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If the Medical College had spent more funds renovating than it did advertising, it would have been able to attract more students

had spent more funds renovating than it did advertising

had spent more funds for renovation than it did to advertise

were to spend more funds renovating than it did advertising

were to spend more funds renovating than advertising

should spend more funds to renovate than to advertise



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If the Medical College had spent more funds renovating than 24 Jul 2005, 00:51
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i would go for B

".....it would have been able ...." indicates that the medical college had spend money. keeping the rule of parallelism in mind, "renovation", "advertise", "attract".
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If the Medical College had spent more funds renovating than 24 Jul 2005, 10:48
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as far as I know, the correct idiom is "spend on". But there is none. Thus, i will choose the least, in my opinion, incorrect answer, poe that is:
A - no, "had spend ..... than it did .....". Tense problems.
B - no, the same as A
E - no comments.

That leaves us with C and D
D is closer, because C comes with that weird "did" again.

Sorry for my bad english
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If the Medical College had spent more funds renovating than 24 Jul 2005, 11:25
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I pick A because the first action "spend more funds renovating than it did advertising" was expected to have been completed before achieving the results (other action of attracting more students)

I think verb tense and parallelism are being tested.
B is out because it is not parallel.
C is out because it makes the sentence sound as if none of the actions has taken place.

D, if you read properly almost gives the sentence a new meaning.

E is awkward with the 'should'
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If the Medical College had spent more funds renovating than 24 Jul 2005, 11:42
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I pick A because the first action "spend more funds renovating than it did advertising" was expected to have been completed before achieving the results (other action of attracting more students)
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Sorry, can't see the logic. What do you mean under "the first action"?
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If the Medical College had spent more funds renovating than 24 Jul 2005, 12:29
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I pick A.

B is out for lack of parallelism
C and D out for "future tense"... when the statement shows that funds were spent in the past...
E is just wrong.. can't use the "should" with the 'IF' at the beginning of the statement.
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If the Medical College had spent more funds renovating than 24 Jul 2005, 16:15
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OA is A....
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If the Medical College had spent more funds renovating than 24 Jul 2005, 17:56
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Can anyone explain why D is wrong here? Isnt this a case of subjunctive?
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If the Medical College had spent more funds renovating than 24 Jul 2005, 21:11
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The second part of the sentence is in past tense: 'it would have been able to attract more students' . So, I believe the underlined portion should be in past tense and not subjunctive.

correct me if I am wrong.



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