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During an era when interracial tensions in the United States have run high, Rosa Parks became a quiet, unassuming symbol of the continued struggle for human dignity.

(A) have run high
(B) ran high
(C) had run highly
(D) run high
(E) were running highly
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Re: During an era when interracial tensions in the United States have run [#permalink] New post   25 Nov 2019, 13:36
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The two actions (interracial tensions and Rosa’s becoming a symbol) are not happening in different time frames. Thus, use of ‘had’ (past perfect tense) is not correct. Therefore, C can be eliminated.
D can be eliminated for the use of simple present tense.
C and E are awkward in the use of ‘highly’.
B, aptly and concisely using the simple past tense, is the best choice.
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Re: During an era when interracial tensions in the United States have run [#permalink] New post   25 Mar 2022, 06:11
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Option E can be eliminated on the basis of "highly" alone?
Or is there any other error in option E?

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Hello krndatta,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the use of "highly" is enough to eliminate Option E; "tensions" and "emotions" are said to "run high"; "run highly" is not an acceptable construction.

One additional flaw is that Option E redundantly uses the simple past continuous verb "were running" alongside the phrase "During an era..."; this usage is redundant because the use of "During" conveys a sense of continuity over time.

We hope this helps.
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Re: During an era when interracial tensions in the United States have run [#permalink] New post   24 Mar 2022, 21:02
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Option E can be eliminated on the basis of "highly" alone?
Or is there any other error in option E?

Please elaborate.

Frankly, this is more about idiomatic usage: tensions ran high is the correct idiomatic usage.
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Re: During an era when interracial tensions in the United States have run [#permalink] New post   25 Nov 2019, 12:43
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D for using the correct past tense for something that happened in a bygone era and for avoiding the ugly usage 'highly' in the given context.
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Re: During an era when interracial tensions in the United States have run [#permalink] New post   26 Nov 2019, 09:13
The non-underlined part of the sentence includes "Rosa Parks became...". The verb became is in a Past Simple form. So, we would like to make verb tenses parallel because there is no need to use Past Perfect or any other "fancy" tense. So, the Past Simple form of the verb run is ran.

The answer is (B).
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Re: During an era when interracial tensions in the United States have run [#permalink] New post   24 Mar 2022, 19:12
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Option E can be eliminated on the basis of "highly" alone?
Or is there any other error in option E?

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Re: During an era when interracial tensions in the United States have run [#permalink] New post   15 Jul 2023, 06:47
Isn't the era is more past than Rosa, so the older event need to use past perfect..option C?
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