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by showbu » Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:16 pm
A panel from WHO concludes that malnutrition is the most serious health problem facing the third world countries, but it could or will be eradicated with the assistance of developed countries.

a but it could or will

b but they could or will

c but that it would be or could

d but that it can and will

e but it would and should

OA: Spoiler Code C
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by Bidisha800 » Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:52 pm
(C)

"that, that" formation is required. "could be or would be" is correct
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by saichaitanyap » Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:04 pm
why not d ??

think d retains the meaning of the original sentence
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by Hopper39 » Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:08 pm
D implies that the eradication is a foregone conclusion due to use of simple future tense - "it will...".

Original sentence is formed as a conditional - if developed countries fund the program, only then will the problem be eradicated. As such, use of "could, and would..." is proper.
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by raunekk » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:34 am
can someone provide a concrete reasoning as to why D is out...
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by logitech » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:46 am
CAN and WILL imply certainty

And also we need OR not AND.
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by Vemuri » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:15 am
So, what is the OA? Is C the OA because "would be" & "could be" should be in parallel. I thought the original sentence looked just fine. But, I am telling myself based on the reasonings thus far that it is parallism that is the error.

Please help confirm my understanding
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