The expected rise in the price of oil could be a
serious impact to industrialized nations and severely
diminish the possibility to have an economy free of
inflation.

(A) be a serious impact to industrialized nations
and severely diminish the possibility to have
(B) seriously impact on industrialized nations and
severely impede the possibility to have
(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and
severely impede the possibility of having
(D) have a serious impact on industrialized nations
and severely impede the possibility to have
(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations
and severely diminish the possibility of
having

can someone please explain the answer.

Torn between D and E. I think it should be E. What is OA?

OA is E.

can you explain.

Thanks!

A -> 'could be a serious impact' does not make sense
B -> 'could seriously impact on' is incorrect. It should 'could have a serious impact'
C -> same as B
D -> 'possibility to do something' or 'possibility of having something' is the correct idiom. 'possibility to have' here is incorrect
E -> Fixes all the above errors. CORRECT.

Hi Neeshpal,

What's the source of this question (name of book or online source, problem number)?

Thanks,

Jad