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The company that owns nearby mines had not previously [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 06 Jun 2013, 11:07
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The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , and on hearing about new technologies that could be used to extract new minerals, made the owner of an adjacent property an offer to buy his mining rights.

(A)The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , and on hearing

(B)The company that owns nearby mines did not previously extract oil from shale deposits , and on hearing

(C)The company owning nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , but on hearing

(D)The company owning nearby mines, while they had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , had heard

(E)The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , because on hearing
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Originally posted by guerrero25 on 06 Jun 2013, 00:04.
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Re: The company that owns nearby mines had not previously [#permalink] New post   06 Jun 2013, 01:06
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Will go with C.

A & B are out because it provides 2 separate set of information while Choice C correctly connects the two statement.
D has pronoun error. "they" cannot refer to the company.
E is out as the other statement does not explain the first statement.
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Re: The company that owns nearby mines had not previously [#permalink] New post   06 Jun 2013, 01:13
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The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , and on hearing about new technologies that could be used to extract new minerals, made the owner of an adjacent property an offer to buy his mining rights.

I will go with C as well, very similar to galileo-did-not-invent-the-telescope-but-on-hearing-in-111155.html.
I do not like the structure of the sentence though... I think that "minerals, it/the company made " should be placed after the comma

(A)The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , and on hearing
(B)The company that owns nearby mines did not previously extract oil from shale deposits , and on hearing
"and" does not express the correct relationship between the two parts of the sentence.

(C)The company owning nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , but on hearing
IMO CORRECT

(D)The company owning nearby mines, while they had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , had heard
(E)The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , because on hearing
D is out because uses "they" without reference, E is out because "because" does not express the correct relationship.
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Re: The company that owns nearby mines had not previously [#permalink] New post   06 Jun 2013, 01:28
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IMO, B is correct.
The structure is:
The company that owns nearby mines.... did not extract oil.....and on hearing.... made an offer.........
"did not extract" and "made an offer" should be parallel.
In addition, past perfect tense is not necessary.

Wrong parts are in red.

(A)The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , and on hearing

(B)The company that owns nearby mines did not previously extract oil from shale deposits , and on hearing
Seems correct.

(C)The company owning nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , but on hearing

(D)The company owning nearby mines, while they had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , had heard

(E)The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , because on hearing
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Re: The company that owns nearby mines had not previously [#permalink] New post   06 Jun 2013, 03:44
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The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , and on hearing about new technologies that could be used to extract new minerals, made the owner of an adjacent property an offer to buy his mining rights.

(A)The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , and on hearing

(B)The company that owns nearby mines did not previously extract oil from shale deposits , and on hearing

(C)The company owning nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , but on hearing

(D)The company owning nearby mines, while they had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , had heard

(E)The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , because on hearing

Should be C, because conditional clause is being introduced by C which is required in my opinion
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Re: The company that owns nearby mines had not previously [#permalink] New post   06 Jun 2013, 04:05
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The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , and on hearing about new technologies that could be used to extract new minerals, made the owner of an adjacent property an offer to buy his mining rights.

(A)The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , and on hearing

(B)The company that owns nearby mines did not previously extract oil from shale deposits , and on hearing

(C)The company owning nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , but on hearing

(D)The company owning nearby mines, while they had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , had heard

(E)The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , because on hearing


OA to follow


I'll go with opt-in C as mentioned by the reasoning given above. But I'll try to add value with a few examples :-


The sentence needs the word "but" to bridge, to explain the reason for the second part of the sentence.

it had been tough living in this neighborhood, but on the moving in of a local minister, things have improved. The word

but helps explain the second part.
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Re: The company that owns nearby mines had not previously [#permalink] New post   06 Jun 2013, 11:13
thank you every one for attempting . OA edited.
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Re: The company that owns nearby mines had not previously [#permalink] New post   06 Jun 2013, 13:10
At first, I thought OA should be C cause we need contrast idea, so "but" is more appropriate than "and". But I changed my mind to B cause I don't see past perfect tense in C is necessary. Normally, past perfect tense goes with signal words or a specific time in the past that we don't see here.

If you see the example mentioned by Zarrolou:
galileo-did-not-invent-the-telescope-but-on-hearing-in-111155.html
That question is built perfectly.

Anyway, OA is the best among other options.

Thanks.
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Re: The company that owns nearby mines had not previously [#permalink] New post   06 Jun 2013, 13:30
guerrero25 wrote:
The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , and on hearing about new technologies that could be used to extract new minerals, made the owner of an adjacent property an offer to buy his mining rights.

(A)The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , and on hearing

(B)The company that owns nearby mines did not previously extract oil from shale deposits , and on hearing

(C)The company owning nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , but on hearing

(D)The company owning nearby mines, while they had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , had heard

(E)The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , because on hearing


As i read this sentence, i see that the logical conjunction to be used is but. C wins hands down.
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Re: The company that owns nearby mines had not previously [#permalink] New post   06 Jun 2013, 14:53
I will go with C straight away for two reasons

1."but" connects the contradiction better
2. IT makes the whole sentence clearer than any other option does( meaning based approach).

Having said that, can I say "previously is redundant in all options since a past verb already exists in each of the options.
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Re: The company that owns nearby mines had not previously [#permalink] New post   19 May 2020, 01:24
guerrero25 wrote:
The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , and on hearing about new technologies that could be used to extract new minerals, made the owner of an adjacent property an offer to buy his mining rights.

(A)The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , and on hearing

(B)The company that owns nearby mines did not previously extract oil from shale deposits , and on hearing

(C)The company owning nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , but on hearing

(D)The company owning nearby mines, while they had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , had heard

(E)The company that owns nearby mines had not previously extracted oil from shale deposits , because on hearing



Hi @veritasKarishma/ Any verbal expert,

can we use previously and Had+V3(Past Perfect) simultaneously as previously already defined the sequence in the sentence.
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