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Updated on: 09 Jan 2019, 04:05
Originally posted by avaneeshvyas on 15 Nov 2012, 01:02.
Last edited by Bunuel on 09 Jan 2019, 04:05, edited 2 times in total.
Last edited by Bunuel on 09 Jan 2019, 04:05, edited 2 times in total.
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After working for two hours, the essay started to take shape, and he began to hope that he might finish before the deadline.
A. After working for two hours, the essay started to take shape, and he began to hope
B. When the essay started to take shape after he had worked on it for two hours, he began to hope
C. When the essay started to take shape after he had worked on it for two hours, he begun to hope
D. When the essay started to take shape after working on it for two hours, he began to hope
E. After working for two hours, the student's essay started to take shape, and he began to hope
A. After working for two hours, the essay started to take shape, and he began to hope
B. When the essay started to take shape after he had worked on it for two hours, he began to hope
C. When the essay started to take shape after he had worked on it for two hours, he begun to hope
D. When the essay started to take shape after working on it for two hours, he began to hope
E. After working for two hours, the student's essay started to take shape, and he began to hope
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Please explain why can't A be the right choice.....
07 Mar 2016, 12:35
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1. Eliminate A and E because they both say, in different ways, that the essay was working for two hours. The subject of WORKING is in both cases ESSAY, so the meaning is nonsensical.
2. Reserve B.
3. Eliminate C because HE BEGUN is grammatically incorrect: the Past Simple is the tense required here, and its form in this verb is BEGAN.
4. Eliminate D because it remains unclear who or what was working on it for two hours. Compare this phrase with the clause in option B: after he had worked on it for two hours. In B it is clear who was working. Furthermore, the change to the Past Perfect is required here: first the student worked and then he began, so the correct sequence is HAD WORKED ... HE BEGAN.
5. B is therefore the correct answer.
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2. Reserve B.
3. Eliminate C because HE BEGUN is grammatically incorrect: the Past Simple is the tense required here, and its form in this verb is BEGAN.
4. Eliminate D because it remains unclear who or what was working on it for two hours. Compare this phrase with the clause in option B: after he had worked on it for two hours. In B it is clear who was working. Furthermore, the change to the Past Perfect is required here: first the student worked and then he began, so the correct sequence is HAD WORKED ... HE BEGAN.
5. B is therefore the correct answer.
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15 Nov 2012, 01:10
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misplaced modifier in A suggests that essay started to take shape after working for 2 hours...
B is free of grammatical and logical errors.
C has 'he begun to hope' incorrect tense
D is illogical. has essay started to take shape after working on something? what is 'it'?
E again has misplaced modifier. It suggests that Student's essay, after working for 2 hours, started to take shape.
Ans B it is.
