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09 Jul 2021, 07:00
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If the development of a hardier variety of rice is successful, the damage to at least 4 million tons of rice crops a year will be prevented.
A. at least 4 million tons of rice crops a year will be
B. 4 million or more than 4 million tons of rice crops a year will be
C. at least 4 million tons of rice crops a year were
D. at least 4 million tons of rice crops a year would be
E. at least 4 million tons of rice crops a year had been
A. at least 4 million tons of rice crops a year will be
B. 4 million or more than 4 million tons of rice crops a year will be
C. at least 4 million tons of rice crops a year were
D. at least 4 million tons of rice crops a year would be
E. at least 4 million tons of rice crops a year had been
11 Jul 2021, 04:30
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
If the development of a hardier variety of rice is successful, the damage to at least 4 million tons of rice crops a year will be prevented.
A. at least 4 million tons of rice crops a year will be
This answer choice is concise and correctly uses the Future tense (will) in the result part of the Conditional 1 sentence.
B. 4 million or more than 4 million tons of rice crops a year will be
This answer choice is stylistically flawed. 4 million or more than 4 million is redundant. Look for a more concise answer choice.
What helps us identify this question as a Redundancy question as well as identify this mistake is the following Stop Sign: x or even more than x
C. at least 4 million tons of rice crops a year were
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect as it uses Past Simple (were) in the result part of the conditional. We can identify that the sentence is a Conditional 1 sentence by the use of Present in the condition (If... is). Accordingly, the result part of the conditional sentence should be in the Future or Present tense.
Example: If he goes, she will follow. (if + present simple...will + V1 [future])
D. at least 4 million tons of rice crops a year would be
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect as it uses Future-Past (would) in the result part of the conditional. We can identify that the sentence is a Conditional 1 sentence by the use of Present in the condition (If... is). Accordingly, the result part of the conditional sentence should be in the Future or Present tense.
Example: If he goes, she will follow. (if + present simple...will + V1 [future])
E. at least 4 million tons of rice crops a year had been
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect as it uses Past Perfect (had been) in the result part of the conditional. We can identify that the sentence is a Conditional 1 sentence by the use of Present in the condition (If... is). Accordingly, the result part of the conditional sentence should be in the Future or Present tense.
Example: If he goes, she will follow. (if + present simple...will + V1 [future])
General Discussion
09 Jul 2021, 09:28
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As this is a future prediction, we need "will" so eliminate (c)(d)(e). between (a) and (b), (A) is more concise and clear. So IMO A
