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Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in [#permalink] New post 06 Feb 2009, 21:32
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Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he also won the loyalty of its citizens: the invading Danes were well aware of this weakness and used it to their advantage in 893.
(A) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he
(B) The fact that King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he had
(C) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he
(D) The fact that King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean that he
(E) Just because King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he
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Re: SC-King [#permalink] New post 06 Feb 2009, 21:45
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Explanation preferred.!!!! :lol:
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Re: SC-King [#permalink] New post 06 Feb 2009, 21:52
x2suresh wrote:
bigtreezl wrote:
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Explanation preferred.!!!! :lol:


you need "just because" to show contrast and "been" for past tense
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Re: SC-King [#permalink] New post 06 Feb 2009, 23:07
Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he also won the loyalty of its citizens: the invading Danes were well aware of this weakness and used it to their advantage in 893.
(A) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he
(B) The fact that King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he had
(C) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he
(D) The fact that King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean that he
(E) Just because King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he

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Re: SC-King [#permalink] New post 07 Feb 2009, 10:42
I'll go with B

C,D and E are out because of the use of 'it'

I think we need 'had' to convey the earlier past action. So, describing something happened in 886 will require 'had'(earlier past). It is only after this, that Danes 'used'( later past) it to their advantage in 893.

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Re: SC-King [#permalink] New post 07 Feb 2009, 10:54
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Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he also won the loyalty of its citizens: the invading Danes were well aware of this weakness and used it to their advantage in 893.
(A) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he
(B) The fact that King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he had
(C) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he
(D) The fact that King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean that he
(E) Just because King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he

Choose B


Can you elaborate why "Just because" is wrong?
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Re: SC-King [#permalink] New post 07 Feb 2009, 11:08
IMO E.

past perfect and past tense?
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Re: Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in [#permalink] New post 04 Apr 2012, 21:36
IMO B as two things happened at 2 different time are to be explained
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Re: Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in [#permalink] New post 05 Apr 2012, 08:40
I will go with A.We need not explicitly use the past perfect tense as used in B.Its already understood because of the mention of the date .anyways please post the OA .
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Re: Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in [#permalink] New post 05 Apr 2012, 09:48
B for sure..we need a past perfect...OA plz
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