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25 Apr 2016, 20:19
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Before John won the Lottery, he was a poor locksmith.
a) won the lottery, he was a poor locksmith.
b) had won the lottery, he was a poor locksmith.
c) won the lottery, he had been a poor locksmith.
d) won the lottery, he were a poor locksmith.
e) wins the lottery, he was a poor locksmith.
a) won the lottery, he was a poor locksmith.
b) had won the lottery, he was a poor locksmith.
c) won the lottery, he had been a poor locksmith.
d) won the lottery, he were a poor locksmith.
e) wins the lottery, he was a poor locksmith.
There are two events which are being stated in the above sentence
1) John winning the lottery
2 John being a poor locksmith.
In the above sentence it clearly mentions that John was poor before winning the lottery. Hence use of simple past to denote that Jack was a poor locksmith appears to be correct to me. But the correct answer is C. Please let me know where I am going wrong.
1) John winning the lottery
2 John being a poor locksmith.
In the above sentence it clearly mentions that John was poor before winning the lottery. Hence use of simple past to denote that Jack was a poor locksmith appears to be correct to me. But the correct answer is C. Please let me know where I am going wrong.
25 Apr 2016, 22:35
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I'm not sure about the OA :
Manhattan's rule on past perfect states :
1. Past Perfect is used to clarify or emphasize a sequence of past events. The earlier event should somehow have a bearing on the context of the later event.
2. The words "before" and "after" indicate the sequence of events clearly and emphatically enough to make the use of the Past Perfect unnecessary.
Apart from the above there are more other situations mentioned in MGMT guide in which use of past perfect is not required even when two actions have occurred in the past and one before the other.
1. If both the actions are performed by the same subject OR if the time sequence is already obvious then we do not require past perfect.
e.g. Antonio drove to the store and bought some icecream
2. Main clauses linked by AND or BUT do not require the past perfect. The reason is that in such case we are not emphasizing the order or time sequence here.
e.g. Antonio drove to the store and Cristina bought some icecream
Using past perfect requires us to add extra words. So when unnecessary we don't use past perfect. Grammatically it is not incorrect, but GMAT also tests concision.
Manhattan's rule on past perfect states :
1. Past Perfect is used to clarify or emphasize a sequence of past events. The earlier event should somehow have a bearing on the context of the later event.
2. The words "before" and "after" indicate the sequence of events clearly and emphatically enough to make the use of the Past Perfect unnecessary.
Apart from the above there are more other situations mentioned in MGMT guide in which use of past perfect is not required even when two actions have occurred in the past and one before the other.
1. If both the actions are performed by the same subject OR if the time sequence is already obvious then we do not require past perfect.
e.g. Antonio drove to the store and bought some icecream
2. Main clauses linked by AND or BUT do not require the past perfect. The reason is that in such case we are not emphasizing the order or time sequence here.
e.g. Antonio drove to the store and Cristina bought some icecream
Using past perfect requires us to add extra words. So when unnecessary we don't use past perfect. Grammatically it is not incorrect, but GMAT also tests concision.
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25 Apr 2016, 21:56
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quantumliner
Hi,
Past Pefect is used when there are two events in the past and the former event should use Past perfect and the latter event should be then a simple past tense.Thats the most commonly tested reasoning in GMAT.
Here in this case Former event was :- John being a poor locksmith ,that is why ..we should use past perfect
latter event :- John won the lottery.
Hope this explains !!
