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04 Jun 2021, 02:00
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In a recently published article, a team of meteorologists proposed that additional equipment will be developed using government funds to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain whether a forecast is accurate.
A. will be developed using government funds to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain whether a forecast is accurate.
B. was developed using government funds to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain whether a forecast is accurate.
C. be developed using government funds to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain whether a forecast is accurate or not.
D. be developed using funds from the government to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain if a forecast is accurate.
E. be developed using government funds to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain whether a forecast is accurate
A. will be developed using government funds to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain whether a forecast is accurate.
B. was developed using government funds to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain whether a forecast is accurate.
C. be developed using government funds to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain whether a forecast is accurate or not.
D. be developed using funds from the government to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain if a forecast is accurate.
E. be developed using government funds to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain whether a forecast is accurate
06 Jun 2021, 02:00
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
In a recently published article, a team of meteorologists proposed that additional equipment will be developed using government funds to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain whether a forecast is accurate.
A. will be developed using government funds to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain whether a forecast is accurate.
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. Propose is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by that). This means that the next verb after proposed that should be in base form. However, will be is in the future, not in base form.
What helps us identify this question as a Subjunctive question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: propose/recommend/require/request/insist/suggest/mandate/ask/demand that
Whenever you come across this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is in its base form.
B. was developed using government funds to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain whether a forecast is accurate.
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect and repeats the original Subjunctive error. Propose is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by that). This means that the next verb after proposed that should be in base form. However, was is in the past, not in base form.
What helps us identify this question as a Subjunctive question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: propose/recommend/require/request/insist/suggest/mandate/ask/demand that
Whenever you come across this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is in its base form.
C. be developed using government funds to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain whether a forecast is accurate or not.
Although this answer choice corrects the original Subjunctive error by using the base form be after the verb proposed, it is still stylistically flawed. Using or not after whether is redundant.
D. be developed using funds from the government to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain if a forecast is accurate.
Although this answer choice corrects the original Subjunctive error by using the base form be after the verb proposed, it uses if instead of whether. In the GMAT, If is used in Conditionals only. If you see if in a sentence and there's no condition, you should replace if with whether.
Think of whether as a choice between two possibilities dealing with the same subject or as a yes/no question.
- Example: I do not know whether this will work. (yes or no)
He was not sure whether he wanted banana or chocolate cake. (a choice between 2 possibilities)
E. be developed using government funds to assist them in forming predictions although they will never be completely certain whether a forecast is accurate
Propose is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by that). This means that the next verb after proposed that should be in base form. This answer choice, therefore, correctly uses be.
General Discussion
04 Jun 2021, 04:14
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Bunuel
IMO
"Proposed that" shows subjunctive therefore A&B is eliminated.
D- eliminated as it is using if-then construction
Between C&E- eliminate C as we don't write or not with whether on GMAT
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