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18. Due to the fact that Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon during a road trip last summer, she has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive her father's car.

(A) has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive
(B) has not been allowed to drive and probably never will be allowed to drive
(C) has not and probably never would be allowed to drive
(D) has not and probably will never be allowed to drive
(E) has not and probably never will be allowed to drive

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18. Due to the fact that Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon during a road trip last summer, she has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive her father's car.

(A) has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive
(B) has not been allowed to drive and probably never will be allowed to drive
(C) has not and probably never would be allowed to drive
(D) has not and probably will never be allowed to drive
(E) has not and probably never will be allowed to drive

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none. in fact the most concise would be: "Due to the fact that Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon during a road trip last summer, she has not been and probably never will be allowed to drive her father's car.

but i have to chose, i choose B.
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how about choice D?

would it be wrong because it is missing "driven" after "has not.."
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Tough question. This question deals with the perfect progressive tenses.

So because of a car wreck, she hasn't been allowed to drive in the past, is not allowed to drive, and probably will not be allowed to drive in the future.

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has = past perfect tense, referring to something that occured in the past but in the present. You add the 'been' to get 'has been' to indicate that the past action has still been ongoing - ie she has not been allowed to drive, from sometime in the past (when she wrecked the car), up until now.

The will refers to some point in the future, which is future perfect tense. The shorter choices look more concise, yet aren't technically correct.
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D is wrong because if you take out the second part, it means:

'has not be allowed to drive'

which lacks parallelism, and also fails the 'wtf' test
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agree with B

usage of probably and would is redundant, future requires usage of will

read the sentence with both sides of and separately

only B makes sense
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WTF Test = Read a sentence. If you do not go 'What the ****?', it passes. :lol:
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18. Due to the fact that Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon during a road trip last summer, she has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive her father's car.

(A) has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive
(B) has not been allowed to drive and probably never will be allowed to drive
(C) has not and probably never would be allowed to drive
(D) has not and probably will never be allowed to drive
(E) has not and probably never will be allowed to drive

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A: has not been and probably would... no "will" instead of wuld
B: no errors here, but it is long. Come back later.
C: again will is needed not would
D: seems ok, come back and compare w/ B
E. "never will be" should be "will never be" you don't say I never will be x. You say I will never be x.

Ok btwn B and D. Again B is long but contains no errors. D is tempting. I chose B. Not exactly sure why D is wrong, but it is.

can someone xplain D??? also wut is OA?
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GMATBLACKBELT, ignore the first part, and consider the second part only:

D would say:

has not be allowed to drive

Which is the wrong verb tense. Just try breaking the statement into 2 parts, and plugging it in appropriately... if one sounds wrong, the choice is wrong. B is correct because it keeps everything parallel, the rest do not.
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18. Due to the fact that Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon during a road trip last summer, she has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive her father's car.

(A) has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive
(B) has not been allowed to drive and probably never will be allowed to drive
(C) has not and probably never would be allowed to drive
(D) has not and probably will never be allowed to drive
(E) has not and probably never will be allowed to drive

Please EXPLAIN your answers.

thanks.

none. in fact the most concise would be: "Due to the fact that Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon during a road trip last summer, she has not been and probably never will be allowed to drive her father's car.

but i have to chose, i choose B.
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I think the correct one should be
Due to the fact that Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon during a road trip last summer, she has not been and probably will never be allowed to drive her father's car.

Nevertheless, the best option here is B. Since the event (not to allow her) started in the past and continues even today, it is present perfect tense. Hence "has been" should be used. C,D,and E gone..
Out of A and B, "Would" is the past tense of will. But here we are talking in future tense..Hence will is appropriate ! Hence B is correct choice.

Himalayan, do you know the correct usage of "would". I mean in what circumstances can we accept 'would' ??
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Himalayan, do you know the correct usage of "would". I mean in what circumstances can we accept 'would' ??
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I would use "would" to speculate and past unreal condition.
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OA is B
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WTF Test = Read a sentence. If you do not go 'What the ****?', it passes. :lol:
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i think they covered this concept in Princeton Review. the Joe Bloggs concept. and the test takers who used this concept saw their score, and thats what they said. :lol:



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