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A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses [#permalink]
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A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses to discourage poachers; the question is whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are trimmed. A) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are B) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one once their horns are C) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see rhinoceroses once the animals' horns have been D) if tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses once the animals' horns are E) if tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one after the animals' horns have been OA CAll: I know that D and E can be rejected because of usage of "if" Among A, B and C, B and A are rejected for lack of antecedents. I am not looking for the correct answer. I want to understand why "horns have been" is a correct usage. In other words, via is present perfect better than present tense ("are trimmed") Any help is appreciated.
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gmat1220 wrote: voodoochild wrote: A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses to discourage poachers; the question is whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are trimmed.
A) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are
B) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one once their horns are
C) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see rhinoceroses once the animals' horns have been
D) if tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses once the animals' horns are
E) if tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one after the animals' horns have been
OA C
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I know that D and E can be rejected because of usage of "if"
Yes this is correct. whether > if on gmat
Among A, B and C, B and A are rejected for lack of antecedents. YES I am not looking for the correct answer. I want to understand why "horns have been" is a correct usage. In other words, via is present perfect better than present tense ("are trimmed")The bigger issue here is whose horns - so the possessive "animals' horns" makes it clear whose horns we are talking about. "their" does not have clear antecedent in A and B
Any help is appreciated. That doesnt answer my question. Can anyone please help me to understand why present perfect works here and not present tense ? Thanks
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The proposal is still in effect (still true) from the past. Hence present perfect.
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gmat1220 wrote: The proposal is still in effect (still true) from the past. Hence present perfect. I am sorry - I was referring to "animals' horns have been" vs "animals are". Thanks for your help. Appreciate it. Voodoo child
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The difference between ‘have been trimmed’ and ‘are trimmed’ is that trimming is a one –time job and not a daily chore. An event that was done in the past and which or whose effect is still carried through the present will have to be expressed in present perfect, while daily chores will have to be verbed with just present tense. So ' have been trimmed' is the preferred expression
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gmat1220 wrote: voodoochild wrote: All:
I know that D and E can be rejected because of usage of "if"
Yes this is correct. whether > if on gmat
I disagree with gmat1220 with his reasoning here; sorry no-offense. AFAIK here IF is WRONG! There is no question of whether>if. That might be true in general, but I think here IF is just blatantly wrong. As far as I understood, if is ONLY used for condition and CAN'T be used for QUESTIONS! Experts, please let me know if you disagree with me. daagh wrote: The difference between ‘have been trimmed’ and ‘are trimmed’ is that trimming is a one –time job and not a daily chore. An event that was done in the past and which or whose effect is still carried through the present will have to be expressed in present perfect, while daily chores will have to be verbed with just present tense. So 'have been trimmed' is the preferred expression Thanks for the reasoning. This clarifies the same doubt I had.
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Re: A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses [#permalink]
21 Jan 2013, 13:22
Quote: A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses to discourage poachers; the question is whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are trimmed.
A) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are
B) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one once their horns are
C) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see rhinoceroses once the animals' horns have been
D) if tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses once the animals' horns are
E) if tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one after the animals' horns have been In this question the OG says that "see" should be " to see" because it is parallel to " to visit", is it possible that in "to see" TO is understood and therefore it isn't shown?
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Re: A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses [#permalink]
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IanSolo wrote: Quote: A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses to discourage poachers; the question is whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are trimmed.
A) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are
B) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one once their horns are
C) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see rhinoceroses once the animals' horns have been
D) if tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses once the animals' horns are
E) if tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one after the animals' horns have been In this question the OG says that "see" should be " to see" because it is parallel to " to visit", is it possible that in "to see" TO is understood and therefore it isn't shown? AND in between is making two separate lists i.e whether tourists will continue 1) to visit games parks and 2) to see rhinoceroses after their horns.... whereas they both are dependent as conveyed through the logical meaning i.e to visit games parks to see ..............
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Re: A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses [#permalink]
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Quote: AND in between is making two separate lists i.e whether tourists will continue 1) to visit games parks and 2) to see rhinoceroses after their horns....
whereas they both are dependent as conveyed through the logical meaning i.e to visit games parks to see ..............
So are you saying that with AND between the verbs you cannot use an elipses in the second infinite verb and then you have to write TO VISIT and TO SEE without delete the second TO?! Thank you for the explanation!!
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Re: A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses [#permalink]
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IanSolo wrote: Quote: AND in between is making two separate lists i.e whether tourists will continue 1) to visit games parks and 2) to see rhinoceroses after their horns....
whereas they both are dependent as conveyed through the logical meaning i.e to visit games parks to see ..............
So are you saying that with AND between the verbs you cannot use an elipses in the second infinite verb and then you have to write TO VISIT and TO SEE without delete the second TO?! Thank you for the explanation!! No i am saying to visit games parks to see( there is no and because to visit and see makes two separate lists whereas the logical meaning conveys one thing, which can be better conveyed using to visit to see 
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Re: A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses [#permalink]
04 Feb 2013, 15:47
visit and see
is similar to
see and visit
this case is not logical
is must be
visit to see.
we can change the order of do1 and do2, to see which case is correct.
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Re: A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses [#permalink]
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Let us make a 2/3 split on this. If V/S Whether- 'whether' is used to indicate multiple or single possibilities 'If' is used to indicate a condition Ex1- Roger cant decide whether to play tennis or football Ex2- Roger will play if he is fit. So, A,b,C remain. A and B there is some ambiguity. Choose C
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