Although the losing party disapproves of every aspect of the opponent'

D

Pronoun and tense error

singular pronoun 'it' should be used
two actions in the past are being discussed, so past perfect must be used.

I agree that B in correct due to present tense, but in D- had disapproved of every aspect of the opponent's platform, it later conceded that there must be a basis-- shouldn't a simple past be used here instead of past prefect, as later is making clear the sequence of events.

Kindly correct me if I am wrong

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There are two events...
First one :A disapproval
Second: Conceding to a point
Both are in past. So we must use "past perfect" for the former and "Simple past for the "later"
So disapproval must use had and concede must use simple past.

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In A C E, the problem is the usage of "they".
In B, the usage of present tense doesn't gels well with the past tense. Since there are two events, hence "had" becomes necessary.
+1D.

You are not wrong. But D is correct because there is no better choice. If there were to be an option which uses a simple past and which rectifies the pronoun number error for party-it pair, we can choose that option.

Good point Veenu. The time is clearly indicated by the use of later. But disapproves is in present tense. So B goes away.
Option D is what we have to live with.

it might refer to platform or party, no?

No, when we have the construction of the form Although ..., pronoun ... , the pronoun always refer to the Subject of the clause after although.

Hence, Although the losing party disapproves of every aspect of the opponent's platform, it later

Thus, in the above example , It clearly refers to Losing Party.

Hi abhimahna

Can there be an exception to this rule?


Thanks

Will this be correct version of this sentence:

Although the losing party disapproved of every aspect of the opponent's platform, it later conceded that there must be a basis for a cooperative government and agreed to compromise.

Because of the word "later" that clearly shows the sequence.

No, there is no exception to this rule as far as I remember.



Yes, this sentence works fine. Sequencing is shown using the work later.

KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:

Always be suspicious of the pronoun they. In the original sentence, it should refer to the losing party, but it fails to do so correctly because losing party is singular and they is plural. Eliminate (A), (C), and (E). Pause to briefly congratulate yourself for eliminating three choices so quickly, and scan for differences among (B) and (D). They offer different options for the first verb, and since the party later conceded that a cooperative government was necessary, the first verb needs to describe a time before that concession. The present tense is out; had disapproved has to be the correct choice, and that leaves (D).

An 800 test taker realizes that it and they, even though they are commonly misused, are still pronouns and still need to refer to particular nouns. He is suspicious whenever he sees either underlined in a Sentence Correction question.

hi, Got the answer correct, but just got a doubt that here "and"is a parralel marker, so Why "that- that" parallelism is not maintained over here. please explain how X and Y are parallel.

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

There are two errors with the sentence as written. Since the second clause of the sentence specifies that it happens "later" than the first, the first clause must be in past perfect tense (had disapproved), rather than present tense. There is also a pronoun disagreement error. "Party" is singular, so it has to be referred to by a singular pronoun: it, not "they." Eliminate (A) due to these errors.

The pronoun issue is easier to scan for, and the remaining choices can be grouped into those that do not fix the error, (C) and (E), and those that do, (B) and (D). (C) and (E) can thus be eliminated. (B), while fixing the pronoun issue, fails to use the past perfect tense for the first verb. (D) is thus correct.

TAKEAWAY: If you identify two errors in a sentence, use the one that's easier to scan for to group the choices.