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11. It is well known that if the South had used better military tactics, they could had won the war with the North.

a) had used better military tactics, they could had won
b) have used better military tactics, they could have won
c) could have used better military tactics, they could have won
d) had the South used better military tactics, they could win
e) had the South used better military tactics, they could have won

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The answer choices D and E must be messed. Please check them again as well as the sentence and how long is the underlined portion.

Answer must be E
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Answer should be E. I think repetition of the south is a typing error.
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Answer should be E. I think repetition of the south is a typing error.

yes, i think this is a typing error, becasue other choices are plainly wrong
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Thanks, I will notify the GMAT Club Grammar administrator of the errors! I appriciate you help
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It is well known that if the South had used better military tactics 16 Mar 2011, 15:51
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+1 E

This is a classic question for non-native speakers in any English course. 8-)
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I have fixed this one. Thank you.
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On page number 134, in practice test 2
Question number 11
It is well known that if the south had used better military tactics, they could have won the war with the north.

a) had used better military tactics, they could had won
b) have used better military tactics, they could have won
c) could have used better military tactics, they could have won
d) had the South used better military tactics, they could win
e) had the South used better military tactics, they could have won

Here the word "the south" should also be underlined as it confuses about the actual sentence to correct.
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On page number 134, in practice test 2
Question number 11
It is well known that if the south had used better military tactics, they could have won the war with the north.

a) had used better military tactics, they could had won
b) have used better military tactics, they could have won
c) could have used better military tactics, they could have won
d) had the South used better military tactics, they could win
e) had the South used better military tactics, they could have won

Here the word "the south" should also be underlined as it confuses about the actual sentence to correct.

Here the word "the south" should also be underlined as it confuses about the actual sentence to correct.[/quote]

Yes the south is again repeated in options 4 & 5 . Normally I have never seen such kind of errors.
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Friends,

Out of the given options,I choose option C,Can you please explain whats wrong with the choice:
1 Possible reason : If it is well known the south could have used the better military tactics,then they would have won.

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11. It is well known that if the South had used better military tactics, they could had won the war with the North.
a) had used better military tactics, [highlight]they[/highlight] could [highlight]had[/highlight] won - subject-verb agreement error
b) [highlight]have[/highlight] used better military tactics, they could have won - subject-verb agreement error. Should be 'South had...'
c) could have used better military tactics, they could have won - amended original meaning.
d) had used better military tactics, they [highlight]could win[/highlight] - tense error. past participle needed
e) had used better military tactics, they could have won

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I like E...The South needed better tactics before it could win the war.
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Can someone plz tell me why E is the correct answer? Why is 'have'(present) a correct answer when the verb in the 'if' clause contains 'had'(past).

Do we have to use present tense with the conditional? Please clarify.
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Can someone plz tell me why E is the correct answer? Why is 'have'(present) a correct answer when the verb in the 'if' clause contains 'had'(past).

Do we have to use present tense with the conditional? Please clarify.

hi aztec04 and rohansharma,

i chose E because, in my opinion there needs to be a sequence of events clearly shown.

C- Could have used....could have won

this would mean that both occured at the same time (both are present perfect tenses), whereas we clearly know that the winning of the war (would) happen only after the use of military techniques. hence the tenses need to be different. Hence wrong

E- had used, have won
in this sentence, there are clearly 2 sequences. had used (past perfect) and have won (present perfect) which clearly show the sequence of events.

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It is well known that if the South had used better military tactics Updated on: 23 Apr 2014, 12:39
Originally posted by gregfromnancy on 23 Apr 2014, 04:12.
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Question taken from the GMAT ultimate grammar book
from test 2

It is well known that if the South had used better military tactics, they could had won the war with the North.

a) had used better military tactics, they could had won
b) have used better military tactics, they could have won
c) could have used better military tactics, they could have won
d) had used better military tactics, they could win
e) had used better military tactics, they could have won

answer is E
I choose A
could you please explain why do we use the past progressive tense in this answer?
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Sorry, went too fast:

It is well known that if the South had used better military tactics, they could had won the war with the North.
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could you please explain why do we use the past progressive tense in this answer?

not sure where do u find this but E seems oki
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Please edit the original post with the underlined portion. Also, providing the answer outside of the "reveal" tag is kinda annoying when you're trying to solve the problem.
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This is relevant to the third conditionals. As per that, if the conditional part uses a past perfect such as ‘had used’ then the effect part(the main clause) should be in the modal present perfect, such as ‘could have’, ‘might have’ or ‘would have’. Therefore, E is the answer
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This is relevant to the third conditionals. As per that, if the conditional part uses a past perfect such as ‘had used’ then the effect part(the main clause) should be in the modal present perfect, such as ‘could have’, ‘might have’ or ‘would have’. Therefore, E is the answer


why C is incorrect? please explain.
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