Reporting that one of its many problems had been the recent extended sales slump in women's apparel, the seven-store retailer said it would start a three-month liquidation sale in all of its stores.
(A) its many problems had been the recent
(B) its many problems has been the recently
(C) its many problems is the recently
(D) their many problems is the recent
(E) their many problems had been the recent
whose 'problems' -- retailer -- singular subject, singular verb -- its
has/had been -- As 'sales slump' happened prior to 'retailer said'. So, past perfect
IMO: A
ps25 SaysOption A...?
Answer is A... Got confused between has been/ had been
vaibhavwadhera SaysMy answer is C
ps25 SaysOption A...?
whose 'problems' -- retailer -- singular subject, singular verb -- its
has/had been -- As 'sales slump' happened prior to 'retailer said'. So, past perfect
IMO: A
vaibhavwadhera SaysMy answer is C
Hi PS2
I have a confusion here that in your A choice we have HAD. Do we actually require HAD over here because had is actually recquired when we have 2 actions in past. Here we just have one action which was in past and the other action will be in future. Please clear my confusion.
Hi PS2
I have a confusion here that in your A choice we have HAD. Do we actually require HAD over here because had is actually recquired when we have 2 actions in past. Here we just have one action which was in past and the other action will be in future. Please clear my confusion.
Well, there are indeed two actions here:
1. The retailers statement
2. Extended sales slump
Both of these actions occurred in the past. It is no different from:
Vaibhav said that he had not studied well for the exam.
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Since 1989, after the Berlin Wall had been demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified Germany, in cultural and economic assimilation terms, were the former East Germans, who have had to acclimate to an entirely different political system.
A after the Berlin Wall had been demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified German, in cultural and economic assimilation terms, were the former East Germans
B after the Berlin Wall was demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified Germany, in cultural terms as well as those of economic assimilation, were the former East Germans
C when the Berlin Wall was demolished, one of the reunified Germany's most problematic ethnic groups, in terms of cultural and economic assimilation, was the former East Germans
D when the Berlin Wall was demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified Germany, in terms of cultural and economic assimilation, has been the former East Germans
E after the Berlin Wall had been demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified Germany, in both terms of cultural and economic assimilation, have been the former East Germans
source: MGMAT
Since 1989, after the Berlin Wall had been demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified Germany, in cultural and economic assimilation terms, were the former East Germans, who have had to acclimate to an entirely different political system.
A after the Berlin Wall had been demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified German, in cultural and economic assimilation terms, were the former East Germans
source: MGMAT
Since 1989, after the Berlin Wall had been demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified Germany, in cultural and economic assimilation terms, were the former East Germans, who have had to acclimate to an entirely different political system.
A after the Berlin Wall had been demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified German, in cultural and economic assimilation terms, were the former East Germans
B after the Berlin Wall was demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified Germany, in cultural terms as well as those of economic assimilation, were the former East Germans
C when the Berlin Wall was demolished, one of the reunified Germany's most problematic ethnic groups, in terms of cultural and economic assimilation, was the former East Germans
D when the Berlin Wall was demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified Germany, in terms of cultural and economic assimilation, has been the former East Germans
E after the Berlin Wall had been demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified Germany, in both terms of cultural and economic assimilation, have been the former East Germans
source: MGMAT
Since 1989, after the Berlin Wall had been demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified Germany, in cultural and economic assimilation terms, were the former East Germans, who have had to acclimate to an entirely different political system.
A after the Berlin Wall had been demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified German, in cultural and economic assimilation terms, were the former East Germans
B after the Berlin Wall was demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified Germany, in cultural terms as well as those of economic assimilation, were the former East Germans
C when the Berlin Wall was demolished, one of the reunified Germany's most problematic ethnic groups, in terms of cultural and economic assimilation, was the former East Germans
D when the Berlin Wall was demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified Germany, in terms of cultural and economic assimilation, has been the former East Germans
E after the Berlin Wall had been demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic groups in the reunified Germany, in both terms of cultural and economic assimilation, have been the former East Germans
RagnRoll SaysIMO the answer is A
Despite forceful legal pleas for the restitution of expropriated cultural artifacts to the place of their origin , the British museum continues to rebuff the German authorities, requesting that it should return the Parthenon marbles removed from the Acropolis by Elgin in 1806.
A.) requesting that it should
B.) requesting them to
C.) and its request to
D.) who request that it
E.) who request them to
Despite forceful legal pleas for the restitution of expropriated cultural artifacts to the place of their origin , the British museum continues to rebuff the German authorities, requesting that it should return the Parthenon marbles removed from the Acropolis by Elgin in 1806.
A.) requesting that it should
B.) requesting them to
C.) and its request to
D.) who request that it
E.) who request them to
Hi Ragnroll
I have a confusion over your answer because in the sentence we have "one of the most problematic ethnic groups" so can we actually have "were the former East Germans". My intent is that can we have plural were with the statement " One of".
Despite forceful legal pleas for the restitution of expropriated cultural artifacts to the place of their origin , the British museum continues to rebuff the German authorities, requesting that it should return the Parthenon marbles removed from the Acropolis by Elgin in 1806.
A.) requesting that it should
B.) requesting them to
C.) and its request to
D.) who request that it
E.) who request them to
RagnRoll SaysIMO the answer is A
vaibhavwadhera SaysMy answer is D
ps25 SaysMy choice - D
Despite forceful legal pleas for the restitution of expropriated cultural artifacts to the place of their origin , the British museum continues to rebuff the German authorities, requesting that it should return the Parthenon marbles removed from the Acropolis by Elgin in 1806.
A.) requesting that it should
B.) requesting them to
C.) and its request to
D.) who request that it
E.) who request them to
ps25 SaysMy choice - Option D
OperationBLACKI SaysYups correct (C) is not in Perfect Tense the other two options use perfect tense . The reason C couldn't be the answer is that in option(C) the cause and effect relation is not established . ...THE USE of the word "then" implies a sequence of events rather than a causal one . Hope I clarified ur point .
During her testimony, the witness referred to facts about the defendant that had been ruled inadmissible as evidence, so judge ordered that her remarks were stricken from the record.
a.) were stricken from the record
b.) are stricken from the record
c.) be stricken from the record
d) are not recorded
e) will not be recorded
Please post the explanation with the answer.