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BRING ABOUT vs BRING OVER

by VP Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:51 pm

There were concerns that the nation's new center for the contemporary arts "” a complex of 27 buildings totaling more than 720,000 square feet "” might be
successful and it would eventually bring about the closing of the Massy Art Complex.

A. it would eventually bring about the closing of the Massy Art Complex.
B. it might eventually over about the closing of the Massy Art Complex.
C. eventually bring about the closing of the Massy Art Complex.
D. eventually bring over the closing of the Massy Art Complex.
E. it will eventually bring about the closing of the Massy Art Complex.

I'm confused b/w C or D ? got this question in one of the princetons' online papers.

Please explain which one is right.

thanks
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by JonathanSchneider Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:35 pm

First of all, the word "it" breaks the parallelism, so we need to get to either C or D.

C would be correct here. "Bring about" means to bring into existence. "Bring over" means to physically move or to convince.