AjiteshArun wrote:
SALAKSHYA wrote:
Dear experts, kindly help me with choice D, why it is wrong and why do we need a verb(would) as in option A,
Hi
SALAKSHYA,
Predicted can be used in the passive with a
to, but this sentence doesn't do that. Here,
predicted is in the active voice. In such situations, we can't use an infinitive (
to + the plain form of a verb) after
predicted.
1.
... the scholarly wisdom of the 1950’s and early 1960’s that predicted the processes of X and Y to gradually undermine Z...
Hi
AjiteshArunCould you please explain why predicted to is wrong
Contrary to the scholarly wisdom of the 1950’s and early 1960’s that predicted the processes of modernization and rationalization would gradually undermine it, ethnicity is a worldwide phenomenon of increasing importance.
(A) would gradually undermine it
(D) to gradually undermine ethnicity
My reasoning for D:
no pronoun ambiguity: not a must condition but in A it rfers to what? = scholarly wisdom? or process?
If we see the sentence structure:
Contrary to scholarly wisdown, ethinicity is a xxx
whatever comes after that would modify scholarly wisdown
scholarly wisdow that predicted X and Y to do something , ehtnicity is something else.--> here wisdow predicted to do something
scholarly wisdow that predicted X and Y would so something , ehtnicity is something else.--? here wisdow predicted process would do something
So Shall I mark D wrong only because in D: it seems scholarly wisdow did soemthing but actual meaning is : scholarly wisdow predicted
something else would do something
Please confirm.
Thanks!