agarbattis Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Can you pl explain the answer for this Qn To develop more accurate population forecasts, demographers have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic determinants of fertility. have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economical would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economical would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economic would have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chandak_anand Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Should be D. What is the OA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashesha Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 i go with D.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadugar Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 To develop more accurate population forecasts, demographers have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic determinants of fertility. have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economical would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economical would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economic would have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economicalThere are three errors in the incorrect sentences: 1. The sentence should use future perfect tense since the two events are occuring in sequence in future. Sentence should use "would have" and not "have". Options A, B are ruled out; options C, D, E satisfy. 2. Word economic and economical are not same although both of them are adjectives. This is altered intent case. Options B, C, E are ruled out; options A, D satisfy. 3. Faulty comparison of time and knowledge. "to know" is compared to "now", while it should have been "they know now" to "what they would know". Options A, E are ruled out; options B, C, D satisfy. So only option D satify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontheway Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I don't think " would have" should be preferred over "have" in this sentence. Normally "would have" should be used to refer future prospect of any past event. I think present tense is enough to retain the meaning of the sentence. Only A & D use word "economic", making them viable options while others using word "economical" that changes meaning of the sentence. A compares knowledge to time (now) therefore faulty. Only option left is D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadugar Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I don't think " would have" should be preferred over "have" in this sentence. Normally "would have" should be used to refer future prospect of any past event. I think present tense is enough to retain the meaning of the sentence. I think you are right. I drop my argument 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anilmanu Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I pick D too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prreeet Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 D for me as well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesfeaves Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 IMO A As would is used to describe future event of past event and here both the events are in future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dv_dheeraj Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 i think usage of would is warranted as it is a conditional statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubicle Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Very good discussion. It seems D is the winner. What is OA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swatee01 Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I'll go with D. Whats the OA?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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