The entire project took over three years to complete, a much longer

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The entire project took over three years to complete, a much longer time frame  than the one that had been initially given by the building’s architect.

A. than the one that had been initially given by the building’s architect.

B. than the one that initially had been given by the building’s architect.

C. than the one that had been initially given by the buildings' architect.

D. than the one that had being initially given by the building’s architect.

E. than the one that having been initially given by the building’s architect.

CAMANISHPARMAR · Accepted Answer

The placement of "initially" in the original option is incorrect. Initially must modify the complete verb that is "had been given". Hence option B is the correct answer.

Rubina11 · Answer

The placement of the adverb "initially" is incorrect in this sentence, as it places the modifier in the midst of the complex verb used in the second part of the sentence. 
It needs to be placed directly before the full verb construction. 
The only answer choice which does this is "than the one that initially had been given by the building’s architect."

udaypratapsingh99 · Answer

Please Explain the answer. I am not getting it between A, B and C. Does GMAT really count it as wrong ?

madgmat2019 · Answer

Same here..... i couldn't understand the usage of building’s, buildings' ?

udaypratapsingh99 · Answer

A. than the one that had been initially given by the building’s architect.

B. than the one that initially had been given by the building’s architect.

C. than the one that had been initially given by the buildings' architect.

D. than the one that had being initially given by the building’s architect.

E. than the one that having been initially given by the building’s architect.

Please Explain the answer. I am not getting it between A, B and C. Does GMAT really count it as wrong ?

Same here..... i couldn't understand the usage of building’s, buildings' ?

Building's mean possession of building(singular) while buildings' mean possession of buildings(plural). When we have a noun ending with 's', apostrophe is used afer the s.

But this can not be deciding factor in this question, as both are correct as per the information provided.

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RohanSaxena · Answer

Between A B and C. The gmat would not test on building's or buildings' since the 'entire project' could be anything. The placement of initially should be the deciding factor here. Hence B

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lilicabog · Answer

What is the rule related to adverbs placement towards perfect passisve tenses.

I cannot say: He has been carefully advised. ?

aidyn · Answer

Hi, can you kindly help to explain the different between option A & B.

ardenjorata · Answer

I still can't understand why "initially" should be placed before the complete block of past perfect verb. Why not A?

DmitryFarberMPrep · Answer

This is far too finicky to be a real SC question. We should always see at least one difference at the beginning of the underlined portion and another at the end. A proper SC question may require us to notice little shades of meaning, but there will usually be more than one way to get to the right answer, or at least to narrow things down. Studying questions like this makes us obsess on finding the one correct way to order a fixed set of words, and that's not really what SC is about.

GMATGuruNY · Answer

OA:  the one that  initially   had  been given 
Here, the adverb in red is placed before the helping verb in blue.
This placement does NOT reflect what is typically seen on the GMAT.

OAs in the OG12:
 are IN EFFECT told
would IN THE PAST have conceded
have NEVER been sighted
can HARDLY be said
can CONSTANTLY change
have RECENTLY discovered
were EVENTUALLY exhibited
were FIRST aired
can QUICKLY analyze
would LATER make
are CLOSELY related
has ALREADY stimulated
is WIDELY accepted

In all of these examples, the adverb shown in upper-case letters is placed not before the helping verb but AFTER it.
I would disregard the SC above.

Stanindaw · Answer

Is there a rule that adverb should always come before the verb.

The entire project took over three years to complete, a much longer

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