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According to a provision of the partnership agreement, that was never exercised, each of the three co-owners has been required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available to outsiders.


A. was never exercised, each of the three co-owners has been required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available

B. was never exercised, there has been a requirement that each of the three co-owners offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available for purchase

C. has never been exercised, each of the three co-owners are required to offer to sell their portion of company stock to the other co-owners making it become available

D. has never been exercised, whereby each of the three co-owners is required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available

E. has never been exercised, each of the three co-owners is required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available


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Re: According to a provision of the partnership agreement, that was never [#permalink] New post   16 Mar 2022, 06:12
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For option no. D has never been exercised, whereby each of the three co-owners is required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available. Why is this incorrect?

Hi Nisha, "whereby" means "by which". Such structures mark the start of a "dependent clause".

So basically, D does not have any "independent clause", whereas every complete sentence must have at least one independent clause.

To summarize, D is not a complete sentence!

As an aside, if you are just starting to prepare for GMAT, it would really be beneficial for you to invest time and effort towards building fundamentals (in topics such as Independent clauses, Dependent clauses, Phrases, conjunctions etc. A practice heavy approach, generally doesn't yield great benefits.

You can watch our video on Independent and Dependent clauses here.

p.s. Our book EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana discusses Independent and Dependent clauses, their application and examples in significant detail. If you or someone is interested, PM me your email-id; I can mail the corresponding section.
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Re: According to a provision of the partnership agreement, that was never [#permalink] New post   25 Feb 2020, 10:41
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According to a provision of the partnership agreement, that was never exercised, each of the three co-owners has been required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available to outsiders.


A. was never exercised, each of the three co-owners has been required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available

B. was never exercised, there has been a requirement that each of the three co-owners offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available for purchase

C. has never never exercised, each of the three co-owners are required to offer to sell their portion of company stock to the other co-owners making it become available

D. has never never exercised, whereby each of the three co-owners is required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available

E. has never never exercised, each of the three co-owners is required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available


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I believe there's a typo in options C D and E - never never?

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Re: According to a provision of the partnership agreement, that was never [#permalink] New post   25 Feb 2020, 11:27
Yes firas92 I Agree with you. Never never looks to be a typo. It is probably ‘that has never been exercised’. If that is the case, E should be the best answer.
B and C have SVA Errors- each of the co-owners (singular)... offer, are required (plural)
In D, if we remove the first modifier, it reads according to the provision... whereby each of the co owners is required to offer. The sentence is incomplete as it lacks a main verb.

In A there is tenses mismatch- was exercised is past and has been required is present.
So E, given that there is a typo in it.

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Re: According to a provision of the partnership agreement, that was never [#permalink] New post   31 May 2020, 07:25
firas92 wrote:
Kinshook wrote:
According to a provision of the partnership agreement, that was never exercised, each of the three co-owners has been required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available to outsiders.


A. was never exercised, each of the three co-owners has been required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available

B. was never exercised, there has been a requirement that each of the three co-owners offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available for purchase

C. has never never exercised, each of the three co-owners are required to offer to sell their portion of company stock to the other co-owners making it become available

D. has never never exercised, whereby each of the three co-owners is required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available

E. has never never exercised, each of the three co-owners is required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available


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I believe there's a typo in options C D and E - never never?

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Hi firas92
Thanks. Corrected.
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Re: According to a provision of the partnership agreement, that was never [#permalink] New post   31 May 2020, 07:27
Kinshook wrote:
According to a provision of the partnership agreement, that was never exercised, each of the three co-owners has been required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available to outsiders.


A. was never exercised, each of the three co-owners has been required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available

B. was never exercised, there has been a requirement that each of the three co-owners offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available for purchase

C. has never been exercised, each of the three co-owners are required to offer to sell their portion of company stock to the other co-owners making it become available

D. has never been exercised, whereby each of the three co-owners is required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available

E. has never been exercised, each of the three co-owners is required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available


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According to a provision of the partnership agreement, that was never exercised, each of the three co-owners has been required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available to outsiders.


A. was never exercised, each of the three co-owners has been required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available

B. was never exercised, there has been a requirement that each of the three co-owners offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available for purchase

C. has never been exercised, each of the three co-owners are required to offer to sell their portion of company stock to the other co-owners making it become available

D. has never been exercised, whereby each of the three co-owners is required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available

E. has never been exercised, each of the three co-owners is required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available

IMO E
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Re: According to a provision of the partnership agreement, that was never [#permalink] New post   13 Mar 2022, 18:34
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Can you please explain the difference between "was" and "has".
Why is has correct?

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Re: According to a provision of the partnership agreement, that was never [#permalink] New post   14 Mar 2022, 06:28
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Can you please explain the difference between "was" and "has".
Why is has correct?

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Hello krndatta,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the action of the provision never being exercised is one that concluded in the past but continues to affect the present; thus, the use of the present perfect tense verb phrase "has never been exercised" is correct, not the simple past tense verb "was never exercised".

To understand the concept of "Present Perfect Tense" on GMAT, you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):



We hope this helps.
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Re: According to a provision of the partnership agreement, that was never [#permalink] New post   16 Mar 2022, 05:09
For option no. D has never been exercised, whereby each of the three co-owners is required to offer to sell his or her portion of company stock to the other co-owners before making it available. Why is this incorrect?
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