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The defending attorney weakened the prosecution’s arguments so much [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2016, 04:37
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The defending attorney weakened the prosecution’s arguments so much that, at the end of the trial, the jury doubted that the victim had even existed.


(A) doubted that the victim had even existed

(B) doubts that the victim has even existed

(C) was in doubt as to the existence of the victim

(D) was doubtful concerning the victim’s existence

(E) had doubts about the victim’s even existing
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Re: The defending attorney weakened the prosecution’s arguments so much [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2016, 04:55
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The defending attorney weakened the prosecution’s arguments so much that, at
the end of the trial, the jury doubted that the victim had even existed.
(A) doubted that the victim had even existed
(B) doubts that the victim has even existed
(C) was in doubt as to the existence of the victim
(D) was doubtful concerning the victim’s existence
(E) had doubts about the victim’s even existing


Same subject referring to two past events then we need use had+participle for first one and for the second one past tense.

Only option A is correct.
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Re: The defending attorney weakened the prosecution’s arguments so much [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2016, 11:22
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The defending attorney weakened the prosecution’s arguments so much that, at the end of the trial, the jury doubted that the victim had even existed.


(A) doubted that the victim had even existed
(B) doubts that the victim has even existed
(C) was in doubt as to the existence of the victim
(D) was doubtful concerning the victim’s existence
(E) had doubts about the victim’s even existing


Correct usage of Doubted as per the meaning of the sentence is : Doubted That

The defending attorney weakened the prosecution’s arguments so much that, at the end of the trial, the jury doubted that the victim had even existed.

Hence, correct option will be option (A)

PS : For more information about the correct usage of doubt visit this link - https://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/doubt.html
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Re: The defending attorney weakened the prosecution’s arguments so much [#permalink] New post   23 Sep 2018, 23:48
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sukeshap wrote:
The defending attorney weakened the prosecution’s arguments so much that, at the end of the trial, the jury doubted that the victim had even existed.


(A) doubted that the victim had even existed

(B) doubts that the victim has even existed

(C) was in doubt as to the existence of the victim

(D) was doubtful concerning the victim’s existence

(E) had doubts about the victim’s even existing


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This question involves parallel structure. The attorney weakened something and the jury doubted something. A has this structure. B uses the wrong tense. C is too wordy. D and E are not parallel. Choice A can be the only possible answer.
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