Sreyoshi007 wrote:
How to choose between D and E?
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D) Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of the Russian testing laboratory, turned whistleblower and revealed that he helped dope dozens of athletes in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and that the FSB, the KGB successor agency, had assisted.
E) Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of the Russian testing laboratory, turned whistleblower and revealed that he had helped dope dozens of athletes in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and that the FSB, the KGB successor agency, assisted.
D is saying the FSB had assisted him, why is that incorrect? Please help
Sreyoshi007 MuthusivakathirThe sequence of events here on a timeline is (1)
Grigory first helped dope dozens of athletes while FSB assisted this guy, then
(2)
Grigory turned whistle blower and revealedSo here, we'll need past perfect for the event happened in the past i.e., the first event
A) Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of the Russian testing laboratory, turned whistleblower and revealed
he helped dope dozens of athletes in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and the FSB, the KGB successor agency, had assisted.
--> We need a past perfect here 'he had helped' to show that the 1st event took place before the 2nd and not parallel to it. Also 'that' is missing 'revealed that'B) Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of the Russian testing laboratory,
had turned whistleblower and revealed that he helped dope dozens of athletes in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and that the FSB, the KGB successor agency, had assisted.
--> Past perfect is used for the incorrect event (The latter event). Hence, this can be eliminatedC) Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of the Russian testing laboratory, had turned whistleblower and revealed that
he was helping to dope dozens of athletes in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and that the FSB, the KGB successor agency, assisted.
--> 'He was helping' is wrong tense. This completely changes the sequence of events intended.D) Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of the Russian testing laboratory, turned whistleblower and revealed
that he helped dope dozens of athletes in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and that the FSB, the KGB successor agency, had assisted
--> Same as AE) Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of the Russian testing laboratory, turned whistleblower and revealed that
he had helped dope dozens of athletes in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and that the FSB, the KGB successor agency, assisted.
--> Option E correctly uses the past perfect for the earlier event, thus correcting the error in D. _________________
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