In the questions given below, choose the grammatically correct option to replace the underlined part of the sentence.
A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufciently safe in the future.
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SEBI Grade A (Ph 1 Paper 1 2022)
that they will, or could,
Incorrect Answerthat they would, or could,
Incorrect Answerthey will be or could
Incorrect Answerthink that they will be or could be
Correct Answerthink the power stations would or could
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
a, b, and c are clearly wrong because they involve a missing verb after ‘but’ i.e., ‘think’. Between d and e, d is better because it uses the correct tense ‘will’ instead of ‘would’. Second, there is a missing ‘be’ after ‘would’ in option E.
(d) is the answer.
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By: Parvesh Mehta