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by atulmangal » Fri Mar 18, 2011 12:14 am
For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.
(A) even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(B) despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(C) even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous
(D) although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous
(E) even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents

i found this question in some source, and this question was discussed earlier also in 2009 but i'm wondering, is this question correct???
OA given is C

pronoun "They" is referring to labor....is this correct???
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by AIM GMAT » Fri Mar 18, 2011 2:43 am
(A) even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle

(B) despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle

(C) even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous

(D) although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous

(E) even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents

IMO C.

I was very much inclined toward E , but finally got some issue with it :) .
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by AIM GMAT » Fri Mar 18, 2011 2:44 am
"They " referring to many people not to labour .
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by tetura84 » Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:49 pm
I have an issue with choice C

"even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous."
we have conditional statement here.
we use would + have + V3 in case of past perfect tense in action.
Here would have found

Don't you think we need HAD + V3 in the condition?

even if they had afforded household appliances, their grandparents would have found miraculous.
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by Target2009 » Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:22 am
imo c.. Aim explained it..
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by nitin9003 » Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:01 am
Can any1 explain the reason for A and B being wrong.........
Cz to me the meaning of C seems awkward.........
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by Jim@Grockit » Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:02 am
tetura84 wrote:I have an issue with choice C

"even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous."
we have conditional statement here.
we use would + have + V3 in case of past perfect tense in action.
Here would have found

Don't you think we need HAD + V3 in the condition?

even if they had afforded household appliances, their grandparents would have found miraculous.
This would only be true if it were the grandparents who could afford the appliances; the sentence intends it to be the "many people" of today.
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