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During the Renaissance, scholars were uncertain as to the location of Troy, and by the eighteenth century many historians doubted that Troy had ever existed. (A) doubted that Troy had ever existed (B) doubt that Troy has ever existed (C) were in doubt as to the existence of Troy (D) were doubtful concerning Troy’s existence (E) had doubts about Troy’s ever existing Quote: Again chose the right ans. first but considering //ism changed it to C
were uncertain as to the location
were in doubt as to the existence
how am I flawed over here?
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in this question the phrase " by the eighteenth century" introduces a time frame and is then followed by two related events 1. doubted 2. existed Since a time frame is introduced by "by the 18th century" we need to use perfect tenses to show which event occurred earlier. doubted or existed
This is correctly conveyed by using "had existed" in A.
(A) doubted that Troy had ever existed
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maybeam wrote: During the Renaissance, scholars were uncertain as to the location of Troy, and by the eighteenth century many historians doubted that Troy had ever existed. (A) doubted that Troy had ever existed (B) doubt that Troy has ever existed (C) were in doubt as to the existence of Troy (D) were doubtful concerning Troy’s existence (E) had doubts about Troy’s ever existing Quote: Again chose the right ans. first but considering //ism changed it to C
were uncertain as to the location
were in doubt as to the existence
how am I flawed over here?
should not be parallel to were in doubtwho were uncertain?- schloars who were in doubt?- historians this story in in two different time frames by two different set of people;historians(during 18th century) and scholars(during Renaissance)"HAD" Should be used in order to show that one event happened before another (no matter what came before-18th century or Renaissance) past tense will make it "doubted"
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IT is not better to find parallelism always. find this when necessary.
for example:
For the farmer who takes care to keep them cool, providing them with high-energy
feed, and milking them regularly, Holstein cows are producing an average of 2,275
gallons of milk each per year.
A. providing them with high-energy feed, and milking them regularly, Holstein cows are
producing
B. providing them with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, the Holstein cow
produces
C. provided with high-energy feed, and milking them regularly, Holstein cows are
producing
D. provided with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, the Holstein cow produces
E. provided with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, Holstein cows will produce
i think "use" of past perfect tense in most cases is wrong in gmat but if you have found two event- one occured earlier other within a time frame then it is right. so only one choice is left here.
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Answer A. Past, past perfect construction.
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