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Even with the proposed budget cuts and new taxes and fees, the city's projected deficit for the next budget year is getting worse: administration officials announced that they believe the gap will be $3.7 billion, a billion dollars over what it was predicted just two months ago.
A) over what it was predicted
B) over the prediction from
C) more than it was predicted
D) more than they had predicted
E) more than they predicted it
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A) over what it was predicted
B) over the prediction from
C) more than it was predicted
D) more than they had predicted
E) more than they predicted it
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13 Jun 2020, 07:12
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Hopefully these examples will clear things up:
- "The economist predicted the recession." - A "recession" is something that can be predicted, so this is okay.
- "The football player predicted victory." - Again, "victory" is something that can be predicted, so no issue here.
- "The economist predicted the budget." - Um, what does that mean? The economist predicted that a budget would come into existence?? Without additional context, a "budget" isn't really something that, by itself, can be predicted.
- "The economist predicted the budget TO BE $10 million." - This is much better. It probably doesn't make sense to predict "a budget", but it makes perfect sense to predict a budget TO BE some amount.
Does that mean that we should invent a rule stating that "predicted" must always be followed by "to be"? Nope. Instead, you have to think hard about the context in each new, unique sentence and decide what makes the most sense. This is what makes GMAT SC so much fun... I guess?
04 May 2020, 04:43
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B: a billion dollars over the prediction
Here, AN AMOUNT -- a billion dollars -- is illogically compared to THE PREDICTION.
Eliminate B.
Recent sentences in the NY Times:
Another $14 billion is needed to pay off long-term debt.
$17 billion is available for direct loans to companies.
$90 billion is needed to help poor regions.
Notice that the figures in blue are considered SINGULAR.
A: $3.7 billion, a billion dollars over what it was predicted
C: $3.7 billion, a billion dollars more than it was predicted
E: $3.7 billion, a billion dollars more than they predicted it
Here, a reader might wonder whether it serves to refer to $3.7 billion (the nearest preceding singular noun) or to the gap (an earlier singular noun).
Since D avoids this potential ambiguity, eliminate A, C and E.
Administration officials announced that...the gap will be...a billion dollars more than they predicted.
Here, because the verbs in red are in the SAME TENSE, the two actions seem to be concurrent.
Not so.
Clearly, the act of predicting was completed BEFORE the act of announcing.
In the OA, the usage of the past perfect makes the sequence crystal clear.
Administration officials announced that...the gap will be...a billion dollars more than they had predicted just two month ago.
