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The Battle of Crecy was one of the greatest English victories in the 100 year war, primarily because Edward III’s archery unit was armed with more advanced weaponry than they had been in their earlier assaults on France.
(A) they had been in their earlier assaults
(B) their earlier assaults had been
(C) they had been for any earlier assault
(D) in their earlier assaults
(E) for any earlier assault
The Battle of Crecy was one of the greatest English victories in the 100 year war, primarily because Edward III’s archery unit was armed with more advanced weaponry than they had been in their earlier assaults on France.
(A) they had been in their earlier assaults
(B) their earlier assaults had been
(C) they had been for any earlier assault
(D) in their earlier assaults
(E) for any earlier assault
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Pronouns + Tenses + Redundancy/Awkwardness
- • Collective nouns (such as “unit” in this sentence) are always singular.
• When the chronology is clear because of terms such as before/after/when/earlier/later…or because of a clear mention of dates, the use of past perfect tense is not required, though not incorrect either.
A. This answer choice incorrectly refers to the singular noun “unit” with the plural pronoun “they”; please remember, collective nouns (such as “unit” in this sentence) are always singular. Further, Option A needlessly uses the past perfect tense verb “had been”, rendering it needlessly wordy and awkward; this usage is unnecessary, as the word “earlier” clearly denotes the order of events.
B. This answer choice incorrectly refers to the singular noun “unit” with the plural pronoun “their”; please remember, collective nouns (such as “unit” in this sentence) are always singular. Further, Option B needlessly uses the past perfect tense verb “had been”, rendering it needlessly wordy and awkward; this usage is unnecessary, as the word “earlier” clearly denotes the order of events.
C. This answer choice incorrectly refers to the singular noun “unit” with the plural pronoun “they”; please remember, collective nouns (such as “unit” in this sentence) are always singular. Further, Option C needlessly uses the past perfect tense verb “had been”, rendering it needlessly wordy and awkward; this usage is unnecessary, as the word “earlier” clearly denotes the order of events.
D. This answer choice incorrectly refers to the singular noun “unit” with the plural pronoun “their”; please remember, collective nouns (such as “unit” in this sentence) are always singular.
E. Correct. This answer choice avoids the pronoun error seen in Options A, B, C, and E, as it employs no pronouns. Further, Option D is free of any awkwardness or redundancy.
E is the best answer choice.
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subject is Edward III’s archery unit , which is singular so we need singular verb ; assaults
option C , E can be eliminated
(A) they had been in their earlier assaults usage of they is wrong for singular subject
(B) their earlier assaults had been meaning error ;
(D) in their earlier assaults
OPTION D is correct
option C , E can be eliminated
(A) they had been in their earlier assaults usage of they is wrong for singular subject
(B) their earlier assaults had been meaning error ;
(D) in their earlier assaults
OPTION D is correct
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