Some business analysts argue that American automobile industry ........ because Congress ........ heavier import duties, but others say that the cars themselves are superior to the foreign competition.

A) suffer/shouldn’t impose
B) is suffering/will not impose
C) have been suffering/didn’t impose
D) used to suffer/don’t suffer
E) was suffering/haven’t been imposed

a diyorum ama suffers olması gerekmiyormu eğer böyle kalıyorsa b şıkkı olur.

Some business analysts argue that American automobile industry ........ because Congress ........ heavier import duties, but others say that the cars themselves are superior to the foreign competition.

A) suffer/shouldn’t impose
B) is suffering/will not impose
C) have been suffering/didn’t impose
D) used to suffer/don’t suffer
E) was suffering/haven’t been imposed



Only "C" is possible. But there's got to be an error as to the subject-verb agreement.

Industry as it stands alone is "non-count", but when it refers to a spesific branch of production, it takes either singular or plural form accordingly, thus becoming "count-noun".

Here "American automobile industry" seems to be somewhat spesific, and apparently requires a singular verb "has"

My name is Hıdır, what comes from my hand is budur.

what about b Sir? "will not" is sometimes used to indicate refusal..

what about b Sir? "will not" is sometimes used to indicate refusal..


Some business analysts argue that American automobile industry ........ because Congress ........ heavier import duties, but others say that the cars themselves are superior to the foreign competition.

B) is suffering/will not

When the first part of the sentence is in "The Simple Present Tense" while the second cluse (after because ) is in the future, I can hardly associate the "cause and effect" relation.

"Becasue" simply refers to a reason in the future, but the SP in the first sentence indicates a present situation. Hence; we CANNOT say;

"I am hungry because you will not feed me."

or

"I am suffering because you will leave me" (well this sounds a bit more logical than the previous one, yet still lacks the semantic consistency.)


In short : "B" is Ok but sounds "tuhaf" to me..

I would choose B.

Some business analysts argue that American automobile industry ........ because Congress ........ heavier import duties, but others say that the cars themselves are superior to the foreign competition.


A) suffer/shouldn’t impose
B) is suffering/will not impose
C) have been suffering/didn’t imposeD) used to suffer/don’t suffer
E) was suffering/haven’t been imposed



b seçeneğinde because den sonra gelcek olan tense sebep belirmeli ki ilk boşluk sonuç olsun will geleceğe atıfta bulunmakta


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"Because" dan önce bir virgül gerkmezmi "B" olursa??. "Yani geleceğe dair reddetme, ayak diretme anlamında". Açıkçası "B" bu anlamda mantıklı ve Seyfi Hoca doğru söylüyor. Yine de "virgül" arar oldu gözlerim.

a diyorum ama suffers olması gerekmiyormu eğer böyle kalıyorsa b şıkkı olur.
heyy b son karar ise doğru düşünmüşüm:)

Geçte olsa "B" diyerek ben de katılmak istiyorum.