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Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone. (A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone (B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone (C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided (D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided (E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided I dont understand the OA at all share explanations
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IMO B
(A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
(B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
(C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
(D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
(E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided
We need "on the grounds" after teh comma so A and B remain; after the comma we need to provide a reason as to why building new hosptials is wasting resources
B. building .............. has to be parallel with ........avoiding
E. "if" construction is wrong
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C, D and E are wrong - the reason needs to be there, and like it has been mentioned, after the comma, it should be "on the...
For that B is the most appropriate. What is the OA?
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I welcome further explanation for the same .Since OA is not (B) Will post the OA shortly
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spriya wrote: Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.
(A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
(B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
(C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
(D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
(E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided
I dont understand the OA at all
share explanations IMO E. "If" is ok here because its a different clause.
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rao_1857 wrote: spriya wrote: Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.
(A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
(B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
(C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
(D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
(E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided
I dont understand the OA at all
share explanations IMO E. "If" is ok here because its a different clause. OA is (E) but i still wonder whats wrong with (B)  can someoine explain this funda
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spriya wrote: rao_1857 wrote: spriya wrote: Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.
(A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
(B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
(C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
(D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
(E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided
I dont understand the OA at all
share explanations IMO E. "If" is ok here because its a different clause. OA is (E) but i still wonder whats wrong with (B) can someoine explain this funda The way I approached this is that you have a conditional uncertainity in 1st clause "would" which depends of sth that "should happen". When ever you have uncertain words (may, might, should, would, can , could), always make sure that the answer choice you are choosing is not distorting the meaning by make sth 'hypothetical' to 'actual'. After this we are left with C, D and E. C and D is again not a clear contruction. Again: 'IF' and 'would' SHOULD not come in same clause (if they are scratch that answer choice). But it is OK to have 'em in different clause. Also if you take a close look, this is a typical IF...then condition scentence. Using IF is ok here. Hope this help Thanks
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rao_1857 wrote: spriya wrote: Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.
(A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
(B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
(C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
(D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
(E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided
I dont understand the OA at all
share explanations IMO E. "If" is ok here because its a different clause. OA is (E) but i still wonder whats wrong with (B) can someoine explain this funda[/quote] The way I approached this is that you have a conditional uncertainity in 1st clause "would" which depends of sth that "should happen". When ever you have uncertain words (may, might, should, would, can , could), always make sure that the answer choice you are choosing is not distorting the meaning by make sth 'hypothetical' to 'actual'. After this we are left with C, D and E. C and D is again not a clear contruction. Again: 'IF' and 'would' SHOULD not come in same clause (if they are scratch that answer choice). But it is OK to have 'em in different clause. Also if you take a close look, this is a typical IF...then condition scentence. Using IF is ok here. Hope this help Thanks[/quote] good explanation Thank u
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The way I approached this is that you have a conditional uncertainity in 1st clause "would" which depends of sth that "should happen". When ever you have uncertain words (may, might, should, would, can , could), always make sure that the answer choice you are choosing is not distorting the meaning by make sth 'hypothetical' to 'actual'.
After this we are left with C, D and E. C and D is again not a clear contruction.
Again: 'IF' and 'would' SHOULD not come in same clause (if they are scratch that answer choice). But it is OK to have 'em in different clause. Also if you take a close look, this is a typical IF...then condition scentence. Using IF is ok here.
Hope this help
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x97agarwal wrote: The way I approached this is that you have a conditional uncertainity in 1st clause "would" which depends of sth that "should happen". When ever you have uncertain words (may, might, should, would, can , could), always make sure that the answer choice you are choosing is not distorting the meaning by make sth 'hypothetical' to 'actual'.
After this we are left with C, D and E. C and D is again not a clear contruction.
Again: 'IF' and 'would' SHOULD not come in same clause (if they are scratch that answer choice). But it is OK to have 'em in different clause. Also if you take a close look, this is a typical IF...then condition scentence. Using IF is ok here.
Hope this help
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This is a typical subjunctive mood question.
The subjunctive mood is when you have a sentence that refers to an opinion, a wish, etc. Something to the contrary.
If you read a sentence and you get a feel for the subjunctive mood, always match an IF with a WOULD. Also if you see a were/if/would, boom, that's your answer. Classic subjunctive mood.
eg.
I would most definitely buy a Ferrari Enzo, if I were to accumulate enough cash.
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Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.(A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone (B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone (C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided (D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided (E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided IMO E.... as E gives the reason or support so as to why the Building large new hospitals would be be wasteful! Something on the lines..... X would be useless, if ..Y is the condition! For me A sounds too word with of abundance in it B - ground of avoiding is not the right tense of verb to be used here C & D - dont give the condition of the stand taken in the clause before
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I chose option B but OA says otherwise
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I understand the explanations around the need for "if" after subjunctive mood, it does make sense. But I really don't get what the "only" is doing in the sentence. To me that sound very awkward... so I guess I didn't understand the meaning of the whole sentence. anyone can clarify this?
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"If only because" is a special phrase. It is sometimes expressed more fully as "if for no other reason than (that)"
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had no idea about that expression! thanks klughing
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x97agarwal wrote: The way I approached this is that you have a conditional uncertainity in 1st clause "would" which depends of sth that "should happen". When ever you have uncertain words (may, might, should, would, can , could), always make sure that the answer choice you are choosing is not distorting the meaning by make sth 'hypothetical' to 'actual'.
After this we are left with C, D and E. C and D is again not a clear contruction.
Again: 'IF' and 'would' SHOULD not come in same clause (if they are scratch that answer choice). But it is OK to have 'em in different clause. Also if you take a close look, this is a typical IF...then condition scentence. Using IF is ok here.
Hope this help
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No one spoke about the duplicated facilities / duplication of facilities. Latter is correct. Between D and E. E it is.
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I've never heard of "If only because" before this...thanks
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