Since none of the major airlines finalized the deal to buy the Indigo-

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Since none of the major airlines  finalized the deal to buy the Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who had hoped to see such a deal,  pushed Indigo's shares down 56 rupees to Rs. 933 in midday on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

(A) finalized the deal to buy Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who had hoped to see such a deal,
(B) has finalized the deal buy Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who have hoped to see such a deal,
(C) have finalized the deal to buy Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who hoped to see such a deal, had 
(D) finalized the deal to buy Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who hoped to see such a deal, have
(E) had finalized the deal to buy Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who hoped to see such a deal,

NeverEverGiveUp11 · Answer

Since none of the major airlines  finalized the deal to buy the Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who had hoped to see such a deal,  pushed Indigo's shares down 56 rupees to Rs. 933 in midday on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Meaning: Because none of the major airlines finalised the deal to buy the Indigo-S series airplanes, investors, who had hoped to see such deal did something...
Note that "since" here is used as "because" . Use of since here is not a time marker.

Now the original sentence "pushed" is in the past tense and the action "had hoped" correctly captures the prior event. Thus, the use of "had" is correct.

(A) finalized the deal to buy Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who had hoped to see such a deal,
 correct

(B) has finalized the deal buy Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who have hoped to see such a deal,
 incorrect use of "has" and "have hoped"

(C) have finalized the deal to buy Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who hoped to see such a deal, had 
 incorrect use of "have"

(D) finalized the deal to buy Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who hoped to see such a deal, have
 here the sequence of "hoped" is not set right. Moreover, "have pushed" changes the tense of the original sentence

(E) had finalized the deal to buy Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who hoped to see such a deal,
 had finalised is not the prior event.Use of "had" is incorrect

DarkHorse2019  It seems that in option B "to" is missing "deal  to  buy"

monuagarwal1009 · Answer

Since the difference amongst the answer choices is mostly tense, let us look into the sequence of events :
Investor hoped to see a deal -> No major airlines finalized the deal -> Investor pushed the share price down

Now looking into the available answer choices :

(A) finalized the deal to buy Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who had hoped to see such a deal, ->  This option clearly indicates the sequence of events we had come upon by using past perfect tense for the first event  
(B) has finalized the deal buy Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who have hoped to see such a deal, ->  Indicate the Wrong sequence of events. Using the past tense of event that happened last and present perfect for events happened before it  
(C) have finalized the deal to buy Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who hoped to see such a deal, had ->  This option is using past perfect for the last event. Eliminated 
(D) finalized the deal to buy Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who hoped to see such a deal, have ->  No clear indication of the sequence of events  
(E) had finalized the deal to buy Indigo-S series airplanes, the investors, who hoped to see such a deal, ->  Wrong sequencing of event. No one finalized the deal only after investor hoped to see such a deal

Laksh47 · Answer

Please provide explanation why A is correct and E is incorrect

Shrinkhla21 · Answer

The answer is A.

This sentence tests the ability of students to use past perfect tense. This is extremely common on the GMAT.

Whenever there are 2 events and they should be arranged chronologically, the one that logically occurs first should have the word “had” to indicate that it occurred before the other event.

In this case, the investors had hoped is correct because it was only after that they pushed the prices.

And with since, one must use simple past tense. It is a simple rule.

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IN2MBB2PE · Answer

Hi  EducationAisle  and  egmat : I always get confused with the use of None of .... with regards to S-V agreement.

Apart from the correctness of this sentence (I understand why A is correct), will it be  have  after: None of the major airlines companies ( have /has)?

Please advise. My understanding is that if "None" is present then S-V agreement depends on the noun in the "of phrase"?

EducationAisle · Answer

I don't believe that this has every been tested on GMAT (and perhaps never will be), but we do get a clue in  one official sentence  that uses  none  as a  singular  subject.

pratyush3284 · Answer

Isnt it a rule that we have to use present perfect with since?

If so then why is C incorrect?

EducationAisle · Answer

That's generally true Pratyush, when  since  is used as a  time indicator .

Here,  since  is used as  because .

Since none of the major airlines finalized the deal to buy the Indigo-

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