uses the correct parallel structure with "would appear and... make."

To expand upon what Chitturi is saying about E, though... when the infinitive is used after a verb (or participle), as in "inflated to make," it implies intention. So this phrase essentially means "inflated in order to make." The smoke is not appearing in order to terrify people, so we can't use the infinitive in this context.
Thanks Ceilidh, Can we always replace 'to' with 'in order to' to check the intended meaning?
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