Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in

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Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in yesterday's museum fire were  painted by a famous Russian artist.

A.) Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in yesterday's museum fire were
B.) In yesterday's museum fire, several of the canvases that had been signed and incinerated were
C.) Yesterday several of the canvases that were singed or incinerated in the museum fire were
D.) several of the canvases that were signed and incinerated in yesterday's museum fire had been
E.) several of the canvases that were signed or incinerated in yesterday's museum fire had been

aditya8062 · Answer

its a straight  E  :several of the canvases that were signed or incinerated in yesterday's museum fire had been

u need  past perfect  for sequence 
u need  "or"

VaibhavWadhera · Answer

I understand that we need past perfect.but Why we need or here.. why and will not work here as in D choice

anish123ster · Answer

what is wrong with D???

singed and incinerated...

aditya111 · Answer

Why should a posessive word yesterday's be used???
Anybody???

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skiingforthewknds · Answer

technically the canvas cannot be singed and incinerated, they need to be one or the other.

For example, you cannot have a house that is destroyed and damaged, it needs to be either destroyed or damaged.

Hope that helps.

maaadhu · Answer

I think the OA is D.

The context of this sentence is "Most number of canvases burned in fire are signed".

Experts comment is very helpful in this scenario.

ydmuley · Answer

I think the difference between options D and E lies in the meaning of the two words singed and incinerated. So lets first try to understand the meaning.

singed   - burned superficially(partially burned) 
 incinerated   - burned to ashes(completely burned)

Hence, using singed and incinerated will not be correct as it is not possible for anything to be singed and incinerated at the same time.

Hence - singed or incinerated - makes sense here.

MvArrow · Answer

The original sentence uses AND; if we use OR we change the meaning of the sentence: is this a possible question during the real exam?

I was going to choose E but in the end I chose D for this reason

MVCO2025 · Answer

Aren't the paintings still technically painted by famous Russian artists? Past perfect needs an action to be completed, but isn't this a general truth rather than a discrete event?

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  MVCO2025 ,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, in this sentence, the   act   of painting was completed in the past, meaning the past tense is correct here.

For example, we say "The Earth formed out of the Sun's gases." rather than "The Earth is formed out of the Sun's gases." because the Earth has already been formed.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

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