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If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating [#permalink]
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If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of highly processed foods and excelling at sports is purely coincidental.
A) If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of
B) Should Dr. Wade be right, any apparent connection of eating
C) IF Dr. Wade is right, any connection that is apparent between eating of
D) If Dr. Wade is right, any apparent connection between eating
E) Should Dr.Wade have been right, any connection apparent between eating.
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After answering the aforementioned question could you please answer the following:
1) What is the tense of "be" - past tense, present tense or ?? I recognize that it is passive voice....
2) Why would this not be a "hypothetical" situation and hence the usage of "was" would automatically be wrong, no? I guess i'm confused as to what you'd call a hypothetical situation [which requires the need for If i were (Vs using was) you....] and why isnt the hypothetical case applicable here.
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It seems that "connection between ... and ..." is the correct structure here. This automatically rules out (A) and (B).
In (C) "connection that is apparent" is awkward and unnecessary. "Eating of" is also wrong, because we don't need the "of".
(E) "Should have been" doesn't sound right. "Should be..." would have been better. (some wording, huh  ). "... Connection apparent" is also messed up.
I think (D) is the best answer.
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Look at the non-underlined portion...
it is in present tense, so no subjuctive mood...
D survives it..
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riteshgupta1 wrote: Look at the non-underlined portion...
it is in present tense, so no subjuctive mood...
D survives it..
Interesting point. But not all subjunctive cases need the simple past.
For instance: If i were you, I wouldnt shoot the animal ---> This sentence uses subjunctive and still maintains present tense [verb = shoot, which is in the present tense].
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shoot is not in present tense. It is accompanied by would (model verb).
It is simple.
2 forms, sunjunctive and indictive
indictive means, the possibility is very high.
Indictive - why and reason... cause and effect...
If you score high in GMAT, you will be selected in a business school.
subjuctive, possibility is low or rare...hypotheical....
If I had scored high in GMAT, I would had been selected in a business school.
If you were a king, youwould have ruled the whole world.
Meaning, some condition that is hypothical.
But if the whole sentence is in present tense, it need to maintain the tense.
be is present
was is past
been is future...
in this present question, we are saying that if Dr. wade is right, the situation will happen or will not happen...
Dr. Wade has already proven it...
If you want to convert it to sunjunctive then
If Dr. Wade were right, any apperent connection between X and Y would be purely coincidental.
OR
Had Dr. Wade been right, any apperent connection between X and Y would had been purely coincidental.
Hope it helps.
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Re: SC: OG 10th Edition. DR. Wade [#permalink]
14 Aug 2005, 16:54
this purely a conditional but not a subjunctive (hypothetical or contrary to fact) one. e.g.
if it were a subjunctive, it would have "were" as verb in the first clause.
it is not a subjunctive, it is perfectly ok with is as verb in the first clause. 
So, D is correct.
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Re: SC: OG 10th Edition. DR. Wade [#permalink]
02 Aug 2007, 03:17
HIMALAYA wrote:
if it were a subjunctive, it would have "were" as verb in the first clause.
A subjunctive if conditional does not require that a WERE be in the if clause.
If Danny had known the answers, he would have passed the test with flying colors.
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Re: If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating [#permalink]
05 Jan 2013, 05:44
Could somebody please throw some light on the correct usage of the sentence that can begin with 'should' ?
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Re: If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating [#permalink]
31 Jan 2013, 08:10
connection between x and y
is idiom.
this point is explaned in og
if some do, then some do
is idiom to say about FACT not hypothetical (there is no other structure to say this fact. we can not use should )
og dose not explain this point.
is my thinking correct ?
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