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22 Nov 2022, 02:30
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Even though his army had never faced any defeat, the king Theodore carefully planned his every next battle; this practice explains why he never faced any defeat in the first place.
(A) Even though his army had never faced any defeat
(B) Even though his army never faced defeat
(C) Despite his army having never faced defeat
(D) Despite an army that had never been defeated
(E) Despite his army never being defeated
(A) Even though his army had never faced any defeat
(B) Even though his army never faced defeat
(C) Despite his army having never faced defeat
(D) Despite an army that had never been defeated
(E) Despite his army never being defeated
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22 Nov 2022, 03:25
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I would go with option A, since the sentence talks abouts two events in past occurred at different points in time.
1.his army had never faced defeat.
2.the king carefully planned.
Past perfect tense is appropriately used here.
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1.his army had never faced defeat.
2.the king carefully planned.
Past perfect tense is appropriately used here.
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22 Nov 2022, 11:49
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correct use of past perfect tense. 2 past events: "had never faced any defeat", "the king planned", doesn't conflict with the semicolon
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grammatically ok by itself, but past perfect is clearly the better option here because choice B repeats the clause after the semicolon.
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same problem as B
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wrong modifier target, king theodore isn't an army. Should be "despite having/commanding an arming",
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never being is wrong, the verb after never needs to be past tense
