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Foreign investors, because of their growing confidence in their capabi Updated on: 07 Nov 2018, 03:13
Originally posted by noboru on 30 Aug 2009, 09:22.
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Foreign investors, because of their growing confidence in their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, have been led to move from passive involvement in commercial real estate partnerships to active development of their own increasingly ambitious projects.


(A) Foreign investors, because of their growing confidence in their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, have been led

(B) Foreign investors, growing confident about their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, has led them

(C) Growing confidence in their ability to make profitable investments in the United States has led foreign investors

(D) Growing confidence in their ability for making profitable investments in the United States have led foreign investors

(E) Growing confident about their capabilities for making profitable investments in the United States, foreign investors have been led
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311. Foreign investors, because of their growing confidence in their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, have been led to move from passive involvement in commercial real estate partnerships to active development of their own increasingly ambitious projects.

(A) Foreign investors, because of their growing confidence in their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, have been led
(B) Foreign investors, growing confident about their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, has led them
(C) Growing confidence in their ability to make profitable investments in the United States has led foreign investors
(D) Growing confidence in their ability for making profitable investments in the United States have led foreign investors
(E) Growing confident about their capabilities for making profitable investments in the United States, foreign investors have been led
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capability often refers to one's maximum ability, to one's limits of capacity for doing/accomplishing something;

on the other hand, ability is more applicable to the generic, non-quantifiable quality of being able to do something/capable of doing something

Ability is closer to a talent, a natural skill which is hard to quantify, whereas capability is more applicable to enterprizes, rather than persons, or, if it is applied to a person, it may more often reflect on limitations, rather than talents.

A. We need ability.
B. Awkward construction.
C. Correct. Ability to is the correct idiom.
D. Subject verb agreement.
E. Same as A.
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A) Foreign investors, because of their growing confidence in their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, have been led
misplaced modifier;have been led is modifying foreign investors-incorrect
(B) Foreign investors, growing confident about their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, has led them
"them" -has no/vague antecedent - incorrect
(C) Growing confidence in their ability to make profitable investments in the United States has led foreign investors
correct choice ; proper usage -"ability for" ; "Growing confidence..... has led"
(D) Growing confidence in their ability for making profitable investments in the United States have led foreign investors
incorrect- "ability for" ; have led is incorrect with growing confidence
(E) Growing confident about their capabilities for making profitable investments in the United States, foreign investors have been led
incorrect- "ability for" ; have been -wrong / unnecessary tense

(C) wins
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(A) Foreign investors, because of their growing confidence in their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, have been led -> capability of is correct form.
(B) Foreign investors, growing confident about their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, has led them -> Foreign investors are plural
(C) Growing confidence in their ability to make profitable investments in the United States has led foreign investors -> Correct
(D) Growing confidence in their ability for making profitable investments in the United States have led foreign investors -> ability to do sth/to doing sth is correct form
(E) Growing confident about their capabilities for making profitable investments in the United States, foreign investors have been led -> capabilities of is correct form
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(A) Foreign investors,......... have been led ...... ( does this make any sense ) Eliminated

(B) Foreign investors,...... has led them ( Investors - Has - SV disagreement) Eliminated

(C) Growing confidence (in their ability to make profitable investments in the United States ) has led foreign investors ------------- remove the bracketted portion n reread, Growing confidence has led investors to move from X to Y : Perfect

(D) Growing confidence .............have led foreign investors ( Have, SV Disagreement ) Eliminated

(E) Growing confident about their capabilities for making profitable investments in the United States, foreign investors have been led ( Same as A )

leading to C
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"capability for making profitable investments" is rather awkward... Hence, eliminate A and E.
"ability to make profits" is better...

(A) Foreign investors, because of their growing confidence in their capability formaking profitable investments in the United States, have been led
(E) Growing confident about their capabilities for making profitable investments in the United States, foreign investors have been led

"Has led them" is pointing to itself... "Foreign investors has led them" - Confusing isn't it? Hence, eliminate B.

(B) Foreign investors, growing confident about their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, has led them

(D) Growing confidence ... have led foreign investors - must be singular

Answer: C




Answer: C
(C) Growing confidence in their ability to make profitable investments in the United States has led foreign investors
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Foreign investors, because of their growing confidence in their capabi 01 Aug 2014, 23:29
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311. Foreign investors, because of their growing confidence in their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, have been led to move from passive involvement in commercial real estate partnerships to active development of their own increasingly ambitious projects.

(A) Foreign investors, because of their growing confidence in their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, have been led
(B) Foreign investors, growing confident about their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, has led them
(C) Growing confidence in their ability to make profitable investments in the United States has led foreign investors
(D) Growing confidence in their ability for making profitable investments in the United States have led foreign investors
(E) Growing confident about their capabilities for making profitable investments in the United States, foreign investors have been led
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We need the subject " growing confidence", not "foreign investors" have been led. Left with C, D, and E. C is the best choice since "ability to" is idiomatic, "ability for doing sth" and " growing confident about" are not preferred.
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1.Idiom： ability to do sth
2. pronoun can appear before the antecedent
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Foreign investors, because of their growing confidence in their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, have been led to move from passive involvement in commercial real estate partnerships to active development of their own increasingly ambitious projects.


(A) Foreign investors, because of their growing confidence in their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, have been led

(B) Foreign investors, growing confident about their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, has led them

(C) Growing confidence in their ability to make profitable investments in the United States has led foreign investors

(D) Growing confidence in their ability for making profitable investments in the United States have led foreign investors

(E) Growing confident about their capabilities for making profitable investments in the United States, foreign investors have been led
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I thought the right answer was B because "has" is connected to "capability" which is singular.
I understand the phrase that "capability has led them(Foreign Investors) to....

Could someone help me to understand why "has" is not correct here o how I should read the phrase to understand it better.
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