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According to a recent study of sexual behavior in the U.S., over half of the couples that were married and engaged at the time of the study's survey were living together before making a final commitment to each other. A) couples that were married and engaged at the time of the study's survey were living B) couples that were engaged or married at the time of the study's survey had lived C) couples who were engaged or married at the time when the study's survey occured were living D) married and engaged couples at the time of the study's survey had lived E) married or engaged couples at the time of the study's survey were living Hi This is a old question which i found in this site. However i did not find a good reasoning for the answers. Can some one give examples for solving this. Thanks
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badribaba1984 wrote: According to a recent study of sexual behavior in the U.S., over half of the couples that were married and engaged at the time of the study's survey were living together before making a final commitment to each other.
A) couples that were married and engaged at the time of the study's survey were living
B) couples that were engaged or married at the time of the study's survey had lived
C) couples who were engaged or married at the time when the study's survey occured were living
D) married and engaged couples at the time of the study's survey had lived
E) married or engaged couples at the time of the study's survey were living
Hi This is a old question which i found in this site. However i did not find a good reasoning for the answers. Can some one give examples for solving this.
Thanks Nice question and my answer is B. 2 pointers to note - 1. "engaged or married" is required you cant be "engaged and married" at the same time. A & D off. 2. "had" is required becasue couple "Lived" before they got "engaged or married". C & E off. Press Kudos if it helps! Cheers!
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Capricorn369 wrote: badribaba1984 wrote: According to a recent study of sexual behavior in the U.S., over half of the couples that were married and engaged at the time of the study's survey were living together before making a final commitment to each other.
A) couples that were married and engaged at the time of the study's survey were living
B) couples that were engaged or married at the time of the study's survey had lived
C) couples who were engaged or married at the time when the study's survey occured were living
D) married and engaged couples at the time of the study's survey had lived
E) married or engaged couples at the time of the study's survey were living
Hi This is a old question which i found in this site. However i did not find a good reasoning for the answers. Can some one give examples for solving this.
Thanks Nice question and my answer is B. 2 pointers to note - 1. "engaged or married" is required you cant be "engaged and married" at the same time. A & D off. 2. "had" is required becasue couple "Lived" before they got "engaged or married". C & E off. Press Kudos if it helps! Cheers! @capricorn369. : Why having "Had" mandatory ? Why cant we have past progressive of "were living" ?
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04 Aug 2012, 15:19
badribaba1984 wrote: Capricorn369 wrote: badribaba1984 wrote: According to a recent study of sexual behavior in the U.S., over half of the couples that were married and engaged at the time of the study's survey were living together before making a final commitment to each other.
A) couples that were married and engaged at the time of the study's survey were living
B) couples that were engaged or married at the time of the study's survey had lived
C) couples who were engaged or married at the time when the study's survey occured were living
D) married and engaged couples at the time of the study's survey had lived
E) married or engaged couples at the time of the study's survey were living
Hi This is a old question which i found in this site. However i did not find a good reasoning for the answers. Can some one give examples for solving this.
Thanks Nice question and my answer is B. 2 pointers to note - 1. "engaged or married" is required you cant be "engaged and married" at the same time. A & D off. 2. "had" is required becasue couple "Lived" before they got "engaged or married". C & E off. Press Kudos if it helps! Cheers! @capricorn369. : Why having "Had" mandatory ? Why cant we have past progressive of "were living" ? @badribaba1984 -If a sentence involves two actions taking place in the past with one action taking place before the other, then we use the past perfect tense. Here, we're talking about 2 events. Couples "Lived" and than "engaged/ married". First "lived" and second "engaged or married". Hence, Past perfect is required here. Few more examples - You had studied French before you moved to London. She only understood the movie because she had read the book. Press Kudos if it helps! Cheers!
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Hi. Also can you explain why were living is incorrect here ?
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Re: According to a recent study of sexual behavior in the U.S., [#permalink]
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The oa here is debateble, in B the sentence uses the past perfect tense "had lived" which means they have lived together and finished b. But they are married which implies that they should be still living together  Posted from GMAT ToolKit
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Re: sentence correction [#permalink]
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Capricorn369 wrote: badribaba1984 wrote: Capricorn369 wrote: Nice question and my answer is B.
2 pointers to note -
1. "engaged or married" is required you cant be "engaged and married" at the same time. A & D off.
2. "had" is required becasue couple "Lived" before they got "engaged or married". C & E off.
Press Kudos if it helps! Cheers! @capricorn369. : Why having "Had" mandatory ? Why cant we have past progressive of "were living" ? @badribaba1984 -If a sentence involves two actions taking place in the past with one action taking place before the other, then we use the past perfect tense. Here, we're talking about 2 events. Couples "Lived" and than "engaged/ married". First "lived" and second "engaged or married". Hence, Past perfect is required here. Few more examples - You had studied French before you moved to London. She only understood the movie because she had read the book. Press Kudos if it helps! Cheers! @badribaba : well, thats an interesting name. admiration apart, in the sentence above, the action of getting engaged or married = making the final commitment. Therefore, the people studied by the survey have to live together before they make the commitment... just as @capricorn369 has explained above. hope we're clear now. if yes, consider giving kudos... cos they don't come in easy.. 
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