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AjiteshArun GMATNinjaQuote:
Analysts and media executives predict the coming year to be no less challenging than the previous one had been for the company's C.E.O.
(A) the coming year to be no less challenging than the previous one had been
(E) that the coming year will be no less challenging than the previous one
When I read E:
Analysts and media executives predict
that the coming year will be no less challenging than the previous one (WILL BE) for the company's C.E.O.
My question : When no verb is present in the end . It is understood to carry previous verb forward as elliptical. But in this case : this elliptical verb is : WILL BE Or the helping verb can be any ( was)
For more clarity:
She buys more items than he ( buys): here
buys is understood ; buys is carried forward and in this case we may no need to mention it explicitly.
It is better to repeat helping verb/verb(placeholder verb?) if tense is changed
She buys more items than he BOUGHT ( If i don't mention BOUGHT , it would be taken as buys and meaning would be different)
When we come to E:
as no helping verb is present in the end of sentence, so helping verb carried forward should be
WILL BE but we want helping verb in PAST tense.
If we say : no need of any helping verb/verb (placeholder verb(, then how can I know I need to repeat helping verb or no need?
Please comment.
AjiteshArun GMATNinja