Around the World in 80 Questions (Day 2): The expected drop in the

(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain-- 'be a serious impact' is not correct idiom
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain-- impact is used as a verb here and does not make sense with on
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining-- impact is used as a verb here and does not make sense with 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- to presents intention and meaning is not to convey intention

Ans D

(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain - Incorrect usage of be with could is unnecessary
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain -Incorrect - Usage of impede with possibility is wrong, we can diminish the possibility not impede it.
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining - Incorrect same error as b
(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 - Incorrect same error as b.

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) mostly , we use a verb( impact) with on, so here, it is used incorrectly, cross out.
B) if we look at all answers given, possibility to/off attain/ing , possibility to attain does not match here well. cross out B and E. i have left C and D
C) and D) have a serious impact and be serious impact , Answer D is much more better than C and also diminish is also better than impede

Answer:D

(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
"Possibility to" is an incorrect idiom.

(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
"...could seriously impact on agrarian nations" is grammatically incorrect.

(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
Same as choice B

(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
"Possibility to" is an incorrect idiom.

Answer D

Concept tested :- Parallelism, tense

(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain (parallelism is not maintained here, 2nd verb 'diminish' is modified correctly but 1st verb 'be' lacks a modifier)
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain (both the verbs impact and impede are modified correctly and are parallel to each other)
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining (both the verbs impact and impede are modified correctly and are parallel to each other but 'of attaining' is odd here)
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining (Wrong tense usage, simple present tense should be used when there is no time marker present in the sentence)
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain (Same as D)

Expected drop cannot be itself an impact to agrarian nations. Illogical meaning. This option can be rejected.


"Impact" is a noun & "seriously" is an adverb. Adverb cannot be used to modify a noun. Hence, this option can be rejected.


Same issue as in B.


IMO, "possibility of" is idiomatic.


IMO, "possibility to" is unidiomatic.

Hence OA should be D.

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

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

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

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

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

Option 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.

Test: Idiom "possibility of attaining" and "possibility to attain", and SV agreement between "be" and "have" with "a serious impact"

(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
(B) (need a verb) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
(C) (need a verb) 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 (correct answer)
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain

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
THIS SENTENCE IS GRAMMATICALLY INCORRECT. COULD BE A SERIOUS IMPACT DOES NOT MAKE ANY LOGICAL SENSE.

(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
HERE THE USE OF SERIOUSLY IMPACT MUST BE FOLLOWED BY THE ARTICLE "THE" INSTEAD OF THE PREPOSITION "ON". IT IS UNIDOMATIC AND DOES NOT SOUND CORRECT.
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
SAME REASON AS FOR B.

(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
THIS CHOICE SOUNDS THE MOST CORRECT ONE, SINCE THE USAGE OF HAVE MAKES IT SOUND MORE GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT. ALSO ATTAINING IS MORE IDIOMATICALLY CORRECT IN THIS CASE THAN
"TO ATTAIN"

(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS CHOICE AND CHOICE D IS "TO ATTAIN" OR "OF ATTAINING"
OF ATTAINING SOUNDS MORE IDIOMATICALLY CORRECT.
THE CORRECT CHOICE IS ANSWER D.

(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
the preferred preposition to use with impact is 'impact on' rather than 'impact to'

(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
The phrase "seriously impact on" is grammatically incorrect. It should be "seriously impact agrarian nations"

(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
same mistake as option B

(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
"Have a serious impact" and "severely diminish" are parallel verb phrases that effectively convey the potential consequences of the expected drop in cotton prices
Hence, this is the best option

(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
"severely impede the possibility to attain"(just delaying) does not convey the meaning as effectively as diminish (making it less likely)

"..Diminish the possibility to attain.."

In this context, possibility of attain/attaining is gramatically correct. So we can right away eliminate A,B and E.

Now option C says " Could seriously impact on agrarian nations..". The use of (form of) serious seems fine. But
Option D seems a better choice in thay regard "Could have a serious impact on .. " And it maintians the same meaning we want to convey.

So answer is D

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(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain The drop itself cannot be an impact
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain serious must be used as adjective
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining serious must be used as adjective
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining Correct. Serious impact + possibility of
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain possibility of must be used

(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
Since we have and we need to maintain parallelism. And plus the correct idiom is possibility of
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
The correct idiom is possibility of.
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
"Have" Should be used to convey the meaning of the sentence more clearly.
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
Uses the correct idiom and maintains parallelism. Correct option.
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
The correct idiom is possibility of.
Therefore the correct answer is option D

(A) INCORRECT
be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
The prices didn't drop in order "to attain" an economic growth rate less 10 percent.
(B) INCORRECT
seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain -
The prices didn't drop in order "to attain" an economic growth rate less 10 percent.
(C) INCORRECT
seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
(D) CORRECT
have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
(E) INCORRECT
have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain