The health commissioner said that the government had

Question

The health commissioner said that the government had implemented strict measures to eradicate the contaminated food and, despite the recent illnesses,  it will try  to prevent the outbreak from reccurring in the future.

A. it will try
 
B. that it tried
 
C. it had tried
 
D. it would try
 
E. that it would try

u2lover · Answer

D or E...

I chose E for ||sm

The health  commissioner   said that  the government had implemented strict measures to eradicate the contaminated food and, despite the recent illnesses,  that  it would try to preventthe outbreak from reccurring in the future.

buzzgaurav · Answer

Also picking E.

The health commissioner said  that the  government had implemented strict measures to eradicate the contaminated food and.......  that  it would try to prevent the outbreak from reccurring in the future.

ywilfred · Answer

'will try', 'would try' are all out because the attempt has already been made, so we need past tense

Betwen B and C, go with B for parallelism

GMATT73 · Answer

Actually, I think it`s a past statement with future reference, so will and would are possible.

Ex:---> Last year I said that I would be going to UCB Haas sometime before the end of this decade.

dwivedys · Answer

The health commissioner said that the government had implemented strict measures to eradicate the contaminated food and, despite the recent illnesses,  it will try  to prevent the outbreak from reccurring in thefuture. 

A. it will try 

B. that it tried 

C. it had tried 

D. it would try 

E. that it would try

I vote for E. It's the only choice that maintains parallel structure and correct tense.

MA · Answer

The health commissioner said   that   the government had implemented strict measures to eradicate the contaminated food and, despite the recent illnesses,   that   it would try to prevent the outbreak from reccurring in the future.

E. .... that ..... and that ...... makes the sentence parallel.

ps_dahiya · Answer

OA is E.

OE:

In the original sentence, the verb "had implemented" is in the past perfect tense, indicating that this event occurred at some point before the commissioner spoke. The verb "will try", however, is in the simple future. When the future is indicated from the point of view of the past, the simple future is not used. Instead, the conditional is required. For example, "The man said that he would buy a new car" is preferable to "The man said that he will buy a new car." We need to find a conditional verb. Moreover, the pronoun "it" begins a new clause and thus requires repetition of "that" in order to make clear, using parallel structure, that this new clause is still something that the commissioner said. For example, "The man said that he would buy a new car and that he would drive it everywhere" is preferable to "The man said that he would buy a new car and he would drive it everywhere."
 
(A) This choice is incorrect as it repeats the original sentence. 
 
(B) This choice does not offer the conditional "would try", though it does offer another "that". The past tense "tried" is definitely wrong here because the trying will happen "in the future."

(C) This choice uses the past perfect tense "had tried" where the conditional "would try" is preferred. An extra "that" is needed to make the two clauses "the government had..." and "it had tried" parallel. 
 
(D) This is a very tempting choice as it fixes the verb tense to the conditional. However, an extra "that" is needed to make the two clauses "the government had..." and "it would try" parallel.
 
(E) CORRECT. This choice provides the conditional and another "that".

Raghavender · Answer

went for D, coz he sounded for wordy.

But, thanx for the explanation, realised my mistake...

b14kumar · Answer

Nice OE.

Regards, Brajesh

shoonya · Answer

Are you guys sure that E should be the right answer? E sounds wordy because of the use of "that"

consider following example:

I can play soccer and play basketball 
 OR
I can play soccer and basketball.

 which one sounds right?

u2lover · Answer

just a tip... if you go "by the sound" in SC, you will never find the correct answer :!:

well... may be in 90% of cases you won't, which is a pretty big chance of missing both examples of yours are correct gramatically with the second called ellipsis... which means that in 2nd option verb "play" is implied

u2lover · Answer

speaking of ellipsis... here is a recent example https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=32119

sharadGmat · Answer

Hi ps_dahia, 

Well, E is best of all. However I still have my doubts whether E is correct. 
Past perfect is needed only when there is necessary to tell which action happened first and which happened later, both actions being past. 


In this case, second action is for future. So simple past - "that Gover... has implemented , and that it would .." will be more appropriate.. 

What do you say ??

shoonya · Answer

u2lover, if i have the same sentences:

1) I can play soccer and play basketball

2) I can play soccer and basketball. 


 given as choices, i MUST choose (A) over (B)?

 thanks again for your help.

u2lover · Answer

you must choose 2nd because it is more concise and gramatically correct... remember that less words with same meaning always wins if it is gramatically correct :!:

even if it sounds awkward, which is the case most of the time

shoonya · Answer

u2lover, 

so in that case, D should be a better answer than E since E uses "that" which is redumdant. I think i'm still missing something. thanks for patiently answering my questions.

 by the way, i posted around midnight and you posted 3 hours later. where are you at? i'm in pennsylvania.

u2lover · Answer

yes... you are missing the ||sm issue... commissioner said THAT blah-blah, and THAT blah-blah

Pacific Standard time

The health commissioner said that the government had

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