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Looks like that subjunctive mood.

Choose (C) and click confirm.
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Looks like that subjunctive mood.

its not a subjunctive mood but an idiomatic expression.
"superior to" is better than "superior over"...

C should be correct.
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C looks good,

but i think C should have a "was", because the first clause is passive "was demostrated" so for ||ism second clause should also have "was proved".... :?: :?:
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C. and is required..simple past tense is good enough.
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its superiority "over" the horse...

Would go with C
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hahahahaha, Vivek, I love your new avatar!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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hahahahaha, Vivek, I love your new avatar!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


ha ha ha ha, that's reality! :lol: (still trying to laught ;))
Your avatar looks cool :good
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C looks good,

but i think C should have a "was", because the first clause is passive "was demostrated" so for ||ism second clause should also have "was proved".... :?: :?:
in this context "Prove" can not be used in passive!
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Once the economic and social usefulness of the motor car was demonstrated and with its superiority to the horse being proved, much of the early hostility to it in rural regions disappeared.

(A) and with its superiority to the horse being - incorrectly and unnecessarily placed
(B) and its superiority over the horse had been - wrong idiomatic usage
(C) and its superiority to the horse - Correct choice
(D) its superiority over the horse - wrong idiomatic usage
(E) with its superiority to the horse having been - "with" incorrectly used and "having been" unparallel usage of tense
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1. Idiom - Superiority to

Once the economic and social usefulness of the motor car was demonstrated and with its superiority to the horse being proved, much of the early hostility to it in rural regions disappeared.

(A) and with its superiority to the horse being - 'with' absurd structure
(B) and its superiority over the horse had been - IDIOM superiority over, had not required ,
(C) and its superiority to the horse - Correct
(D) its superiority over the horse - 'and' required
(E) with its superiority to the horse having been - conjunction 'and' required
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Split 1: Should there be an "and"

Compared to the other options with and its, which make it sound as a run on sentence, there needs to be an AND. Elimnate D and E on this basis.

A v/s B v/s C

The correct idiomatic expression is superior to. But another approach for eliminating A and B are as follows:

A uses the word being, which gives the statement a passive tone.
1. GMAT doesn't prefer passive.
2. The entire statement should be in the same tone

B uses had been, a past perfect. This is not the case. Past perfect is used when an action was completed before another action completed in the past.

Hence, C.

Please help me in evaluating this approach
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C is the correct answer.

Argument means that:

- early hostility to motor car in rural regions disappeared, when ..
- .. economic and social usefulness of the motor car was demonstrated and motor car's superiority to the horse was proved

superior to
is the correct idiom.
Had been and have been are past tense. These two indicate an event that happened even before, eco. and soc. usefulness of the motor car was demonstrated. The given argument does not say so. As per the argument, useful demonstration and proving superiority happened at the same time
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(A) and with its superiority to the horse being
(B) and its superiority over the horse had been
(C) and its superiority to the horse
(D) its superiority over the horse -> lack of "and" -> a run-on sentence.
(E) with its superiority to the horse having been
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