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16. Until quite recently, American economists have assumed that the unemployment rate being four per cent, there is a rough balance among jobs and job seekers.
(A) the unemployment rate being four per cent, there is a rough balance among jobs and job seekers
(B) should the unemployment rate be four per cent, there is a rough balance among jobs and job seekers
(C) were the unemployment rate four per cent, there is a rough balance between jobs and job seekers
(D) if the unemployment rate is four per cent, there is a rough balance between jobs and job seekers
(E) there is a rough balance among jobs and job seekers when there is an unemployment rate that is four per cent
Please explain your answers.
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I think D.
(A) being is wrong.
(B) should...there is... is not grammatically correct
(C) "were the unemployment rate..." does not make sense at all
(E) not very concise. "when there is an unemployment rate that is four percent" would be better phrased as "when the unemployment rate is four percent"
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use between here
is .. is ... parallel construction
Pick D
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Re: Brutal SC # 16 [#permalink]
30 Jul 2007, 19:49
empty_spaces wrote: 16. Until quite recently, American economists have assumed that the unemployment rate being four per cent, there is a rough balance among jobs and job seekers.
(A) the unemployment rate being four per cent, there is a rough balance among jobs and job seekers
(B) should the unemployment rate be four per cent, there is a rough balance among jobs and job seekers
(C) were the unemployment rate four per cent, there is a rough balance between jobs and job seekers
(D) if the unemployment rate is four per cent, there is a rough balance between jobs and job seekers
(E) there is a rough balance among jobs and job seekers when there is an unemployment rate that is four per cent
Please explain your answers.
thanks
factual conditional in the present tense uses present tense in both clauses so I go with D.
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AimHigher wrote: use between here
is .. is ... parallel construction
Pick D
i didn't even pick up on that but yes; between compares two things... we use amoung for comparisons amoung 3 or more. good catch
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pick D. use if in conditional sentences.other reason is ||ism.
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