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Soccer players [#permalink] Soccer players   09 Aug 2005, 18:13
Miguel and jose never have and never will be world class players, but they love the sport and continue to improve at it.

I was able to narrow down to two choices

c)never have been and never will be world class soccer players, but
d)have never been world class players and will never be, but

Which one would you choose and WHY?

Thanks

Is the aim on GMAT to correct the sentence with minimal changes?



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Re: Soccer players [#permalink] Soccer players   09 Aug 2005, 18:19
I think it is D, given the limited choicrs. It would be nice if you could provide all the choices.

We need to correct the problem in GMAT sentence correction no matter how much change is required.

I think "have never been" in D is better than "never have been" in C.
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Re: Soccer players [#permalink] Soccer players   09 Aug 2005, 18:24
other choices are

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b) never having been and probably never becoming world class soccer players
c)
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e)without being and probably never becoming world class players still

I have an OA. This is an exam question per the GMAT book i bought.
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Re: Soccer players [#permalink] Soccer players   09 Aug 2005, 19:04
D

never should come after 'have'
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Re: Soccer players [#permalink] Soccer players   09 Aug 2005, 19:29
old_dream_1976 wrote:
Miguel and jose never have and never will be world class players, but they love the sport and continue to improve at it.
c) never have been and never will be world class soccer players, but
d) have never been world class players and will never be, but


D is correct because C has not complete verb and D has.
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Re: Soccer players [#permalink] Soccer players   09 Aug 2005, 20:00
agree with D. B uses the wrong tense.
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Re: Soccer players [#permalink] Soccer players   09 Aug 2005, 20:41
i also had choosen D

But OA is B.
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Re: Soccer players [#permalink] Soccer players   09 Aug 2005, 20:42
I am sorry the OA is C.
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Re: Soccer players [#permalink] Soccer players   10 Aug 2005, 10:06
How can D be correct?

Where is the predicate for the second verb?

Miguel and jose never have and never will be world class players, but they love the sport and continue to improve at it.

C
Miguel and jose never have been and
never will be
world class soccer players, but

D
Miguel and jose have never been world class players
and
will never be what???
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Re: Soccer players [#permalink] Soccer players   11 Aug 2005, 12:17
riteshgupta1 wrote:
How can D be correct?

Where is the predicate for the second verb?

Miguel and jose never have and never will be world class players, but they love the sport and continue to improve at it.

C
Miguel and jose never have been and
never will be
world class soccer players, but

D
Miguel and jose have never been world class players
and
will never be what???


EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!! It's (C).



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