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 12 Jul 2004, 07:39
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Many psychologists and sociologists now contend that the deliberate and even brutal aggression integral to some forms of competitive athletics increase the likelihood of imitative violence that erupts among crowds of spectators dominated by young adult males.
(A) increase the likelihood of imitative violence that erupts
(B) increase the likelihood that there will be an eruption of imitative violence
(C) increase the likelihood of imitative violence erupting
(D) increases the likelihood for imitative violence to erupt
(E) increases the likelihood that imitative violence will erupt
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I am going ahed with D.
It has to be 'increases' because of 'the deliberate and even brutal aggression '. A, B and C are ruled out.
E is too wordy.
corporate_monkey wrote: Many psychologists and sociologists now contend that the deliberate and even brutal aggression integral to some forms of competitive athletics increase the likelihood of imitative violence that erupts among crowds of spectators dominated by young adult males.
(A) increase the likelihood of imitative violence that erupts
(B) increase the likelihood that there will be an eruption of imitative violence
(C) increase the likelihood of imitative violence erupting
(D) increases the likelihood for imitative violence to erupt
(E) increases the likelihood that imitative violence will erupt
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corporate_monkey wrote: Many psychologists and sociologists now contend that the deliberate and even brutal aggression integral to some forms of competitive athletics increase the likelihood of imitative violence that erupts among crowds of spectators dominated by young adult males.
(A) increase the likelihood of imitative violence that erupts
(B) increase the likelihood that there will be an eruption of imitative violence
(C) increase the likelihood of imitative violence erupting
(D) increases the likelihood for imitative violence to erupt
(E) increases the likelihood that imitative violence will erupt
My answer is E.
A, B, C - eliminated on the basis of the wrong subject-verb agreement
agression [singular] calls for increases
D - can't really explain, simply sounds unidiomatic to me
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I will go with E.
A, B , C fail due to subject verb agreement.
D sounded unidiomatic to me..on further thought I realized that it is unidiomatic because likelihood for should be followed by one entity ( a noun) rather than " imitative violence to erupt". We know from common english usage that it can be something like "likelihood for violence eruption" . Infact more correct usage should be " likelihood of"
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probable: D or E.
I think, 'likelihood for' must be followed by a noun. E for me.
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OA is E.
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E. Though it's kind of late 
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Bingo!! The whole crowd except me is for E which is correct answer.
Yes..in retrospect, E looks better with proper idiomatic usage.
corporate_monkey wrote: OA is E.
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