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Rise in the price of oil

by deepamohn » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:34 pm
The expected rise in the price of oil could be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have an economy free of inflation.

(A) be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have
(B) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have
(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility of having
(D) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have
(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having


can somone explain?

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Re: Rise in the price of oil

by logitech » Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:23 pm
X can impact something
or
X can have an impact on SOMETHING



Possibility of doing something is idiomatic



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by amitabhprasad » Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:59 am
Between using gerund and infinitive...
use gerund to show the result of an action e.g ... investors sold stock causing panic
and participle to show intention ... investors sold stock to cause panic
Applying this rule we will be left with just 2 choices "C" and 'E".
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Re: Rise in the price of oil

by vittalgmat » Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:09 am
deepamohn wrote:The expected rise in the price of oil could be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have an economy free of inflation.

(A) be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have

Wrong: could be a serious impact ON


(B) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have

"seriously impact on X" is wrong. Should be "seriously impact X"

(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility of having

same as above

(D) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have

"possibility to have" is wrong in this sentence..Also "impede" is not same as "diminish"... meaning of the sentence is altered.


(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having

Correct usage: possibility of having, impact on X:

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