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Much of the basin that had been transformed into the Great Lakes by the Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age was formed by seismological events that occurred nearly one billion years earlier.
(A) Much of the basin that had been transformed into the Great Lakes by the Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age was
(B) Much of the basin that was transformed into the Great Lakes by the Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age had been
(C) Much of the basin that was transformed into the Great Lakes by the Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age has been
(D) The Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age transformed the Great Lakes from much of the basin that has been
(E) During the last ice age, much of the basin that was transformed by the Laurentide Glacier into the Great Lakes had been
(A) Much of the basin that had been transformed into the Great Lakes by the Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age was
(B) Much of the basin that was transformed into the Great Lakes by the Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age had been
(C) Much of the basin that was transformed into the Great Lakes by the Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age has been
(D) The Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age transformed the Great Lakes from much of the basin that has been
(E) During the last ice age, much of the basin that was transformed by the Laurentide Glacier into the Great Lakes had been
29 Sep 2016, 22:08
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E confuses the meaning. Let's shorten it to see the issue:
During the ice age, the basin had been formed a billion years earlier.
We're saying that something happened during the ice age. What happened? The basin was formed a billion years earlier. Then it didn't happen in the ice age! This makes no sense.
During the ice age, the basin had been formed a billion years earlier.
We're saying that something happened during the ice age. What happened? The basin was formed a billion years earlier. Then it didn't happen in the ice age! This makes no sense.
07 May 2015, 23:44
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Much of the basin that had been transformed into the Great Lakes by the Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age was formed by seismological events that occurred nearly one billion years earlier.
(A) Much of the basin that had been transformed into the Great Lakes by the Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age was
(B) Much of the basin that was transformed into the Great Lakes by the Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age had been
(C) Much of the basin that was transformed into the Great Lakes by the Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age has been
(D) The Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age transformed the Great Lakes from much of the basin that has been
(E) During the last ice age, much of the basin that was transformed by the Laurentide Glacier into the Great Lakes had been
(A) Much of the basin that had been transformed into the Great Lakes by the Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age was
(B) Much of the basin that was transformed into the Great Lakes by the Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age had been
(C) Much of the basin that was transformed into the Great Lakes by the Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age has been
(D) The Laurentide Glacier during the last ice age transformed the Great Lakes from much of the basin that has been
(E) During the last ice age, much of the basin that was transformed by the Laurentide Glacier into the Great Lakes had been
The events have to be in the correct sequence in this question.
For the correct sequencing we need past perfect tense since it should be clear that the seismological events took place before the complete transformation of the basin to the great lakes.
so, A, C and D can be eliminated as they are simple past tense, present perfect tense and present perfect tense respectively
between B and E
option E starts with during the last ice age.... which makes the meaning of the sentence non-sensical as it says that during the last ice age seismological events took place a billion years ago
O.A. B
give a Kudo if you like the explanation
