In 1950s, when Mother Theresa wanted to form an orphanage with only th

Hi,

Here "will" is a noun and not the "will" which is used as a verb to show something in future.

Regards,
Dom.

Thanks dominic...this is a little confusing. This is the first time i am seeing mulitple 'had's in a sentence. Have you come across this before?

Yes we can see multiple had.. thumb rule is to find the verbs and see where and how they fall in the timeline.... In fact we can see "had had" as well.

Regards,
Dom.

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this Q tests on the use of 'past perfect'..
The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.
in this Q there are two time frames..
1) In 1950s, when Mother Theresa wanted to form an orphanage with only three pounds and God behind her, her adversaries scoffed at her
2) in a span of 15 years, a resolute missionary will had made her dream come true..

clearly event of 1) is prior to that of 2), and therefore should have the past perfect 'had'....

Q..In 1950s, when Mother Theresa wanted to form an orphanage with only three pounds and God behind her, her adversaries scoffed at her, but in a span of 15 years, a resolute missionary will had made her dream come true

A. wanted to form an orphanage with only three pounds and God behind her, her adversaries scoffed at her, but in a span of 15 years, a resolute missionary will had made her dream come true
1950's was prior to the dream come true, so 'had' should come in the first event and not the succeding events...

B. had wanted to form an orphanage with only three pounds and God behind her, her adversaries had scoffed at her, but in a span of 15 years, a resolute missionary will made her dream come true
correct.. logical construction

C. had wanted to form an orphanage with only three pounds and God behind her, her adversaries scoffed at her, but a resolute missionary will in a span of 15 years had made her dream come true
changes the meaning

D. wanted to form an orphanage with only three pounds and God behind her, her adversaries scoffed at her, but in a span of 15 years, a resolute missionary will make her dream come true
usage of 'make' changes the tense

E. wanted to form an orphanage with only three pounds and God behind her, her adversaries would scoff at her, but in a span of 15 years, a resolute missionary will had made her dream come true
wrong usage of tenses..

chetan2u: Needed some clarification. I have doubt with the usage of 'will made her dream come true' in option B. Is the usage 'will made' correct?

Hi Vyshak,

It is easy to get confused between words due to the proximity of two words which can take will,,,
1)a resolute missionary will had made her dream come true..
2)a resolute missionary will had made her dream come true..

in this case 2 is correct.
"a resolute missionary will " is a single word and will is used as a noun and not as a verb...
will here means the determned desire by the missionary...

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