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by The Jock » Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:56 pm
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A majority of observers interviewed see the Middle East as unstable at present but that it will, or could, become less volatile in the future.

a. that it will, or could
b. that it would, or could
c. it will be or could
d. believe that it will be or could
e. think the Middle East would or could
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by uwhusky » Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:29 pm
Parallelism marker "but" means that whatever verb following it should parallel the main verb that proceeds it.

So the answer is narrowed down to D/E. I wanted to choose D, but "it will be become" is incorrect with the extra "be" verb, so unless there is a typo, I guess E has to be the answer.
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by niksworth » Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:17 pm
I would go for A.

It is difficult to explain why but adding a verb after but is not necessary here. I think that is playing a crucial role here. Perhaps an expert may thread out the nuances.
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by RaviKiran » Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:50 am
d should be correct...

first after but that seems a bit vague. as if u read the whole statement majority see.....but that.... well seems something missing
d, e fill in the gap.

but e makes an error ,,if u see the sentence structure , majority see..but think the middle east would or could
seems non grammatical (would or could and also missing of that......... seems not making sense)

thus d uses that after believe and makes the sentence seem logical.
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by kvcpk » Sat Sep 11, 2010 5:17 am
IMO E.

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by mohit11 » Sat Sep 11, 2010 6:26 am
uwhusky wrote:Parallelism marker "but" means that whatever verb following it should parallel the main verb that proceeds it.

So the answer is narrowed down to D/E. I wanted to choose D, but "it will be become" is incorrect with the extra "be" verb, so unless there is a typo, I guess E has to be the answer.
Good advise on "but being a parallelism marker"

Between D and E. D should be correct because usage of would is correct if the sentence talks about future in the past tense. But here we are talking about future in the present tense , hence we should use will here

As far usage of be after will is concerned "or " is also a parallelism marker

WILL BE or COULD BECOME

D should be the answer
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by navami » Sat Sep 11, 2010 6:31 am
D or E. What's the OA?
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by Shawshank » Sat Sep 11, 2010 6:56 am
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by uwhusky » Sat Sep 11, 2010 9:33 am
niksworth wrote:I would go for A.

It is difficult to explain why but adding a verb after but is not necessary here. I think that is playing a crucial role here. Perhaps an expert may thread out the nuances.
I believe "but + that + it" is problematic, and I don't see one incident of such usage when that isn't following a command verb. It just seems like an awkward construction.
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by reply2spg » Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:45 am
IMO E
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by pesfunk » Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:29 am
Lol...we never actually got the OA :D
reply2spg wrote:IMO E
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