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Hello, Nups1324. I can think of far worse users to imitate on this site than GMATNinja or MartyTargetTestPrep. I enjoyed the similar phrasing to what the former might say—e.g., A is out—in your treatment of (A); I chuckled when I got to the confession in (E). I would encourage you to study their responses further, let the words and ideas sink in. I think Marty best explained the issues with (A) and (B) in his earlier post. As for (C), the meaning is quite hard to follow when you encounter back-to-back placeholders (it cannot be... it is), and some grammarians take issue with split infinitives, such as the one on display in be legitimately put forth. Without going any further, there would be two questionable features in (C), and doubts are not what you want in seeking a correct answer. I will be honest and say that I eliminated (E) right away, as we are not in a position to judge whether the information that follows that is factual, and the sentence conveys that young people are, in fact, at fault: the fact that young people are at fault. Other sentences suggest the opposite.
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I ruled out B because of use of 'were'
Since a fact that is true in the present is mentioned in the non underlined part, and we have a better option that carries the same fact in general, I chose D
Since a fact that is true in the present is mentioned in the non underlined part, and we have a better option that carries the same fact in general, I chose D
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Hello jatin093,
We hope this finds you well.
To clear up this confusion, the use of the simple past tense verb "were" is appropriate here because the sentence refers to an action that concluded in the past, rather than making a statement of fact.
For example, "The dinosaurs went extinct." - this sentence refers to the action of "going extinct", which concluded in the past.
By contrast, the sentence "The dinosaurs are extinct." states a universal fact.
We hope this helps.
All the best!
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