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The expected drop in the price of cotton could be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent.

(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain - meaning issue

(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain - meaning issue (could seriously impact on)

(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining - meaning issue (could seriously impact on)

(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining - CORRECT

(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain - meaning issue
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Possibility of is the correct idiom
b/W C&D

could seriously impact clause vs could have a serious impact on Noun

D) is concise : impact on
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"Impact" in verb form should be directly followed by an object. Possibility of is idiomatic. Hence D is the winner.
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(A) on will be in the place of to after impact
(B) on would be obliterated
(C) same as B
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
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(E) of attaining is much more suited here than to attain
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The expected drop in the price of cotton could be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent.

(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain correct
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The expected drop in the price of cotton could be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent.

(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain


 


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The question tests idioms;
The correct idioms relating to impact are: impact on, impact of
The correct idiom relating to possibility is: possibility of
D is the winner
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D is the right answer.

Of attaining is better than to attain.
could seriously impact.... - is not right.
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The correct answer is (E).

The sentence is about the impact of the expected drop in the price of cotton on agrarian nations. The word "impact" is followed by the preposition "on," so the correct verb form must be "have." The word "diminish" means to make something smaller or less in size or importance. The word "impede" means to make something more difficult or slow.

The sentence should read:

The expected drop in the price of cotton could have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining an economic growth rate above 10 percent.

The other options are incorrect because they use the wrong verb form or the wrong preposition. Option (A) uses the verb "be," which is not the correct verb form to use with the preposition "to." Option (B) uses the verb "seriously impact on," which is not a correct verb phrase. Option (C) uses the verb "seriously impact on" and the preposition "of," which is not the correct preposition to use with the word "attaining."
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The correct answer is (E).

The sentence should be grammatically correct and clear. The word "be" is not necessary in the sentence, and the word "on" should be changed to "in" to make the sentence flow better. The word "impede" is more formal than "diminish," so it is the better choice in this context.

Here is the corrected sentence:

The expected drop in the price of cotton could have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining an economic growth rate above 10 percent.

The other options are incorrect for the following reasons:

(A) The word "be" is unnecessary in the sentence.
(B) The word "on" should be changed to "in."
(C) The word "impede" is more formal than "diminish," and it is not the better choice in this context.
(D) The word "seriously" is redundant in the sentence.
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The expected drop in the price of cotton could be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent.

(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain


 


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(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain

Is the expected drop price being a serious impact. No its having one. Eliminate.

(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain

Use of seriously is incorrect. Impact is noun here.

(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining

Use of seriously is incorrect. Impact is noun here.

(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining

Correct.

(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain

The use of impede changes the meaning. Impede means to hinder or stop. Also possibility of is incorrect.

IMO D
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The expected drop in the price of cotton could be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent.

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(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
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The expected drop in the price of cotton could have a serious impact on agrarian nations is correct usage.
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(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
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The expected drop in the price of cotton could have a serious impact on agrarian nations is correct usage.
Incorrect

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(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
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The expected drop in the price of cotton could have a serious impact on agrarian nations is correct usage.
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(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
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Usage of severely impede the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent. is correct in option E
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The expected drop in the price of cotton could have a serious impact on agrarian nations[/color] and [color=#00a651]severely impede the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent.
Is correct sentence


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(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain


 


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Option A,D,E are not parallel. So, ELIMINATE
Between B and C

It is possible to do something(correct)
It is possibility to do something(incorrect)
It is possibility of doing something(correct)

C is correct.
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(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain -- problem in Parallelism
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain ---- to attain is wrong
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining --- IMO correct
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining ---- problem in Parallelism
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain ---- problem in Parallelism
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The expected drop in the price of cotton could be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent.

Subject tested - Idioms

correct usages : A could seriously impact B or A could have a serious impact on B.

A, B and C are unidiomatic.
B/w D & E - Diminish makes more sense than Impede.

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The expected drop in the price of cotton could be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent.

(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain - Wrong due to wrong usage of be

(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain - Wrong usage of seriously

(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining - Wrong usage of seriously

(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining - - Wrong usage "of attaining" we have to mention here explicitly hence we have to use to

(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain - correct

Option E is correct
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The expected drop in the price of cotton could be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent.

(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
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A- ''could be a serious impact'' is idiomatically uncommon. the word ''impact'' is usually used with preposition ''on''.
B - both sides of the sentence are parallel, but there is a new word ''Impede'' - hold on that choice
C - in this context '' possibility of attaining'' fits best than ''possibility to attain''. Because, if we read the sentence with ''possibility to attain'' it may imply that '' Expected drop in X severely impede the possibility in order to (similar to ''to) attain an economic growth ...''. - illogic meaning.
D - option is grammatically correct and gives precise meaning without abovementioned mistakes.
E - it has the same error as in option C.

If we compare B to D, D uses word ''diminish'' in the question stem and therefore it does not change the intended meaning. Hence, D is our winner.
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The expected drop in the price of cotton could be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent.

(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain

seriously impact on - wrong. eliminate B and C
to attain - shows intention while the statement shows that the "price drop" could possibly result in economic growth above 10 percent. Eliminate A and E
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The expected drop in the price of cotton could be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent.

(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain


 


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The drop ... to agrarian ... and ... to attain... means the drop is purposely drop in order to agrarian and to attain. for this reason, drop ABE
Between C and D, choose verb over noun.
I choose C.
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Answer is D
The statement D follows logical sentence structure and parallelism along with the correct use of tense
Statement A uses be which is unidiomatic.
Statement B uses impact on which is not correct.
Statement C uses impact on and is not parallel
Statement E is not parallel and hence incorrect.
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The expected drop in the price of cotton could be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent.

(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain.Incorrect use of "could be" seems very illogical. A wrong parallelism
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain.Incorrectwrong parallelism
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining.Incorrectuse of preposition "on" is incorrect
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining.Incorrectuse of "of attaining is incorrect
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain.Correctperfect and "to attain" infinitive shows intent of an action
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