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E it is...


past perfect ->past

the stem says....never before....which sould be in past perfect cos the latter half is being compared with the late 1990's which should be simple past
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D gets rid of "they". who are they? should at least be "it", if it refers to the industry
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Pick D.Who is they?All the answers except for D contain "they".
D doesn't seem correct either because of improper use of "as"
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IMO it cannot be D) because "as" introduces a clause that needs a subject and a verb. so D) is definitely out.
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Vithal,can you explain the use of "they" in E?
I still can't get it.
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Vithal,can you explain the use of "they" in E?
I still can't get it.


that was where I fell into the trap too. I guess use of they is valid here. They refers to the only noun in the sentence (e-business Industry), so from a pronoun reference perspective there are no issues.
Also, e-business Industry can be considered as plural to mean all the industries doing e-business.



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