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Re: SC - Computers [#permalink]
 05 Jan 2011, 23:54
I chose A over B because the past tense is not needed to clarity a past sequence; "last year" should be enough get the meaning/order of the sentence. Although the OA is B, I understand the reasoning in both A and B.
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Re: SC - Computers [#permalink]
06 Jan 2011, 00:16
In using only one verb tense, were, choice A fails to indicate that the computers were manufactured before sold. Choices C and D use the present perfect tense incorrectly, saying in effect that the computers have been manufactured after they were sold last year. Choice E suggests that the manufacturing of the notebook computers, rather than selling, occurred last year, thus making the sequence of events unclear. Only B uses verb tenses correctly to indicate that manufacturing of the computers was completed prior to the selling. I find this explanation on http://www.gmatcat.com/yw/Chapter2_SC_02.htmHope this helps
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Re: SC - Computers [#permalink]
09 Jan 2011, 02:31
"has been" is correct tense..so its B
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Re: SC - Computers [#permalink]
07 Feb 2011, 10:33
Darn.. I chose A! Thanks iCandy. And yes, I too hope this does NOT appear in the GMAT 
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Re: SC - Computers [#permalink]
09 Feb 2011, 05:44
I chose B. 'had been' is needed to indicate that manufacturing happened before selling.
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Re: SC - Computers [#permalink]
14 Apr 2011, 13:44
I went with A but understood now why B is correct
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Re: SC - Computers [#permalink]
15 Apr 2011, 00:19
two interesting explanations have been put forward by iCandy and x2suresh.. this has become more confusing
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Re: Eighty percent of notebook computers that were sold in [#permalink]
10 Jan 2012, 01:09
B. clearly i think here "manufacture" event happened before "sell".
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Re: Eighty percent of notebook computers that were sold in [#permalink]
10 Jan 2012, 02:47
OA should not be B, We don't need to know whether computers were definitely manufactured prior to selling, its so obvious that we don't need to stress the timings here. you can't sell a computer that is not manufactured. Here the stress is they were manufactured in China. There are two un-related events, which should not require past perfect. Computers manufactured in China. (those)Computers sold in US.
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Re: Eighty percent of notebook computers that were sold in [#permalink]
10 Jan 2012, 06:56
Initially choose A, but recognize that there are two actions in the past, and manufactured is before sold, so need past perfect here.
Another lesson learned. Always check the time order of the verbs to determine the tense
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Re: Eighty percent of notebook computers that were sold in [#permalink]
10 Jan 2012, 08:27
+1 b had been required to differentiate the sequence of events.
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Re: Eighty percent of notebook computers that were sold in [#permalink]
12 Jan 2012, 00:07
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had been manufactured than sold
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Re: Eighty percent of notebook computers that were sold in [#permalink]
25 Jan 2012, 08:20
Could any SC expert please help me on this question? in below link, I asked: shouldn't we use "past perfect"? (I mean, had not been counted instead of did not count) http://gmatclub.com/forum/boy-i-just-love-these-4-line-long-scs-pretty-soon-they-will-51663.html#p1029101and they replied me: we should use past perfect only if we need to emphasize the sequence of time. But these 2 questions are somehow similar. aren't they? Why should we use past perfect in this question?
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Re: Eighty percent of notebook computers that were sold in [#permalink]
10 Jan 2013, 20:56
Clearly, D & E is out in first glance itself
A),B) and C), I think we all know why c) is wrong.
Now left to A) and B), a slight confusion I must say - Manufacturing did happen earlier than selling.(obvious fact).Hence, there is no need to apply Past Perfect here.Past Perfect is only applied if you need to clearly differentiate between the timings of the action.
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