SC Practice question #16

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SC Practice question #16

by missionmba » Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:14 pm
Until quite recently, American economists have assumed that the unemployment rate being four per cent, there is a rough balance among jobs and job seekers.

(A) the unemployment rate being four per cent, there is a rough balance among jobs and job seekers
(B) should the unemployment rate be four per cent, there is a rough balance among jobs and job seekers
(C) were the unemployment rate four per cent, there is a rough balance between jobs and job seekers
(D) if the unemployment rate is four per cent, there is a rough balance between jobs and job seekers
(E) there is a rough balance among jobs and job seekers when there is an unemployment rate that is four per cent
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by gmattester » Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:09 pm
IMO D

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by stubbornp » Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:03 pm
IMO D

B/w is used...

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by missionmba » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:50 am
IMO

C or D
C is no good
so D
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by drgmatIL » Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:01 am
missionmba wrote:IMO

C or D
C is no good
so D
why A is wrong?

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by missionmba » Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:14 am
avoid being its usually considered passive and is almost always wrong

some correct use of being will
-- make sentence parallel
-- have structure 'with' + NOUN + 'being' + noun complement
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by drgmatIL » Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:24 am
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