Verbal questions from any Manhattan Prep GMAT Computer Adaptive Test. Topic subject should be the first few words of your question.
Xins
 
 

SC: When one eats in this restaurant

by Xins Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:46 pm

--------------------------------------------
When one eats in this restaurant, you often find that the prices are high and that the food is poorly prepared
1. When one eats in this restaurant, you often find
2. When you eat in this restaurant, one often finds
3.As you eat in this restaurant, you often find
4. If you eat in this restaurant, you often find
5. When one ate in this restaurant, he often found
------------------------------------------------------

Need help with this question

OA: C. I marked D. Can someone please help me understand why?
Xins
 
 

Source

by Xins Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:50 pm

Source is Barrons
Synfist
 
 

by Synfist Sat Nov 08, 2008 2:29 pm

One and You does not match , either both should be one or You :)
Xins
 
 

you and you

by Xins Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:38 am

D has you and you. I wonder why is it wrong?
esledge
Forum Guests
 
Posts: 1181
Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:33 am
Location: St. Louis, MO
 

If...Then

by esledge Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:43 pm

(D) is wrong because of the mismatch between the hypothetical "if" and following verb "often find." To use if correctly, choice (D) would have to be changed to one of the following:

General rule with no uncertainty
If you eat in this restaurant, you find that the prices are high and that the food is poorly prepared.
IF Present, THEN Present.

General rule with some uncertainty
If you eat in this restaurant, you may often find that the prices are high and that the food is poorly prepared.
IF Present, THEN Can or May.

Particular case (in the future) with no uncertainty
If you eat in this restaurant, you will often find that the prices are high and that the food is poorly prepared.
IF Present, THEN Future.

Unlikely case (in the future)
If you ate in this restaurant, you would often find that the prices are high and that the food is poorly prepared.
IF Hypothetical Subjunctive, THEN Conditional.

Case that Never Happened (in the past)
If you had eaten in this restaurant, you would have often found that the prices are high and that the food is poorly prepared.
IF Past Perfect, THEN Conditional Perfect.
Emily Sledge
Instructor
ManhattanGMAT