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Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in [#permalink] New post   21 Mar 2013, 10:28
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Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in yesterday's museum fire were painted by a famous Russian artist.

A.) Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in yesterday's museum fire were
B.) In yesterday's museum fire, several of the canvases that had been signed and incinerated were
C.) Yesterday several of the canvases that were singed or incinerated in the museum fire were
D.) several of the canvases that were signed and incinerated in yesterday's museum fire had been
E.) several of the canvases that were signed or incinerated in yesterday's museum fire had been
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Re: Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in [#permalink] New post   21 Mar 2013, 10:37
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its a straight E :several of the canvases that were signed or incinerated in yesterday's museum fire had been

u need past perfect for sequence
u need "or"
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Re: Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in [#permalink] New post   21 Mar 2013, 12:31
aditya8062 wrote:
its a straight E :several of the canvases that were signed or incinerated in yesterday's museum fire had been

u need past perfect for sequence
u need "or"



I understand that we need past perfect.but Why we need or here.. why and will not work here as in D choice
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Re: Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in [#permalink] New post   21 Mar 2013, 14:06
what is wrong with D???

singed and incinerated...
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Re: Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in [#permalink] New post   03 Apr 2013, 09:43
Why should a posessive word yesterday's be used???
Anybody???

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Re: Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in [#permalink] New post   08 Apr 2013, 14:51
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what is wrong with D???

singed and incinerated...



technically the canvas cannot be singed and incinerated, they need to be one or the other.

For example, you cannot have a house that is destroyed and damaged, it needs to be either destroyed or damaged.

Hope that helps.
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Re: Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in [#permalink] New post   11 Apr 2013, 14:34
I think the OA is D.

The context of this sentence is "Most number of canvases burned in fire are signed".

Experts comment is very helpful in this scenario.
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Re: Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in [#permalink] New post   05 Oct 2017, 12:41
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I think the difference between options D and E lies in the meaning of the two words singed and incinerated. So lets first try to understand the meaning.

singed - burned superficially(partially burned)
incinerated - burned to ashes(completely burned)

Hence, using singed and incinerated will not be correct as it is not possible for anything to be singed and incinerated at the same time.

Hence - singed or incinerated - makes sense here.
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Re: Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in [#permalink] New post   06 Oct 2017, 03:11
The original sentence uses AND; if we use OR we change the meaning of the sentence: is this a possible question during the real exam?

I was going to choose E but in the end I chose D for this reason
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Re: Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in [#permalink] New post   07 Feb 2022, 19:10
Aren't the paintings still technically painted by famous Russian artists? Past perfect needs an action to be completed, but isn't this a general truth rather than a discrete event?
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Re: Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in [#permalink] New post   08 Feb 2022, 05:25
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MVCO2025 wrote:
Aren't the paintings still technically painted by famous Russian artists? Past perfect needs an action to be completed, but isn't this a general truth rather than a discrete event?


Hello MVCO2025,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, in this sentence, the act of painting was completed in the past, meaning the past tense is correct here.

For example, we say "The Earth formed out of the Sun's gases." rather than "The Earth is formed out of the Sun's gases." because the Earth has already been formed.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
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