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Although the state had its first woman Police Commissioner more than three decades ago, relentless advertisements and awareness campaigns were needed to make woman police officers more than a rarity in the male-dominated police force.
A. were needed to make woman police officers more than a rarity in the male-dominated police force
B. were needed in making woman police officers more than a rarity in the male-dominated police force
C. have been needed to make woman police officers more than a rarity in the male-dominated police force
D. had been needed in making woman police officers more than a rarity in the male-dominated police force
E. have been needed to make woman police officers more than a rarity in the police force that is male-dominated.
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A. were needed to make woman police officers more than a rarity in the male-dominated police force
B. were needed in making woman police officers more than a rarity in the male-dominated police force
C. have been needed to make woman police officers more than a rarity in the male-dominated police force
D. had been needed in making woman police officers more than a rarity in the male-dominated police force
E. have been needed to make woman police officers more than a rarity in the police force that is male-dominated.
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Decision point is to make not in making.
B and D out.
E is wordy.
A nd C have been needed is the correct form.
C is the answer.
30 seconds approach.
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B and D out.
E is wordy.
A nd C have been needed is the correct form.
C is the answer.
30 seconds approach.
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Were needed means now we don't need to. Using simple past and past perfect is not sensical in this context. Eliminate A, B, D
Between C and E, it is much clear to say - - > male dominated police force THAN police force that is male-dominated
Imho, answer is C
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Hey carcass
I was able to narrow down the answer choices to C and E. but couldn't move forward.
"male-dominated police force" & "police force that is male-dominated."
They essentially mean the same according to me, but I was never comfortable on eliminating ans choices on the basis of "wordiness"
Can you suggest any article that could perhaps give me an essence of wordiness and help me eliminate such answer choices.
I was able to narrow down the answer choices to C and E. but couldn't move forward.
"male-dominated police force" & "police force that is male-dominated."
They essentially mean the same according to me, but I was never comfortable on eliminating ans choices on the basis of "wordiness"
Can you suggest any article that could perhaps give me an essence of wordiness and help me eliminate such answer choices.
carcass
Developing a sense, a sort of six sense to the wordiness is something that comes you with the experience and years of English. Is not that comes out in a snap
C.have been needed to make woman police officers more than a rarity in the male-dominated police force
E.have been needed to make woman police officers more than a rarity in the police force that is male-dominated.
Seein this way I do think is quite clear where the wordiness lays.
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C.
E.
Seein this way I do think is quite clear where the wordiness lays.
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Yes, it was quite evident on this problem, but in some problems, there is a change in sentence structure which confuses me !
carcass
See the first part of my reply.
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that means I better start focusing on other issues...
Thanks for the reply carcass ! :D
Thanks for the reply carcass ! :D
carcass
between A & C
I think we should use 'were' actually Because past perfect has been used earlier hence we need to show another action in the past that happened after that event.
now because we cannot change had in the non underlined portion , we should use were to show the 2 events...
Hence A should be the correct option..
Please advice
I think we should use 'were' actually Because past perfect has been used earlier hence we need to show another action in the past that happened after that event.
now because we cannot change had in the non underlined portion , we should use were to show the 2 events...
Hence A should be the correct option..
Please advice
Merc
I think here "had" is not past perfect, but rather just past tense of verb "have".
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This came up in recommended questions.
Although technically not much wrong between A and C, seems to me that "have been needed" is not something a native speaker would say, in this context.
Without further hints, I don't think there's enough to justify one over the other based on change of meaning
any thoughts from experts? GMATNinja Bunuel
Although technically not much wrong between A and C, seems to me that "have been needed" is not something a native speaker would say, in this context.
Without further hints, I don't think there's enough to justify one over the other based on change of meaning
any thoughts from experts? GMATNinja Bunuel
Hi,
Can an expert please clear a doubt.
On reading the sentence how can one be sure if this is an action that started in the past and continues in the present? There is no indication of the same in the original sentence, which is why (A) seemed like the better option. Had the word 'today' been mentioned along with 'dominant police force' then we could have used 'have been needed'. Do let me know. Thanks.
Can an expert please clear a doubt.
On reading the sentence how can one be sure if this is an action that started in the past and continues in the present? There is no indication of the same in the original sentence, which is why (A) seemed like the better option. Had the word 'today' been mentioned along with 'dominant police force' then we could have used 'have been needed'. Do let me know. Thanks.
carcass
carcass
I don't think that option 'E' is wrong just because of wordiness/redunduncy.
Option 'E' has one more major flaw according to me- the usage of the word 'THAT'.
The word 'THAT' in option E conveys that there are many police forces and among all the police forces, we are specifically talking about a police force which is male-dominated. Because of this reason, I think option 'E' is wrong as it changes the meaning of the sentence.
What's wrong with A??
I have read the thread and it feels like use of have been needed is unnecessary
I have read the thread and it feels like use of have been needed is unnecessary
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Vishrudh
Hello Vishrudh,
We hope this finds you well.
To answer your query, this sentence refers to the intent of the action "needed", and the for referring to the purpose/intent of an action, the infinitive verb form ("to + base form of verb" - "to + make" in this case) is preferred over the present participle ("verb+ing" - "making" in this case).
To understand the concept of "Infinitive" versus "Present Participle" on GMAT, you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):
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