GMAT Club Around The World!!! Asked about how he is programming the ar

Correct Option B

A. about how he is programming the art classes ranging
Wrong
- Tense error, present participle

B. how he programs the art classes, which range
- correct

C. about how he programmed the art classes ranging
Wrong - Past tense

D. how he programmed the art classes ranging
Wrong - Tense error, past tense


E. how he programmed the art classes, which range
Wrong - Tense error, past tense

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Hello,

I read all the comments and I need a clarification here.

Parker said, "I try to keep it more culturally relevant with the traditional art."
This is in Direct speech. In Direct speech we quote the words said by the person.
For example:
He said, "I will leave for the market in another 10 minutes".
This means he was going to leave for the market in another ten minutes after he said the above statement.
The indirect speech for this is : He said that he would leave for the market in another 10 minutes.

Since the question uses direct speech with 'Parker said', it is actually talking about past. Indirect speech will be :
Parker said that he tried to keep it more culturally relevant with the traditional art.

If we need to talk about present in Direct speech, we will say : Parker says, "I try...".


Now the part "Asked about how he is programming the art classes..." should be in past tense, because this is explaining something which was done in the past.

Could you please explain where my analysis is wrong?

Thanks,
Ankit

Anandanwar

The only thing that we know from a quote is that the statement was made at some point in the past. It could have been 50 years ago or 5 seconds ago. So we have no idea whether any change has occurred in how he programs his classes. In other words, if I were writing about Einstein, I'd say, "He was interviewed about how he developed his theories," but if I were interviewing a contemporary scientist, I might well say, "She was interviewed about how she develops her theories." That development is ongoing, so the present tense makes sense. Similarly, I might say, "I asked her for the WiFi password and she said that it's GMATClub123."

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