Kaplan SC_13

[gmatmachoman]

The reason Frances Willard founded the
Women's Christian Temperance Union was
because she believed that national prohibition of
alcohol will empty the poorhouses, jails, and
asylums of the United States.


(A) The reason Frances Willard founded the
Women's Christian Temperance Union was
because she believed that national
prohibition of alcohol will empty the
poorhouses, jails, and asylums of the
United States

(B) Frances Willard founded the Women's
Christian Temperance Union, the reason
being that she believed that national
prohibition of alcohol will empty the
poorhouses, jails, and asylums of the
United States

(C) The reason Frances Willard founded the
Women's Christian Temperance Union was
she believed that national prohibition of
alcohol will empty the poorhouses, jails,
and asylums of the United States

(D) Frances Willard founded the Women's
Christian Temperance Union because she
believed that national prohibition of
alcohol will empty the poorhouses, jails,
and asylums of the United States

(E) Frances Willard founded the Women's
Christian Temperance Union because she
believed that national prohibition of
alcohol would empty the poorhouses, jails,
and asylums of the United States

I am Over D Vs E

[Shawshank]

hi,

I am going with "E" here simply to maintain the same tense in the full sentence.

IMO -- E

[bpgen]

I would go for [spoiler]'E'[/spoiler], since we need to keep all in simple past tense form, so 'would' be used instead 'will'.

[gmatmachoman]

I would go for [spoiler]'E'[/spoiler], since we need to keep all in simple past tense form, so 'would' be used instead 'will'.

Guys...

Believe gels well with "will" as it says with higher degree of certainity & would has some probability!!

if we compare will Vs would..will has higher degree of certainity ..right??

Y not D??

[bpgen]

gmatmachoman, Appreciate your concerns!
but note one thing, higher degree of certainty & probability, all refers to 'future' course of actions..

i.e if you say, 'I will do', this could be written as 'I would do' if there is some probability in future, but reverse is not true in case of past tense.. hope this helps.

Experts any comments..?

[binurajbinu]

Can anyone tell me why 'C' is wrong?

[schumi_gmat]

IMO E.

I chose E because, belief cannot be certain and hence would is better then will.

[thephoenix]

I would go for [spoiler]'E'[/spoiler], since we need to keep all in simple past tense form, so 'would' be used instead 'will'.

Guys...

Believe gels well with "will" as it says with higher degree of certainity & would has some probability!!

if we compare will Vs would..will has higher degree of certainity ..right??

Y not D??

yes you are true and for the same reason D is wrng........believe is an hypothetical condition and is therefore suited with would an hypothetical verb.....of less degree of certainity.....therefore E is correct

[thephoenix]

Can anyone tell me why 'C' is wrong?

(C) The reason Frances Willard founded the Women’s Christian Temperance Union was she believed that national prohibition of alcohol will empty the poorhouses, jails, and asylums of the United States

the s/c is constructed in a very awkard form
we need some conjuction before frances and change the part of s/c after was.....

[prinit]

The reason Frances Willard founded the
Women's Christian Temperance Union was
because she believed that national prohibition of
alcohol will empty the poorhouses, jails, and
asylums of the United States.


(A) The reason Frances Willard founded the
Women's Christian Temperance Union was
because she believed that national
prohibition of alcohol will empty the
poorhouses, jails, and asylums of the
United States

(B) Frances Willard founded the Women's
Christian Temperance Union, the reason
being that she believed that national
prohibition of alcohol will empty the
poorhouses, jails, and asylums of the
United States

(C) The reason Frances Willard founded the
Women's Christian Temperance Union was
she believed that national prohibition of
alcohol will empty the poorhouses, jails,
and asylums of the United States

(D) Frances Willard founded the Women's
Christian Temperance Union because she
believed that national prohibition of
alcohol will empty the poorhouses, jails,
and asylums of the United States

(E) Frances Willard founded the Women's
Christian Temperance Union because she
believed that national prohibition of
alcohol would empty the poorhouses, jails,
and asylums of the United States

I am Over D Vs E

My pick is E. If some action in the past pointing to future, the use of would is correct. Hope this helps.

[KapTeacherEli]

prinit's got it. When discussing the future, would is less certain than will. However, you can never use "will" to refer to events in the past, and that is what the original sentence is doing. The timeline looks like this:


|Past| ------------Founded the society-------believed it would empty poorhouses------|NOW|--------------|Future|

Frances was making a prediction for her future--but it's in our past. For that reason, 'would' is correct and (E) is the only possible choice.