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93. Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that short-term temperature data are an inadequate means of predicting long-term trends and point out that the scientific community remains divided on whether significant warming will occur and what impact will it have if it does.
A. on whether significant warming will occur and what impact will it have if it does.
B. on whether warming that occurs will be significant and the impact it would have
C. as to whether significant warming will occur or the impact it would have if it did
D. over whether there will be significant warming or the impact it will have
E. over whether significant warming will occur and what impact it would have



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Re: Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that [#permalink] New post   02 Aug 2007, 10:39
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93. Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that short-term temperature data are an inadequate means of predicting long-term trends and point out that the scientific community remains divided on whether significant warming will occur and what impact will it have if it does.

A. on whether significant warming will occur and what impact will it have if it does.
B. on whether warming that occurs will be significant and the impact it would have
C. as to whether significant warming will occur or the impact it would have if it did
D. over whether there will be significant warming or the impact it will have
E. over whether significant warming will occur and what impact it would have



A should be fine.

"Divided on" is better than "divided over".
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Re: Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that [#permalink] New post   02 Aug 2007, 10:39
i will go with E ..as i guess "divided over" is the correct idiom
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Re: Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that [#permalink] New post   02 Aug 2007, 11:44
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93. Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that short-term temperature data are an inadequate means of predicting long-term trends and point out that the scientific community remains divided on whether significant warming will occur and what impact will it have if it does.
A. on whether significant warming will occur and what impact will it have if it does.
B. on whether warming that occurs will be significant and the impact it would have
C. as to whether significant warming will occur or the impact it would have if it did
D. over whether there will be significant warming or the impact it will have
E. over whether significant warming will occur and what impact it would have


i pick E. "divided over whether..." and for parallelism
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Re: Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that [#permalink] New post   02 Aug 2007, 17:56
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93. Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that short-term temperature data are an inadequate means of predicting long-term trends and point out that the scientific community remains divided on whether significant warming will occur and what impact will it have if it does.
A. on whether significant warming will occur and what impact will it have if it does.
B. on whether warming that occurs will be significant and the impact it would have
C. as to whether significant warming will occur or the impact it would have if it did
D. over whether there will be significant warming or the impact it will have
E. over whether significant warming will occur and what impact it would have


A: and what impact will it have if it does - wordy
B: Not totally sure, but I don't think on whether is the correct idiom
C: as to whether sounds good, then... "will occur or the impact" changes the meaning of the sentence
D. will have changes the meaning, its not sure if it (globabl warming) "will occur"


E: correct idiom over whether. it would have fixes the wordy phrase will it have if it does, but does not change the meaning.

Again, I think over whether is the correct idiom...
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Re: Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that [#permalink] New post   03 Aug 2007, 08:43
I am going with E too.

A is too wordy at the end. 'if it does' is not necessary.
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Re: Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that [#permalink] New post   03 Aug 2007, 17:39
E should be right because "over whether significant warming will occur and what impact it would have"

It correctly expresses uncertain scenario..
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Re: Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that [#permalink] New post   03 Aug 2007, 18:33
divided over is the correct idiom.

E will be my choice too.
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Re: Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that [#permalink] New post   24 Aug 2007, 08:56
my choice is also E...people pls OA for the questions you post
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Re: Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that [#permalink] New post   24 Aug 2007, 09:00
is it E?

Though I am not sure ..but Divided over looks better than divided on

Would appreciate the explanation here
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Re: Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that [#permalink] New post   24 Aug 2007, 12:48
I will choose A.

For me , E seems to be incorrect because the main sentence is in the present tense due to the verb 'argue' and in E the final clause "what impact it would have" should be used in past tense. If E had the clase, "what impact it will have", I will jump for E.

Anyways, please spill the beans..Whats the correct answer ?
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Re: Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that [#permalink] New post   24 Aug 2007, 13:18
E doesnt seem like a complete sentence.
I would choos A.

Whats OA?
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Re: Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that [#permalink] New post   24 Aug 2007, 13:35
cruiser wrote:
E doesnt seem like a complete sentence.
I would choos A.

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A doesn't have parallel structure. should be "it will" instead of "will it". E looks like the least evil option
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Re: Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that [#permalink] New post   12 Nov 2007, 02:35
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My Ans is E

What's the OA?


A or E. Don't know exactly. Can the person who post this question, let us know the answer?
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Re: Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that [#permalink] New post   12 Nov 2007, 05:21
stevegt wrote:
93. Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that short-term temperature data are an inadequate means of predicting long-term trends and point out that the scientific community remains divided on whether significant warming will occur and what impact will it have if it does.
A. on whether significant warming will occur and what impact will it have if it does.
B. on whether warming that occurs will be significant and the impact it would have
C. as to whether significant warming will occur or the impact it would have if it did
D. over whether there will be significant warming or the impact it will have
E. over whether significant warming will occur and what impact it would have


'divided on' is incorrect. 'will' cannot express a hypothetical situation;'would' is required. This leaves only C and E.

In C, the use of 'or' is incorrect. You cannot be divided over a 'or' b; you can be divided over 'a' and 'b'.

Answer should be E.

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Re: Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that [#permalink] New post   12 Nov 2007, 06:26
Will go with E

divided over whether is correct idiom and D is awkward.

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