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Most scientists surveyed view artificial sweetners as unsafe [#permalink]
 12 Aug 2007, 23:16
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Most scientists surveyed view artificial sweetners as unsafe at present but they will be or could, be made adequately safe in future
A they will be or could,
B. that they will, or could,
C. that they would, or could,
D. believe the sweetners would or could
E. believe that they will be or could
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view/believe - parallel
they is unclear, could refer to sweeteners or the scientists.
edit: Also, another reason why D is correct, is we're dealing with the subjunctive, as they believe something that isn't necessarily true yet - hence will is wrong.
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Re: SC: artificial sweetners [#permalink]
13 Aug 2007, 00:13
AimHigher wrote: Most scientists surveyed view artificial sweetners as unsafe at present but they will be or could, be made adequately safe in future
A they will be or could,
B. that they will, or could,
C. that they would, or could,
D. believe the sweetners would or could
E. believe that they will be or could
This question looks deceptively similar to this: http://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=41583
would (past tense conditional) is incorrect because we are talking about the present, not the past - hence only B and E are possible answers
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I would go for E.
will be , could be parallel.
Future tense, hence will is the correct form
view, believe parallel.
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Scientists cannot be made safe in the future...they themselves can be safe...
So,'they' in this question clearly refers to sweetners.
Now,use of 'would' in this case is wrong as there is no conditional or past tense verb here.
So,E should be the answer.
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E . Yes this one similar to one we have discussed many times.
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OA is E
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