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Economist Adam Keynes predicts by the year 2025 that world per-capit
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Economist Adam Keynes predicts by the year 2025 that world per-capita income, which now approaches $5,000 a year, is reaching $10,000 a year. A. Economist Adam Keynes predicts by the year 2025 that world per-capita income, which now approaches $5,000 a year, is reaching $10,000 a year. B. Approaching $5,000 a year, economist Adam Keynes predicts that world per-capita income will reach $10,000 a year by 2025. C. According to the economist Adam Keynes, world per-capita income, which has been approaching $5,000 per year, will surmount $10,000 a year by 2025. D. According to the economist Adam Keynes, world per-capita income is approaching $5,000 a year and will reach $10,000 a year by 2025. E. By the year 2025, economist Adam Keynes predicts that per-capita income in the world, which is approaching $5,000 a year, will surmount $10,000 a year.
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Economist Adam Keynes predicts by the year 2025 that world per-capita income, which now approaches $5,000 a year, is reaching $10,000 a year.
A. Economist Adam Keynes predicts by the year 2025 that world per-capita income, which now approaches $5,000 a year, is reaching $10,000 a year. 'predicts by the year's is wrong. He predicts THAT by the year...... Future tense cannot be shown by 'IS reaching'
B. Approaching $5,000 a year, economist Adam Keynes predicts that world per-capita income will reach $10,000 a year by 2025. MODIFIER issue- WHAT is approaching '5000 a year's, surely not Adam
C. According to the economist Adam Keynes, world per-capita income, which has been approaching $5,000 per year, will surmount $10,000 a year by 2025. awkward construction.. per capita HAS been approaching??
D. According to the economist Adam Keynes, world per-capita income is approaching $5,000 a year and will reach $10,000 a year by 2025. Best available answer...
E. By the year 2025, economist Adam Keynes predicts that per-capita income in the world, which is approaching $5,000 a year, will surmount $10,000 a year. Adam has already predicted, he will not predict by 2025..
Have a doubt ..as per original sentence , prediction is only regarding per capita income of 2025 , but in D it conveys that two points have been conveyed by author ie one for current per capita and another a prediction ..so it changes the meaning drastically..
Have a doubt ..as per original sentence , prediction is only regarding per capita income of 2025 , but in D it conveys that two points have been conveyed by author ie one for current per capita and another a prediction ..so it changes the meaning drastically..
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Same doubt hence went with C
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Have a doubt ..as per original sentence , prediction is only regarding per capita income of 2025 , but in D it conveys that two points have been conveyed by author ie one for current per capita and another a prediction ..so it changes the meaning drastically..
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Same doubt hence went with C
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If I may, there are two problems with option C. First Identified by chetan2u : has been approaching $5,000 per year --- an awkward construction . 2nd problem is the use of the verb "surmount". some what it is changing the meaning.
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Have a doubt ..as per original sentence , prediction is only regarding per capita income of 2025 , but in D it conveys that two points have been conveyed by author ie one for current per capita and another a prediction ..so it changes the meaning drastically..
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If you see I have mentioned " best available answer".. D is grammatically correct .. A is completely wrong grammatically so what it intends to convey is questionable..
Again Correct choice could have been worded better but it is best available
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Economist Adam Keynes predicts by the year 2025 that world per-capita income, which now approaches $5,000 a year, is reaching $10,000 a year.
A. Economist Adam Keynes predicts by the year 2025 that world per-capita income, which now approaches $5,000 a year, is reaching $10,000 a year. 'predicts by the year's is wrong. He predicts THAT by the year...... Future tense cannot be shown by 'IS reaching'
B. Approaching $5,000 a year, economist Adam Keynes predicts that world per-capita income will reach $10,000 a year by 2025. MODIFIER issue- WHAT is approaching '5000 a year's, surely not Adam
C. According to the economist Adam Keynes, world per-capita income, which has been approaching $5,000 per year, will surmount $10,000 a year by 2025. awkward construction.. per capita HAS been approaching??
D. According to the economist Adam Keynes, world per-capita income is approaching $5,000 a year and will reach $10,000 a year by 2025. Best available answer...
E. By the year 2025, economist Adam Keynes predicts that per-capita income in the world, which is approaching $5,000 a year, will surmount $10,000 a year. Adam has already predicted, he will not predict by 2025..
D
I did not expect your reasoning would include " awkward construction".
IMO C
Meaning analysis- Eco AK predicts that , the per capita income , which is already / has been already approaching 5000 WILL REACH 10000 BY THE YEAR 2025 The above bolded portion is his prediction.
Error analysis- A. He predicts it today not by the year . B.Modifier error- Verb-ing modifier incorrectly placed. C. CORRECT - "world per-capita income, which has been approaching $5,000 per year " This is a fact and maybe he predicts the future based on the fact. But it is certain that the above one is a fact. The verb tense is correctly used. " has been approaching " shows that the action is still going on. "will surmount $10,000 a year by 2025. " This is the prediction. Now the only problem with this choice is the verb" will surmount " which means that the PCI will overtake or get past the 10,000 mark and this we do not know for sure. D. Meaning error- "world per-capita income is approaching $5,000 a year and will reach $10,000 a year by 2025. " here the entire thing is a prediction which wrong. You predict the future not the action which is happenning at present. E. He is predicting now. Not by the year 2025.
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C vs D
According to Original sentence, words "world per-capita income now approaches' conveys a meaning that income approaches to a level in current scenario.
Present perfect tense in choice C 'has been approaching' distorts the meaning to 'income started approaching in the past and continue to do so'.
And, simple present in Choice D 'is approaching' resonates with Original sentence.
Hence, Choice D is correct.
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