If Americans take stock of their values, they will come to

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If Americans take stock of  their values, they will come to understand that they are quite philanthropic .

A. Their values, they will come to understand that they are quite philanthropic.
B. Their values, we will come to understand that they are quite philanthropic
C. Their values, we have come to understand that they are quite philanthropic
D. Their values, they have come to understand that they are quite philanthropic.
E. Their values, we have been coming to understand that they are quite philanthropic

I feel Option B is correct and make more sense. Please help explain.

suyashjhawar · Answer

Boss one of the weirdest Sc problem.What is the source of the question?All options are pathetic.We have been coming,they have come to understand,we have come,we will come all are incorrect.Only A seems to be ok among all.What a question!

aman1213 · Answer

Only Answer A seems to be right answer here, all other options seem totally wrong.
If americans take stock of their values, then only americans will know something and not us.
If we take stock of their values, then we will know something about it.
hence option a is the only answer tht makes sense.

gurpreetsingh · Answer

haha seriously very bad question !!

Could you pls share your source? Is it from any local Gmat prep company ?

sachinrelan · Answer

Thanks Aman ...nice explanation

saxenashobhit · Answer

If Americans take stock of their values, they will come to understand that they are quite philanthropic.

A. Their values, they will come to understand that they are quite philanthropic. - no mistake as such
B. Their values, we will come to understand that they are quite philanthropic - we is not correct
C. Their values, we have come to understand that they are quite philanthropic - we is not correct
D. Their values, they have come to understand that they are quite philanthropic. - have is not correct
E. Their values, we have been coming to understand that they are quite philanthropic - we, have, com  is not correct

Dreamy · Answer

only option A has the correct pronouns.

kidchaos · Answer

A is the only one that fits...All others don't make any sense

onedayill · Answer

Bad question ... I would say, Ignore this

amp0201 · Answer

A - correct answer choice.

answer choices with 'we' can be eliminated..does not have proper antecedent.

have come - incorrect. no need for present perfect tense. Thanks.

BlitzHN · Answer

If Americans take stock of their values, they will come to understand that they are quite philanthropic.

A. Their values, they will come to understand that they are quite philanthropic.
B. Their values, we will come to understand that they are quite philanthropic
C. Their values, we have come to understand that they are quite philanthropic
D. Their values, they have come to understand that they are quite philanthropic.
E. Their values, we have been coming to understand that they are quite philanthropic

If A's take stock of their values then how will we come to know that they are Philanthropic? They will come to know that they are Philanthropic. So, B, C and E are gone.

Between A and D, A looks straight fwd. D just sounds weird.

moneymike · Answer

I agree with A as the best choice. However, I think A still makes a pronoun mistake?
The last "they" is it referring to values or Americans? Isn't this ambiguous?

metallicafan · Answer

+1 A

Usually, when we have "IF + simple present", the second part of the sentence is in simple future (will).

B is wrong because it changes the meaning. The original sentence doesn't talk about us.

brandy96 · Answer

very bad question. but A is the closest.

contacttoakhil · Answer

If x does, y will do. So C, D and E are out.

Among A and B

A) If Ram know the map, I will reach home.
B) If Ram knows the map, he will reach home.

Which one is correct. Most of us will say B and I agree. But A can also be correct If I am accompanied by Ram :-D

Anyways A is right answer here, but I did not like the question.

If Americans take stock of their values, they will come to

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