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25 Jun 2021, 06:30
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Current historical research has shown that the Samurai code of honor, called Bushido, has been prevalent in Japan until the middle of the 19th century although its cultural influences affect the Japanese nation to this day.
A. has been prevalent in Japan until the middle of the 19th century although its cultural influences affect the Japanese nation to this day
B. had been prevalent in Japan until the middle of the 19th century although its cultural influences affect the Japanese nation to this day
C. had been prevalent in Japan until the middle of the 19th century although its cultural influences has affected the Japanese nation to this day
D. still has a cultural influence on the Japanese nation to this day even though it had been prevalent in Japan only until the middle of the 19th century
E. still has a cultural influence on the Japanese nation even though it has been prevalent in Japan only until the middle of the 19th century
A. has been prevalent in Japan until the middle of the 19th century although its cultural influences affect the Japanese nation to this day
B. had been prevalent in Japan until the middle of the 19th century although its cultural influences affect the Japanese nation to this day
C. had been prevalent in Japan until the middle of the 19th century although its cultural influences has affected the Japanese nation to this day
D. still has a cultural influence on the Japanese nation to this day even though it had been prevalent in Japan only until the middle of the 19th century
E. still has a cultural influence on the Japanese nation even though it has been prevalent in Japan only until the middle of the 19th century
27 Jun 2021, 04:15
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Current historical research has shown that the Samurai code of honor, called Bushido, has been prevalent in Japan until the middle of the 19th century although its cultural influences affect the Japanese nation to this day.
A. has been prevalent in Japan until the middle of the 19th century although its cultural influences affect the Japanese nation to this day
Incorrect.
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. This sentence describes a past action that was completed before a a specific point in the past (the middle of the 19th century), and therefore the verb should be in the Past Perfect tense. However, this answer choice uses the Present Perfect (has been) instead.
B. had been prevalent in Japan until the middle of the 19th century although its cultural influences affect the Japanese nation to this day
This answer choice corrects the original Tense mistake by changing has been prevalent (Present Perfect) to had been prevalent (Past Perfect). The corrected sentence correctly uses the Past Perfect to describe a past action that was completed before a certain point in time in the past (the middle of the 19th century).
C. had been prevalent in Japan until the middle of the 19th century although its cultural influences has affected the Japanese nation to this day
Incorrect.
Although it corrects the original Tense mistake by changing has been prevalent to had been prevalent, this answer choice creates a new grammatical mistake. The singular verb has affected does not agree with the plural subject influences.
In addition, the verb has affected is in the Present Perfect, which is a tense used to denote an action which began in the past and is still in progress at present. However, the latter part of the sentence focuses on the current effects of Bushido on the Japanese Nation, noting they occur to this day.
To this day is an idiom that is equivalent to still, today, or even today. It does not mean until this day. Therefore, it indicates the Present Simple or Present Progressive tense.
D. still has a cultural influence on the Japanese nation to this day even though it had been prevalent in Japan only until the middle of the 19th century
Incorrect.
Although this answer choice corrects the original Tense mistake, by changing has been prevalent to had been prevalent, it is stylistically flawed.
The meaning of the time expression still and the idiom to this day is identical, creating redundancy. Further redundancy is created by replacing the single word although with the two-word phrase even though.
E. still has a cultural influence on the Japanese nation even though it has been prevalent in Japan only until the middle of the 19th century
Incorrect.
This answer choice repeats the original Tense mistake. This sentence describes a past action that had been completed before a a specific point in the past (the middle of the 19th century), and therefore the verb should be in the Past Perfect tense. However, the corrected sentence uses the Present Perfect (has been) instead.
Remember that when we identify a mistake in the original sentence, the first step in the Work Order is to scan the answer choices vertically for answer choices that repeat the original mistake. When performing this step, we don't only look for the mistake at the same location in the underlined section. If the sentence structure changed, the original mistake might have "traveled" to another part of the underlined section.
Always look in every part of the underlined section to see if the original mistake is repeated.
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