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Littledragon Posted 12 years ago
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Rising health insurance costs and harsh social stigmas .... many employers to overlook workers' mental health needs, but ignoring the problem ... more than addressing it.

Rising health insurance costs and harsh social stigmas .... many employers to overlook workers' mental health needs, but ignoring the problem ... more than addressing it.

a) will cause / had cost
b) cause / will have cost
c) are causing / may have cost
d) caused / has cost
e) have caused / should have cost

The answer was given C. To me C sounds OK. But D sounds OK, to me, too. Are there two correct answers? Another point I would like to ask:

I think in C there is "speculation about the past" rather than "speculation about the future"? by saying "may have cost". What do you think?
Thanks.
  

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Right, D is also correct English. ) Yes, "may have cost" means that we don't know for sure that it did cost (in the past), but we are speculating that it did.

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  • Right, D is also correct English.
  • ) Yes, "may have cost" means that we don't know for sure that it did cost (in the past), but we are speculating that it did.
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Right, D is also correct English. (Whether it is factually correct depends on the wider context of course, if any is given.)

Yes, "may have cost" means that we don't know for sure that it did cost (in the past), but we are speculating that it did.
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