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Sir Joseph Lister - SC

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shatabdo.kal
 Post subject: Sir Joseph Lister - SC
 Post Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 4:34 am 
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His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful, Sir Joseph Lister lent his name to the company that developed Listerine, the first antibacterial liquid.

His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful

Since his campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms had been eventually successful

Because of the eventual success of his campaigning for sanitary conditions in operating rooms

His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms being eventually successful

Campaigning, eventually successfully, for conditions to be sanitary in operating rooms
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manjeet.singh
 Post subject: Re: Sir Joseph Lister - SC
 Post Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 2:50 am 
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I will go with B.
This requires cause and effect..
So it says Because(since) his campaign was successful,he lended

As their are two events in past, usage of past perfect seems ok to me
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joehurundas
 Post subject: Re: Sir Joseph Lister - SC
 Post Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 1:06 pm 
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somehow, option B wins. It uses cause and effect and employs past perfect. The sentence however, sounds awkward to my hearing.
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jnelson0612
 Post subject: Re: Sir Joseph Lister - SC
 Post Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:29 pm 
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Dear shatabdo.kal, please let us know if you have a specific question about this problem that we can help you with. Thank you!

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