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by pappueshwar » Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:06 am
A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could

OA IS D
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by Jim@StratusPrep » Fri Mar 16, 2012 5:09 pm
View and think parallelism eliminates abc. No reason for two conditional verbs eliminates E.
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by sam2304 » Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:44 pm
Journalists view ... but think ... - parallel

Only D/E fits.
E - would or could - both are not necessary and wordy as well

IMO D.
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by patanjali.purpose » Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:08 am
sam2304 wrote:E - would or could - both are not necessary IMO D.
Sam,

Could you elaborate : why both WOULD and COULD are not necessary?
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by sam2304 » Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:24 pm
patanjali.purpose wrote:
sam2304 wrote:E - would or could - both are not necessary IMO D.
Sam,

Could you elaborate : why both WOULD and COULD are not necessary?
Would and could - both are conditional modal verbs. Using both in E seems to mean more about possibility whereas D is about ability.

Usage of 'would' in D is wrong for two reasons

- We are using present tense in the sentence and 'would' is used with past tense.
- would 'be' is missing and not parallel to could 'be'
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by abhi.iitb » Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:08 am
I am still not convinced with explanation for D/E. Can some expert provide further explanation on this.Can some one explain more about the usage of would and could in SC.
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by scholardream » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:36 am
Underneath is how I tackle the question:
1. Parallel structure: view (v) xxx but (v) xxx therefore, I eliminate(A), (B) and (C)
2. D or E.
(D) gramma is correct, meaning is clear because 'will be' talks about the future and 'could be' talks about a possibility
(E)gramma seems to correct but 'would' makes the sentence awkward & more likely happen in the past rather than in the future
Therefore, (D)is the correct answer.
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