Economy

[Vemuri]

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

[scoobydooby]

A. 'be an impact to' is improper. "have an impact on" or just "impact" is proper usage. "possibility of" is right idiom

B. 'either seriously impact industrialized nations' or 'have an impact on industrialized..' would have been better. "possibility to" is wrong

C. 'either seriously impact industrialized nations' or 'have an impact on industrialized..' would have been better

D. 'possibility of' is the proper idiom

E. correct. uses "have an impact on" and "possibility of".

hence, E

[ken3233]

I pick E for the same reasons as Scooby.