Although women in some places had voted as early as 1870s,

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Although women in some places had voted as early as 1870s,  voting rights for women throughout United States were not established  until 1920.

(A) voting rights for women throughout United States were not established
(B) voting rights for women throughout United States, which had not been established
(C) voting rights for women throughout United States had not been established
(D) throughout the United States, voting rights for women were not being established
(E) voting rights throughout United States for women had not been established

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doe007 · Answer

Explanation:

Concepts Tested: Verb tense, Modifier, Grammatical construction

A) Correct.
B) "Which" is illogically modifying "United States". The sentence became fragment by introducing "which" -- there is no main verb in the sentence.
C) Incorrect use of past perfect tense. There were two events in the past -- earlier event happened in 1870s and that event is associated with "had". So the later event, happened in 1920s, need to use simple past tense "were".
D) Placement of "throughout the United States" incorrectly suggests that women had voted as early as the 1870s throughout the United States. Original meaning of the sentence is that "voting rights for women throughout United States were not established until 1920". Incorrect use of "being".
E) Placement of "for women" is incorrect. Instead of saying "voting rights for women", the sentence is saying "United States for women". Also, the sentence has incorrect use of past perfect tense as stated in option C.

Correct answer is A.

himus12345433 · Answer

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IMO : A

A: A: voting rights for women throughout United States were not established 
B. United States, which , which cannot refer to US.
C: C:had not been established  HAD NOT cannot be used as the 1920 event is after 1870.
D. not being established  , incorrect & awkward.
E. had not been established , same as C.

Hope it helps !

Thanks,
~Himu.

ankurgupta03 · Answer

Although women in some places had voted as early as 1870s, voting rights for women throughout United States were not established until 1920.

(A) voting rights for women throughout United States were not established
 Correct 
(B) voting rights for women throughout United States, which had not been established
 Which incorreclty modifies the United States,  
(C) voting rights for women throughout United States had not been established
 had not been is wrong as 1920 is after 1870 
(D) throughout the United States, voting rights for women were not being established
 were not being established is not proper 
(E) voting rights throughout United States for women had not been established
 had not been is wrong as 1920 is after 1870

IvyLeague56 · Answer

hi, could somebody tell me why is C not a good answer. Shouldn't it be "had not been estabilished" rather than were estabiished ?

Zarrolou · Answer

The usage of the   past perfect   on the GMAT must follow certain rules.

It must express an action that happened for a long period of time (1), before another action stopped it (2).

The 1 action is expressed in past perfect, the 2 in simple past

They had been visiting the museum, before she stopped them
(I made this up to give you an example)

When you find a PAST PERFECT ask yourself if respect this structure.
Hope this helps, let me know

Bluelagoon · Answer

A quick glance through the options eliminates option D. The modifier is not suppose the modify throughout the US. So Incorrect.
In B, which is the trigger word. which refers to the noun before it. Which is referring to US -> Non sense- eliminate B.
In C, the usage of past perfect is unwanted. The past perfect is use to define the sequence of events. Nothing of that sort is relevant here. We can simply use past tense. Eliminate C. Infact E can be eliminated for the same weirdness. In E, the voting rights should modify women and not thorought the US which makes is awkward sentence.

Hence A. Clear use of past tense and logical.

doe007 · Answer

I have posted the explanation right after the question. Link to the explanation is: although-women-in-some-places-had-voted-as-early-as-1870s-152869.html#p1225551

vietmoi999 · Answer

I do not like this question

past perfect can be used to show an action which happen before and go into a point of time in the past. 
C can be correct.

the "had voted" in the non underlined section has no point of time in the past, before which "had voted " happen

this is not good question.

please, explain.

PiyushK · Answer

(C) voting rights for women throughout United States had not been established until 1920.

I selected C, but later I found that it is not right.

Had not been established is in passive voice with past perfect tense.
past perfect tense must be used to present sequence of event, and here subordinate clause has already provided an even with past perfect verb thus other event which occurred later must be in simple past tense.

Link is very useful to refer the tense usage:
https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfect.html

mejia401 · Answer

The phrase "as early as 1870s" is the point of reference for an action that occurred before another action, "voting rights were not established." Clearly, one action happened before another, and no justification is provided for which past perfect should be used in the main clause.

I hope this helps.

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