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The agriculturalist appears confident that her study will [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 24 Jun 2007, 10:36
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The agriculturalist appears confident that her study will show that several crops that were damaged during last year's drought failed to produce sizable yields this year
A. several crops that were damaged during last year's drought failed
B. several crops that were damaged during last year's drought fail
C. several crops that were damaged during last year's drought have failed
D. several crops that had been damaged during last year's drought fail
E. several crops that had been damaged during last year's drought failed

I am stuck b/w C and E??...please give reasons for ur choice else I wont learn anything new except the answer(which I already know :wink: )



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Originally posted by vineetgupta on 24 Jun 2007, 04:35.
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Re: The agriculturalist appears confident that her study will [#permalink] New post   24 Jun 2007, 11:26
vay wrote:
why not A?


you need a present tense, past perfect and a past simple to indicate a sequence in the past. first they had been damaged and then (therefore) failed to produce and that will show the study. (E) is best answer! cheers
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Re: The agriculturalist appears confident that her study will [#permalink] New post   24 Jun 2007, 17:11
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The agriculturalist appears confident that her study will show that several crops that were damaged during last year's drought failed to produce sizable yields this year
A. several crops that were damaged during last year's drought failed
B. several crops that were damaged during last year's drought fail
C. several crops that were damaged during last year's drought have failed
D. several crops that had been damaged during last year's drought fail
E. several crops that had been damaged during last year's drought failed

I am stuck b/w C and E??...please give reasons for ur choice else I wont learn anything new except the answer(which I already know :wink: )



C. its present perfect not past event. so C makes sense..
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Re: The agriculturalist appears confident that her study will [#permalink] New post   24 Jun 2007, 18:24
I'll go with C!

present perfect should be used in this case.
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Re: The agriculturalist appears confident that her study will [#permalink] New post   24 Jun 2007, 19:31
well for me 'have failed to produce' in C makes sense.
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Re: The agriculturalist appears confident that her study will [#permalink] New post   25 Jun 2007, 11:25
Thanks for ur input guys...I'll take C as the final answer.
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Re: The agriculturalist appears confident that her study will [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 15 Jun 2011, 21:32
Option (E) is the answer though there was a confusion between option (C) and option (E)

Originally posted by mba4viplav on 31 May 2011, 03:10.
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Re: The agriculturalist appears confident that her study will [#permalink] New post   15 Jun 2011, 16:58
E, because of the order of verb tense... but I like to hear from people who think C is correct and why they choose C over E
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Re: The agriculturalist appears confident that her study will [#permalink] New post   17 Jun 2011, 03:12
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Let me argue out why E can not be the answer. The agriculturalist appears confident that her study ‘will’ show, implying that the study is still continuing and the failure of the crops, although started already, is still in the process. So present perfect is perfect over here. On the contrary, if we use a past tense such as 'failed', then it means that the study is over and the failure is well established; in that case, she will not be speculating over the outcome saying that she feels confident. So E is not carrying the intended meaning thoroughly; same time E can not be grammatically faulted
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Re: The agriculturalist appears confident that her study will [#permalink] New post   17 Jun 2011, 03:55
The OA Is E.
it has been discussed in the below thread, some very useful explainations:
last-year-s-drought-94058.html

But still i am confused between C & E. Personally I would choose C ..



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