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Isnt "lauding" different from "awarded"?

While "awarding" of course happened in the past, the "lauding" might still be continuing today. Stated differently, the sentence (as I see it) seems to suggest that Mendel still remains the most lauded receipient of the prize *till date*. Hence the use of present tense is justifiable in this sense.

The only thing that keeps me away from D is the use of "maybe". While "perhaps" seems more correct here, can someone tell me how "maybe" alters the meaning of the sentence?
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Isnt "lauding" different from "awarded"?

While "awarding" of course happened in the past, the "lauding" might still be continuing today. Stated differently, the sentence (as I see it) seems to suggest that Mendel still remains the most lauded receipient of the prize *till date*. Hence the use of present tense is justifiable in this sense.

The only thing that keeps me away from D is the use of "maybe". While "perhaps" seems more correct here, can someone tell me how "maybe" alters the meaning of the sentence?

As i see it, 'D' actually changes the meaning of the sentence and states that none was more lauded than mendel.i.e there was another person who was more lauded than mendel.

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Is Mendel lauded today or not. The topic talks about all the scientists who have been awarded the Nobel Prize until today (uses present perfect) But the OA says Mendel was lauded in the past. but probably not anymore today. How come?
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Considering all of the scientists who have been awarded the Nobel Prize, perhaps none is more lauded as the chemist Mendel, who pioneered the study of several new elements and paved the way for some of the great discoveries of the modern era.

A) perhaps none is more lauded as
B) perhaps none was more lauded as
C) it may be that none is more lauded than
D) maybe none is more lauded than
E) perhaps none was more lauded than

Source : Grockit

Agree with daagh sir ..

the stem is talking about present scenario..it should use present tense "is".....
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There seems to be conflict over whether the past or the present tense is to be used
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There seems to be conflict over whether the past or the present tense is to be used

Hello BobFrank,

We hope this finds you well.

Having gone through the question, we believe that we may be able to help resolve this conflict.

What this sentence seems to be trying to say is that Mendel was more lauded at the time he received the Nobel Prize than any other scientist was they received theirs. For this meaning, the use of past tense is correct.

We hope this helps.
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There seems to be conflict over whether the past or the present tense is to be used
Hello, BobFrank. Not to add fuel to the fire, but I find myself more in agreement with daagh above. Although it could be true that the sentence is aiming to convey how celebrated a figure the chemist Mendel was at the time he was awarded the Nobel Prize, we have to question the use of the present perfect have been in the introductory phrase. If I were to see the sentence only up to the first comma, I would predict that the sentence would go on to discuss one scientist from among all the recipients of the prize, right up to the present day. Otherwise, I would expect the past perfect had been to introduce the main clause instead. Then, the sentence would clearly be discussing a point in time in the past, the moment or year in which Mendel was awarded the prize.

I think the reason the question is causing such a stir is that it is not constructed too well. I am not familiar with the source "Grockit," but I am next to positive the site or company does not screen its questions as rigorously as GMAC™ does its own. The idiomatic split more... as versus more... than is fair game—I have seen this very split appear in official questions. But an official question will present one clearcut winner, not two, from among the five iterations of the same sentence. We cannot simply choose how we want to interpret the sentence and let that preference dictate what is more or less correct. It is probably best to leave this question behind. My advice is to stick with official questions as much as possible, at least for Verbal preparation.

Good luck with your studies.

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Thanks AndrewN and yea I think I'll stick to Official Guide questions for Verbal.
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