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by khurram » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:08 pm
People have discovered the principles of solar energy whenever fuel becomes scarce and expensive but will forget them every time a new source of cheap energy is developed.





A have discovered the principles of solar energy whenever fuel becomes scarce and expensive but will forget
B have discovered the principles of solar energy whenever fuel has become scarce and expensive but they forget
C discovered the principles of solar energy every time fuel becomes scarce and expensive, forgetting
D discover the principles of solar energy every time fuel became scarce and expensive, but they forget
E discover the principles of solar energy whenever fuel becomes scarce and expensive but forget

Ans is E

ABC is incorrect because of tense (past and present, not cosistent)
Why is D wrong -use of they at end, ambigious at the end.

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by tacosychelas » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:14 pm
In D, The mistake is the pas "became"

People discover X every time Y became...

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by khurram » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:41 am
That makes sense

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by khurram » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:42 am
That makes sense

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Discovery Can Happen only once.

by gmataspirant » Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:17 pm
My 2 Cents....

Discovery can happen only once not multiple times.

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Re: Discovery Can Happen only once.

by lunarpower » Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:54 am
gmataspirant wrote:My 2 Cents....

Discovery can happen only once not multiple times.

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you have a point: the sentence would make more sense if it were to be rewritten with 'rediscover' in place of 'discover'. however, sentence correction is generally unconcerned with picking optimal words; the only time diction really matters is when answer choices contain wordings that are absurd or nonsensical (which is not the case here).
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by Sprite_TM » Thu May 21, 2009 1:32 pm
i picked A, can someone explain why E is right?
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Re: Discovery Can Happen only once.

by sudeep_ar » Fri May 22, 2009 3:57 am
lunarpower wrote:
gmataspirant wrote:My 2 Cents....

Discovery can happen only once not multiple times.

Correct me, If I am Wrong.
you have a point: the sentence would make more sense if it were to be rewritten with 'rediscover' in place of 'discover'. however, sentence correction is generally unconcerned with picking optimal words; the only time diction really matters is when answer choices contain wordings that are absurd or nonsensical (which is not the case here).
I agree,

but even rediscovering the principles everytime ...
not makes sense to me.
redisovery of the fuel makes sense but not principles.

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by Phirozz » Wed May 05, 2010 3:51 am
In option E, don't we need a COMMA before 'but' ?
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by tpr-becky » Wed May 05, 2010 5:47 am
D is wrong because the "they" is an ambiguous pronoun. there are two plural nouns in the sentence - people and principles. Also the sentence is in hte present tense so you need becomes, not became. you do not need a comma before the but.
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