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Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   12 Jul 2013, 01:53
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Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000, no law of privacy was as yet acknowledged by British courts.

A. no law of privacy was as yet acknowledged by British courts
B. British courts did not acknowledge a law of privacy
C. the courts in Britain had not acknowledged a law of privacy
D. a law of privacy was not acknowledged by the courts in Britain
E. there had been no acknowledged law of privacy in Britain
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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   12 Jul 2013, 02:02
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Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000, no law of privacy was as yet acknowledged by British courts.

We know that an unstated rule of the GMAT is "avoid passive"(if possible).
A, D use a passive form.
The past perfect is used to clarify a sequence of events, the latter should be expressed in PP form and the most recent is simple past.

In this sentence the "timing" is already clear, since the sentence begins with "until"; we already know what happened first, so the use of the Past Perfect is not necessary, hence we should go for the most concise answer. All this leaves us with B, that is the best option

B. British courts did not acknowledge a law of privacy
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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   12 Jul 2013, 05:29
Hi zarralou i believe that option a is wrong because it is a sentence fragment
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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   12 Jul 2013, 05:44
swati007 wrote:
Hi zarralou i believe that option a is wrong because it is a sentence fragment


A clause is called a fragment if is a dependent clause without subject / verb, or is not connected to an IC (or a combination of those).

"A. no law of privacy was as yet acknowledged by British courts " this clearly has both a subject and a verb, so you're saying that is dependent clause... yes, I can agree with that, mostly because the sentence states "... yet ..." (when?) so its meaning is not complete on its own (hence is a DC).
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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   12 Jul 2013, 09:06
Between B and D, B is better because first clause is in active so it make sense to go with active in 2nd clause...
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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   13 Jul 2013, 01:32
Hi All,

What is wrong in (E)? The verb "acknowledged" should precede "came". Hence should it not be "had been no acknowledged"?



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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   13 Jul 2013, 04:01
argha wrote:
Hi All,

What is wrong in (E)? The verb "acknowledged" should precede "came". Hence should it not be "had been no acknowledged"?



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hi argha,

option E is wrong because itcompletely changes the intended meaningof the original question.

Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000, no law of privacy was as yet acknowledged by British courts.
intended meaning:==until 2000,british courts dindnt pass any law of privacy

opton E:
E. there had been no acknowledged law of privacy in Britain===>UNTIL 2000 THERE WAS NO LAW IN BRITAIN ON PRIVACY.
USE OF HAD IS ALSO WRONG HERE.YOU CAN EXPRESS WITH SIMPLE PAST ALSO...

I didnt understand what you meant to say with this:

The verb "acknowledged" should precede "came". Hence should it not be "had been no acknowledged"?


hope it helps.
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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   13 Jul 2013, 22:07
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in (B)....>british court=may be consume as a type of court
in (c)......>the court in britain is clear than another
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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   13 Jul 2013, 23:32
Hi Shailesh,

If option (E) is plugged into the original question:

Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000, there had been no acknowledged law of privacy in Britain

Between the two highlighted verbs above, the second one precedes the first. Hence the tense of the second should be PP.

But I presume, when the sequence of events is clear by the usage of "until", then both the verbs should be simple past.

My bad, as I was not aware of this.

Thanks for the explanation anyways.



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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   17 Sep 2015, 06:44
main error with a is
as yet, redundant

the correct answer must
logic
not ambiguous'
not redundant

all 3 aspects is in meaning point.
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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   10 Nov 2016, 16:54
agree...b seems the best...C is a nice trap though...
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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   11 Oct 2017, 13:00
Hi,

Since you are using two simple past tenses because of the presence of "Until", shouldn't we use two simple past tenses when "before/after is used" as before/ater also clarifies what happened first?

For Example : I had eaten before I went to office

Shouldn't it be "I ate before I went to office" as "before" suggests the sequence of events?

Please let me know.

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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   12 Oct 2017, 09:54
koolgmat wrote:
Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000, no law of privacy was as yet acknowledged by British courts.

A. no law of privacy was as yet acknowledged by British courts
B. British courts did not acknowledge a law of privacy
C. the courts in Britain had not acknowledged a law of privacy
D. a law of privacy was not acknowledged by the courts in Britain
E. there had been no acknowledged law of privacy in Britain


very close between B and C...

yes past perfect is optional.. but eventhough PP is there,,nothing rong..

to me,,"the courts in britain" sounds better than british courts...

any expert opinion please,,,
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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2017, 03:31
Why is option D incorrect?? Since the Sentence talks about the past action , using the verb DID which is in present context is incorrect . Am I right??
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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   08 Apr 2018, 10:34
can somebody explain why other options are wrong?
especially E
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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   31 Jul 2019, 05:47
What does the sentence mean anyway? Until the Human rights convention, British courts did not acknowledge a single law on human rights.

Job of courts is to decide on the basis of established laws not to pass laws.
The sentence does not make sense to me. Which court refuses to acknowledge a passed law?

E, although, not perfect is the only sentence which makes sense. Prior to an event, there had been no acknowledged law in the country.

What do you think GMATNinja

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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   19 Mar 2021, 07:04
Why c is wrong? Can somebody please explain

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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   29 Oct 2021, 02:13
Hi experts,
Please help to explain why each choice is either right or wrong. Thank you.
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Re: Until the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect in 2000 [#permalink] New post   20 Jul 2023, 04:03
egmat please explain this
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