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Stating that one of its many successes has been the recent extended sales hike in men's apparel, the five-store retailer said it would soon open at least two more new stores.
A. its many successes has been the recent
B. its many successes had been the recently
C. its many successes is the recently
D. their many successes is the recent
E. their many successes had been the recent
A. its many successes has been the recent
B. its many successes had been the recently
C. its many successes is the recently
D. their many successes is the recent
E. their many successes had been the recent
ravigupta2912
16 Jan 2021, 21:20
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Okay. In the context of verbs, A probably makes sense since the effect of the success is still being felt. Hence present perfect makes sense. But “recent”?
I’m confused about “recent” here. “Extended” is an adjective modifying “sales hike”. Recent is modifying “extended” or “sales hike”.
If former, it should be “recent”, but if it is modifying “extended”, it should be “recently” since only an adverb can modify an adjective?
The sentence gives no clues as to what should it modify. How does one go about this?
Or just resort to VAN? Fix the verb tense first and then think of others?
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I’m confused about “recent” here. “Extended” is an adjective modifying “sales hike”. Recent is modifying “extended” or “sales hike”.
If former, it should be “recent”, but if it is modifying “extended”, it should be “recently” since only an adverb can modify an adjective?
The sentence gives no clues as to what should it modify. How does one go about this?
Or just resort to VAN? Fix the verb tense first and then think of others?
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D and E are out - we need singular noun to refer to "the five-store retailer".
B is out - there are no two related events, so usage of 'had' is incorrect.
The effect of success can still be felt, hence 'has been' is better than 'is'. hence choice A is correct.
B is out - there are no two related events, so usage of 'had' is incorrect.
The effect of success can still be felt, hence 'has been' is better than 'is'. hence choice A is correct.
