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23 Apr 2020, 11:33
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Because of the fear that the company's latest efforts to contain the spill, which had started three months ago when a leased rig sank, might falter, BP shares fell in London and New York.
(A) had started three months ago when a leased rig sank, might falter, BP shares fell
(B) had started three months ago when a leased rig sank, might falter, BP shares had fallen
(C) started three months ago when a leased rig sank, might falter, BP shares fell
(D) started three months ago with the sinking of a leased rig, might falter, BP shares fell
(E) started three months ago with the sinking of a leased rig, might falter, BP shares had fallen
(A) had started three months ago when a leased rig sank, might falter, BP shares fell
(B) had started three months ago when a leased rig sank, might falter, BP shares had fallen
(C) started three months ago when a leased rig sank, might falter, BP shares fell
(D) started three months ago with the sinking of a leased rig, might falter, BP shares fell
(E) started three months ago with the sinking of a leased rig, might falter, BP shares had fallen
24 Apr 2020, 15:21
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I see a few questions about this one, and it is tricky. At the heart of the confusion lies an idiom, but we will address that in a moment. First, the unadulterated sentence:
Did you catch any mistakes?
I hope that helps clear any doubts about (D). It is not that start... when is incorrect 100 percent of the time--e.g, His political career started when Nixon took office.--it is just that, as explained above, in the context of this sentence, we are trying to say that an event started with a catastrophe, rather than when a catastrophe occurred.
Good luck with your studies.
- Andrew
DarkHorse2019
Did you catch any mistakes?
DarkHorse2019
The past perfect is incorrect here. The which clause marker could be replaced by its referent, the spill, and we should get a clear timeline of events. But the spill had started... when a rig sank skews the order of events, making it sound as if the sinking came after the spill had already begun. I will save when for my analysis of (C) below. For now, keep moving.
DarkHorse2019
The same two errors persist, but now we have a third: the past perfect had fallen does not agree with the potential outcome suggested by the earlier might falter. One, two, three strikes you're out.
DarkHorse2019
It might sound okay, but started... when is the wrong construct. The idiom should be started... with instead. That is, the spill started with some event, rather than saying that the spill started when some event verb-ed.
DarkHorse2019
This choice opts for the correct idiom in started... with, and the verb tense at the tail-end of the underlined portion agrees with the anticipated outcome: people were fearing that BP's efforts to contain an oil spill (presumably) might falter, so the company's stock prices fell in response.
DarkHorse2019
Almost, but this is clearly a worse version of (D), provided you had caught the idiom started... with in the first place. Stock shares fell in response to a certain fear, rather than having fallen prior to that fear. The cause-and-effect arrow needs to be clear.
I hope that helps clear any doubts about (D). It is not that start... when is incorrect 100 percent of the time--e.g, His political career started when Nixon took office.--it is just that, as explained above, in the context of this sentence, we are trying to say that an event started with a catastrophe, rather than when a catastrophe occurred.
Good luck with your studies.
- Andrew
25 Apr 2020, 00:33
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DarkHorse2019
Clearly the debate seems to be between C and D.
I also marked C the answer, initially, but realized my error. It was a meaning issue.
The sentence originally says, "Company's latest effort to contain the spills might falter". It clearly means that the spills are still there. How can spills be still there if the rig has already sunk three months ago. Obviously, it can only be there if the rig is still sinking and repairs or replacements have not been done.
Hence when we see at C and D as follows -
(C) started three months ago when a leased rig sank, might falter, BP shares fell
(D) started three months ago with the sinking of a leased rig, might falter, BP shares fell
We can clearly see as per the above logic that C is wrong.
According to me, this can be the best approach if somebody is not aware of the idiom in this context.
