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08 Sep 2019, 21:46
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Denying that one of its many irregularities had been the long-term mismanaging of company funds, the AD & M company produced clear evidence to back its claim.
A. its many irregularities had been the long-term
B. its many irregularities has been the long-term
C. its many irregularities is the long-term
D. their many irregularities is the long-term
E. their many irregularities had been the long-term
08 Sep 2019, 23:23
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Denying that one of its many irregularities had been the long-term mismanaging of company funds, the AD & M company produced clear evidence to back its claim.
The sentence is speaking about AD&M Company, which is singular. So we can immediately chop out option D and E because of these options using plural pronoun 'their'. Tricky option A and B. But if you understand the meaning of the sentence, answering it would be a cake walk
“Had been” means something began in the past, lasted for some time, then ended. This is entirely in the past. This verb tense is known as past perfect. Example: He had been in prison from 2000 to 2005.
Both “has been” AND “have been” mean something began in the past and has lasted into the present time. Example: He has been in prison since 2010.
A. its many irregularities had been the long-term -> 'had been' usage is correct her.
B. its many irregularities has been the long-term -> 'has been' usage is wrong because the irregularities.....is not continuing till date.
C. its many irregularities is the long-term -> they are talking about denying something that happen in past. Tense error.
D.their many irregularities is the long-term
E. their many irregularities had been the long-term
The sentence is speaking about AD&M Company, which is singular. So we can immediately chop out option D and E because of these options using plural pronoun 'their'. Tricky option A and B. But if you understand the meaning of the sentence, answering it would be a cake walk
“Had been” means something began in the past, lasted for some time, then ended. This is entirely in the past. This verb tense is known as past perfect. Example: He had been in prison from 2000 to 2005.
Both “has been” AND “have been” mean something began in the past and has lasted into the present time. Example: He has been in prison since 2010.
A. its many irregularities had been the long-term -> 'had been' usage is correct her.
B. its many irregularities has been the long-term -> 'has been' usage is wrong because the irregularities.....is not continuing till date.
C. its many irregularities is the long-term -> they are talking about denying something that happen in past. Tense error.
D.
E. their many irregularities had been the long-term
General Discussion
08 Sep 2019, 23:41
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Obviously A for using the past perfect 'had been' for sequentially legitimizing the earlier mismanagement from the later production of evidence and for treating the company in the singular as 'its', distinctly from the plural 'their' as done in E.
