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The People's Republic of China, having 1.3 billion people, with many of them living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often considered an emerging superpower.
A) having 1.3 billion people, with many of them living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often considered
B) having 1.3 billion people, many living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often would have been considered as
C) with 1.3 billion people, many living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often has been considered
D) with 1.3 billion people, and many of them live in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often has been considered
E) with 1.3 billion people, with many living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often have been considered
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
MAGOOSH OFFICIAL SOLUTION
First, let’s look at the larger sentence, ignoring the clause in the middle for a moment.
• Split #1: Main Verb
The subject is the People’s Republic of China.
This subject needs a verb.
Choice (A) commits the famous missing verb mistake: it has a participle [a verbED], considered, rather than a full verb.
Choice (A) is wrong.
Option (B)'s original would have been considered suggests either a hypothetical or a time period gone by but in both cases is missing its other part—an IF clause or a time frame.
Suppose we are talking about a Type 3 conditional (an impossible condition in the past and its probable result).
If THIS thing had happened, then THAT thing would have happened.
If __________________, then China would have been considered a superpower.
Whoops. There's a missing IF clause.
Suppose we are talking about a time in the past. Okay. When?
→ In Hitler's Germany from 1933 to 1945, anti-fascist political activism would have been considered a mortal threat.
In English, the phrasing of the verb "often would have been" implies more context.
A native ear expects to hear "the rest" of the context of the verb.
"The rest" is not forthcoming in option B.
Choice (B) is incorrect
• Split #2: Subject/Verb Agreement
Of course, there are many people in China, but China is a singular collective noun and requires a singular verb.
Choice (E) uses the plural verb have been considered—this is a subject/verb agreement error.
Choice (E) is incorrect.
• Split #3: Idiom
In Choice (B), considered as is not idiomatic.
Consider X, Y is preferred.
Consider X to be Y is acceptable but rare.
Consider X as Y is always incorrect.
• Split #4: Construction
Now, we’re down to just (C) & (D).
Choice (D) has an odd, clumsy structure:
[noun][noun modifier]and[independent clause],[verb]
This is not a correct structure.
We can’t have a full independent clause come between a subject and a verb.
Choice (D) is incorrect.
The only possible choice is (C).
COMMENTS
The original option B contained a typo.
The original option B should have said, ". . . . often would have been considered AS."
The corrected version does so.
Considered AS is not idiomatic.
Even without the AS, the verb phrasing in option B is a bit off, as I explained above.
Explanations below are quite good.
Keep up the hard work.
MAGOOSH OFFICIAL SOLUTION
Quote:
The People's Republic of China, having 1.3 billion people, with many of them living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often considered an emerging superpower.
A) . . . China, having 1.3 billion people, with many of them living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, [VERB?] [IS] often considered
B) . . . China having 1.3 billion people, many living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often would have been considered as
C) with 1.3 billion people, many living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often has been considered
D) with 1.3 billion people, and many of them live in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often has been considered
E) . . . China with 1.3 billion people, with many living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often have been considered
A) . . . China, having 1.3 billion people, with many of them living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, [VERB?] [IS] often considered
B) . . . China having 1.3 billion people, many living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often would have been considered as
C) with 1.3 billion people, many living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often has been considered
D) with 1.3 billion people, and many of them live in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often has been considered
E) . . . China with 1.3 billion people, with many living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often have been considered
First, let’s look at the larger sentence, ignoring the clause in the middle for a moment.
• Split #1: Main Verb
The subject is the People’s Republic of China.
This subject needs a verb.
Choice (A) commits the famous missing verb mistake: it has a participle [a verbED], considered, rather than a full verb.
Choice (A) is wrong.
Option (B)'s original would have been considered suggests either a hypothetical or a time period gone by but in both cases is missing its other part—an IF clause or a time frame.
Suppose we are talking about a Type 3 conditional (an impossible condition in the past and its probable result).
If THIS thing had happened, then THAT thing would have happened.
If __________________, then China would have been considered a superpower.
Whoops. There's a missing IF clause.
Suppose we are talking about a time in the past. Okay. When?
→ In Hitler's Germany from 1933 to 1945, anti-fascist political activism would have been considered a mortal threat.
In English, the phrasing of the verb "often would have been" implies more context.
A native ear expects to hear "the rest" of the context of the verb.
"The rest" is not forthcoming in option B.
Choice (B) is incorrect
• Split #2: Subject/Verb Agreement
Of course, there are many people in China, but China is a singular collective noun and requires a singular verb.
Choice (E) uses the plural verb have been considered—this is a subject/verb agreement error.
Choice (E) is incorrect.
• Split #3: Idiom
In Choice (B), considered as is not idiomatic.
Consider X, Y is preferred.
Consider X to be Y is acceptable but rare.
Consider X as Y is always incorrect.
• Split #4: Construction
Now, we’re down to just (C) & (D).
Choice (D) has an odd, clumsy structure:
[noun][noun modifier]and[independent clause],[verb]
This is not a correct structure.
We can’t have a full independent clause come between a subject and a verb.
Choice (D) is incorrect.
The only possible choice is (C).
COMMENTS
The original option B contained a typo.
The original option B should have said, ". . . . often would have been considered AS."
The corrected version does so.
Considered AS is not idiomatic.
Even without the AS, the verb phrasing in option B is a bit off, as I explained above.
Explanations below are quite good.
Keep up the hard work.
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The People's Republic of China, having 1.3 billion people, with many of them living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often considered an emerging superpower.
A) having 1.3 billion people, with many of them living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often considered
B) having 1.3 billion people, many living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often would have been considered
C) with 1.3 billion people, many living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often has been considered
D) with 1.3 billion people, and many of them live in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often has been considered
E) with 1.3 billion people, with many living in outlying rural areas far to the west of Beijing, often have been considered
A) Option A has a "be" verb missing with "often considered". It should've been something like "is often considered" (meaning China is routinely considered an emerging superpower) or "has been often considered" (meaning China was considered an emerging superpower sometime in the past and that is continued in the present). As it is we cannot accept this option without the "be" verb. Eliminate option A.
B) "often would have been considered" is a conditional tense and in the context of this usage makes for an incomplete sentence. "China often would have been considered an emerging superpower" if it has been doing what? Eliminate B.
C) "often has been considered" is a correct usage as discussed in option A above. Perfect, most likely our answer
D) We should prefer present continuous over simple present here. Live should be replaced with living. Eliminate option D.
E) The republic of China with 1.3 billion people is a singular noun even though it represents a collection of people. Therefore, "have been considered" is wrong and singular verb "has been considered" should be used. Eliminate option E.
Hence, option C is our answer.
Some doubts:
1. I am honestly not convinced why live is wrong in option C, because both the sentences, "I live in the countryside" and "I am living in the countryside" are correct and convey the same meaning. Can anybody explain?
