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Once they had seen the report from the medical examiner, the investigators did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was the man who had attempted to escape from the state prison. (A) did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was (B) have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was (C) had not doubted that the body recovered from the river was (D) have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was that of (E) had no doubt that the body recovered from the river was that of I chose A. Could someone explain me what's wrong with A? Thanks
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Friend It cant be A read it again and get the total picture apart from TENSE issue there is another Wrong COMPARISON ISSUE here Once they had seen the report from the medical examiner, the investigators did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was the manthe Body=the man
pierrealexandre77 wrote: Once they had seen the report from the medical examiner, the investigators did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was the man who had attempted to escape from the state prison. (A) did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was (B) have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was (C) had not doubted that the body recovered from the river was (D) have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was that of (E) had no doubt that the body recovered from the river was that of I chose A. Could someone explain me what's wrong with A? Thanks _________________
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A has 2 problems
1) DID NOT DOUBT should be HAD NO DOUBTS
because if you notice the start of the sentence,it says "ONCE THEY BALH BLAH BLAH" which means when they started off with the experiment,tthey had some doubts whch got resolved when they BLAH BLAH BLAH...this EFFECT is not represented as well by DID NOT DOUBT as by HAD NO DOUBTS
2) "BODY RECOVERED WAS" THE MAN
new found BODY is being compared with MAN when actually
new found BODY should be compared with THE BODY OF THE MAN..
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Oh well done!! I did not see that ! I was too focused on tenses issues... By the way, if this comparison were ok... would the tense of the first sentence be good? +1 kudos for you!  Many thanks
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pierrealexandre77 wrote: Oh well done!! I did not see that ! I was too focused on tenses issues... By the way, if this comparison were ok... would the tense of the first sentence be good? +1 kudos for you! Many thanks Yes,it wuld have been correct. Glad it helped
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pierrealexandre77 wrote: Oh well done!! I did not see that ! I was too focused on tenses issues... By the way, if this comparison were ok... would the tense of the first sentence be good? +1 kudos for you! Many thanks Yes these are actual issues not fake. 
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I think the key to recognizing that tense issue if your having trouble is to re-read it again slowly comparing the to be verbs to the tense of the lead in. That normally is a dead give away.
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Good post. Simple question but points out common traps.
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pierrealexandre77 wrote: Once they had seen the report from the medical examiner, the investigators did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was the man who had attempted to escape from the state prison.
(A) did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was
(B) have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was
(C) had not doubted that the body recovered from the river was
(D) have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was that of
(E) had no doubt that the body recovered from the river was that of CORRECT
the sentence is in past perfect tense. So we need past tense not the present tense. whether the body recovered from the river was .... we have two options here was(the man)--here comparing the body with the man was that of---here comparing the body with that of the man... So E is correct ans
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Straight E. A is incorrect due to Tense Issue as also Incorrct comparison
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simple but worthwhile E stands out
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During the question I was trying to match PAST PERFECT to SIMPLE PAST. I picked A originally since "did not doubt" sounded like SIMPLE PAST tense to me. I couldn't understand why E was correct. This was bothering me all morning until I realized that I incorrectly thought "had no doubt" was in PAST PERFECT tense. In fact it is in SIMPLE PAST tense. Everytime I see "had" my mind thinks past perfect.
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+1 E The body is not the man himself. It is the body OF the man.
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E for me.
I have a question. Can the word "doubt" and "whether" be used in the same sentence, If so than can anyone frame such a grammatically correct sentence?
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pierrealexandre77 wrote: Once they had seen the report from the medical examiner, the investigators did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was the man who had attempted to escape from the state prison.
(A) did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was
(B) have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was
(C) had not doubted that the body recovered from the river was
(D) have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was that of
(E) had no doubt that the body recovered from the river was that of Issues - 1. Tense, which is wrong in B and D, should be in past form as in A, C and E. 2. Mood/Logic - "the body ........... was man" in A, B and C is in passive and illogical. "The body ........... was of the man" in D and E correct. 3. Stress/Emphasis - To express/emphasize something strongly, "verb + no" is more appropriate than "verb + not". Considering these, E is the winner.
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Yes. Quote: Once they had seen the report from the medical examiner, the investigators did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was the man who had attempted to escape from the state prison.
(A) did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was
(B) have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was
(C) had not doubted that the body recovered from the river was
(D) have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was that of
(E) had no doubt that the body recovered from the river was that of The question revolves around tenses, meaning. As the veb in non-underlined part is past perfect, underlined part needs a simple past tense verb that acts as reference. A - correct tense. A body can't be a man, a body is of a man. incorrect B - have - wrong tense. body was man error C - had not doubted? wrong tense. body was man error. D - have no doubt - wrong tense, totally. body was that of man - correct E - had no doubt - correct tense. body that of man - correct
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also, doubt in a negative statement should be used with thatI don't doubt that I will succeed - correct I don't doubt whether I will succeed - incorrect
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pierrealexandre77 wrote: Once they had seen the report from the medical examiner, the investigators did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was the man who had attempted to escape from the state prison. (A) did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was (B) have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was (C) had not doubted that the body recovered from the river was (D) have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was that of (E) had no doubt that the body recovered from the river was that of I chose A. Could someone explain me what's wrong with A? Thanks E wins. A is wrong because "Body" cannot be "the man". Wrong comparison. E clears that problem.
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Re: Once they had seen the report from the medical examiner, the [#permalink]
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why does everyone keep saying the usage of "that of the man" is because of a comparison?
I don't see any comparison signals. In fact, it is saying the "body was the man", or "body was that of the man" . wouldn't this fall under equality, logic, or meaning?
the mgmat guide on comparisons shows nothing about "was"
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