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Updated on: 25 Apr 2013, 21:38
Originally posted by anish123ster on 25 Apr 2013, 12:33.
Last edited by anish123ster on 25 Apr 2013, 21:38, edited 2 times in total.
Last edited by anish123ster on 25 Apr 2013, 21:38, edited 2 times in total.
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The footwear and apparel brand founded in 1914, Brooks Sports has for most of its history made shoes for a variety of sports, but in 2000 it narrowed its focus considerably to concentrate on running shoes.
A)The footwear and apparel brand founded in 1914, Brooks Sports has for most of its history made shoes for a variety of sports, but in 2000 it narrowed its focus considerably to concentrate on running shoes.
B)Brooks Sports, the footwear and apparel brand founded in 1914, has for most of its history been making shoes for a variety of sports, but in 2000 it considerably narrowed its focus to concentrate on running shoes.
C)The footwear and apparel brand founded in 1914, Brooks Sports, has for most of their history made shoes for a variety of sports, but in 2000 they narrowed its focus considerably to concentrate on running shoes.
D)The footwear and apparel brand founded in 1914, Brooks Sports, has for most of their history made shoes for a variety of sports, but in 2000 they considerably narrowed down its focus to concentrate on running shoes.
E)Brooks Sports, the footwear and apparel brand founded in 1914, had for most of its history made shoes for a variety of sports, but in 2000 it narrowed its focus considerably to concentrate on running shoes.
PLEASE SEE EXPLANATION BELOW..
A)The footwear and apparel brand founded in 1914, Brooks Sports has for most of its history made shoes for a variety of sports, but in 2000 it narrowed its focus considerably to concentrate on running shoes.
B)Brooks Sports, the footwear and apparel brand founded in 1914, has for most of its history been making shoes for a variety of sports, but in 2000 it considerably narrowed its focus to concentrate on running shoes.
C)The footwear and apparel brand founded in 1914, Brooks Sports, has for most of their history made shoes for a variety of sports, but in 2000 they narrowed its focus considerably to concentrate on running shoes.
D)The footwear and apparel brand founded in 1914, Brooks Sports, has for most of their history made shoes for a variety of sports, but in 2000 they considerably narrowed down its focus to concentrate on running shoes.
E)Brooks Sports, the footwear and apparel brand founded in 1914, had for most of its history made shoes for a variety of sports, but in 2000 it narrowed its focus considerably to concentrate on running shoes.
PLEASE SEE EXPLANATION BELOW..
25 Apr 2013, 21:28
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well the OA is E
EXPLANATION:
Because the sentence compares two different times in the past—the period of broad manufacturing from 1914 to 2000, and the moment in 2000 when the company narrowed its focus—the past perfect (“had…made”) is appropriate. Only answer (E) features the past perfect.
Although the original sentence also uses the definite article at the beginning (“The footware and apparel brand”), making it sound like Brooks Sports was the only footware and apparel brand founded in 1914. The correct answer, (E), swaps the position of the subject and its modifier to place more emphasis on the brand name rather than something that incidentally describes it.
Answer (B) changes the verb form to the present perfect continuous (“has…been making”), which is inappropriate in this context.
Answers (C) and (D) introduce pronoun errors by using the plural pronouns “their” and “they” to refer to the singular company name “Brooks Sports.”
hope that helps...
DO CONSIDER KUDOS..
EXPLANATION:
Because the sentence compares two different times in the past—the period of broad manufacturing from 1914 to 2000, and the moment in 2000 when the company narrowed its focus—the past perfect (“had…made”) is appropriate. Only answer (E) features the past perfect.
Although the original sentence also uses the definite article at the beginning (“The footware and apparel brand”), making it sound like Brooks Sports was the only footware and apparel brand founded in 1914. The correct answer, (E), swaps the position of the subject and its modifier to place more emphasis on the brand name rather than something that incidentally describes it.
Answer (B) changes the verb form to the present perfect continuous (“has…been making”), which is inappropriate in this context.
Answers (C) and (D) introduce pronoun errors by using the plural pronouns “their” and “they” to refer to the singular company name “Brooks Sports.”
hope that helps...
DO CONSIDER KUDOS..
08 Dec 2015, 07:58
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Why isn’t present perfect relevant here? The present perfect implies that the activity of making shoes for a variety of sports has happened until today and even may continue. If so, the point of its narrowing down to manufacturing a niche product in 2000 loses its relevance. So any present perfect expression is wrong logically and grammatically.
Therefore in one stroke, you can discount A, B, C, and D. The broad –based manufacturing is a bye - gone event in 2000 and it narrowed to niche manufacturing after that. So for the earlier event, you do require a past perfect and so E is not only the remaining choice but also the relevant choice.
As far as I see, this much is enough to fix this question. If you are going to look beyond this, maybe you can find pronoun errors or modification errors and so on and so on, but not to any great avail IMHO
Now, tell me what grade will this question make with just one very popping error?
Therefore in one stroke, you can discount A, B, C, and D. The broad –based manufacturing is a bye - gone event in 2000 and it narrowed to niche manufacturing after that. So for the earlier event, you do require a past perfect and so E is not only the remaining choice but also the relevant choice.
As far as I see, this much is enough to fix this question. If you are going to look beyond this, maybe you can find pronoun errors or modification errors and so on and so on, but not to any great avail IMHO
Now, tell me what grade will this question make with just one very popping error?
