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Updated on: 19 May 2022, 01:14
Originally posted by sagarsabnis on 16 Jan 2010, 15:22.
Last edited by Bunuel on 19 May 2022, 01:14, edited 4 times in total.
Last edited by Bunuel on 19 May 2022, 01:14, edited 4 times in total.
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If the proposed expenditures for gathering information abroad are reduced even further, international news reports have been and will continue to diminish in number and quality.
(A) have been and will continue to diminish
(B) have and will continue to diminish
(C) will continue to diminish, as they already did,
(D) will continue to diminish, as they have already,
(E) will continue to diminish
(A) have been and will continue to diminish
(B) have and will continue to diminish
(C) will continue to diminish, as they already did,
(D) will continue to diminish, as they have already,
(E) will continue to diminish
22 Nov 2014, 09:35
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This Question is part of Question Pack 1
If the proposed expenditures for gathering information abroad are reduced even further, international news reports have been and will continue to diminish in number and quality.
(A) have been and will continue to diminish -> Will continue to diminish provides a sense that they are diminishing already. Have been is not required.
Have been diminishing -> is the correct construction. Diminishing can be ellipsed when "diminishing" is used somewhere else in the sentence
(B) have and will continue to diminish -> Will continue to diminish provides a sense that they are diminishing already. Have been is not required.
have diminished -> "Diminished" can be ellipsed when "diminished" is already used somewhere else in the sentence
(C) will continue to diminish, as they already did, -> Will continue to diminish provides a sense that they are diminishing already. Past tense is not required
(D) will continue to diminish, as they have already, -> Will continue to diminish provides a sense that they are diminishing already. Present perfect tense is not required as continue provides the required context.
(E) will continue to diminish -> Correct.
If the proposed expenditures for gathering information abroad are reduced even further, international news reports have been and will continue to diminish in number and quality.
(A) have been and will continue to diminish -> Will continue to diminish provides a sense that they are diminishing already. Have been is not required.
Have been diminishing -> is the correct construction. Diminishing can be ellipsed when "diminishing" is used somewhere else in the sentence
(B) have and will continue to diminish -> Will continue to diminish provides a sense that they are diminishing already. Have been is not required.
have diminished -> "Diminished" can be ellipsed when "diminished" is already used somewhere else in the sentence
(C) will continue to diminish, as they already did, -> Will continue to diminish provides a sense that they are diminishing already. Past tense is not required
(D) will continue to diminish, as they have already, -> Will continue to diminish provides a sense that they are diminishing already. Present perfect tense is not required as continue provides the required context.
(E) will continue to diminish -> Correct.
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16 Jan 2010, 16:12
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sagarsabnis
E keeps it simple. The others are too wordy. Will continue implies they are already diminishing, hence the reasons "have been" and "already have" are not needed.
