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Predicting that the recession would worsen, an economist noted that orders, especially for manufactured goods, continues to decline and that there has not been an increase in the number of workers being hired.
A) continues to decline and that there has not been an
B) continues to decline and that there is no
C) continue to decline and that there is no
D) continue to decline and there has not been
E) continue to decline and that there has been no
Please explain with the OA, which I don't have.
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reply2spg wrote: Predicting that the recession would worsen, an economist noted that orders, especially for manufactured goods, continues to decline and that there has not been an increase in the number of workers being hired.
A) continues to decline and that there has not been an
B) continues to decline and that there is no
C) continue to decline and that there is no
D) continue to decline and there has not been
E) continue to decline and that there has been no
Please explain with the OA. orders hence we want continue. This rules out A,B. in D I see that an is missing before increase. So, I pick E.
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IMO E. orders will take plural verb so "continue". A and B out parallelism - that and that - D out Between C and E, I feel E is good because prediction can not take simple verb.
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yup E.
orders.....continue
use of that for parallelism
use of has been
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reply2spg wrote: Predicting that the recession would worsen, an economist noted that orders, especially for manufactured goods, continues to decline and that there has not been an increase in the number of workers being hired.
A) continues to decline and that there has not been an
B) continues to decline and that there is no
C) continue to decline and that there is no
D) continue to decline and there has not been
E) continue to decline and that there has been no
Please explain with the OA, which I don't have. E -- parallel..and present perfect tense is appropiate here.. becuase predicted that orders continue to decline.. that is on going process..
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between B and E
E seems better
since the original tense is present perfect, no altered tense unless strong proof
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I think C is a better choice than E.......
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E for me.
'has been' is appropriate for something that is continuing
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