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Post subject: Re: In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort  Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:48 pm |
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You guys are great. I wish you made a class specialized for those already at the mid-700 level looking to score 750+.
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Post subject: Re: In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:19 am |
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We have three wonderful "Quest for 750" workshops in sentence correction, general quant, and data sufficiency. Check them out!
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Post subject: Re: In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:32 pm |
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Dear Manhattan team, I cannot find below workshop. Please help! Quote: We have three wonderful "Quest for 750" workshops in sentence correction, general quant, and data sufficiency. Check them out!
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Post subject: Re: In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:59 pm |
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Post subject: Re: In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:08 pm |
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Hi Stacy,
Just to clarify, the two following are grammatically correct:
1. ..."although the project took more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford dictionary had been born."
2. ..."although the project would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford dictionary was born."
So, the real issue here is that we need to distinguish time in the past and by using all past tense (answer choice B), we can't distinguish between what came first?
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Post subject: Re: In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:14 am |
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neal.n.kumar wrote: Hi Stacy,
Just to clarify, the two following are grammatically correct:
1. ..."although the project took more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford dictionary had been born."
2. ..."although the project would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford dictionary was born."
So, the real issue here is that we need to distinguish time in the past and by using all past tense (answer choice B), we can't distinguish between what came first?
Thanks!
NNK Hi Neal, I'm not Stacey, but I think that everything you have posted is correct. :-)
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Post subject: Re: In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:25 pm |
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The SC guide states that we should only use Perfect tenses only when necessary. If the sequence of events are obvious, then the past perfect is not necessary. By this logic, I chose B thinking that the sequence of events was obvious--the project had to be completed before the dictionary could be "born".
But I guess the sequence is not so obvious. Does the GMAT commonly have these types of Q's where we would be pegged for choosing the past perfect tense when the sequence of events is obvious?
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Post subject: Re: In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 10:11 am |
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you're absolutely right about the use of past perfect. that's why the correct answer doesn't use past perfect..
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