Advertisements from 1960 for the film Psycho shattered

Question

Advertisements from 1960 for the film Psycho shattered convention, displaying actress Janet Leigh in a slip and brassiere, which, although white, a color associated with innocence,  were clothes more revealing than had bee previously worn in a movie ad . 

(A)were clothes more revealing than had bee previously worn in a movie ad.
 
(B)were more revealing than previous clothes worn in a movie ad

(C)were more than revealing for clothes worn in a movie ad

(D)were revealed for clothes than had been previously worn in a movie ad

(E)were more revealing clothes than had been previously worn by a movie ad

Alex_NL · Answer

Hmmm I think the answer is A

I am not good in grammar explanation but I will do my best.

In B, which were more revealing doesnt give us an clear indication what is more revealing.
In C, it just doesnt sound right for me
In D, I believe the grammar which were revealed for clothes is incorrect
In E, worn by a movie ad is not correct, I think.

Correct me if I am wrong.

Regards,

Alex

Bhai · Answer

B.

slip and brassiere were more revealing.

slip and brassiere were clothes is redundant, I guess.

longhorn2020 · Answer

B.
As Bhai pointed out, clothes is redundant.

Gotta catch Psycho somethime, maybe this weekend! :P

srijay007 · Answer

I go with A on this one
Seems to me that A correctly defines the subject of "were" 

(B)were more revealing than previous clothes worn in a movie ad
if we write the whole sentence:
  actress Janet Leigh in a slip and brassiere were more revealing than previous clothes worn in a movie ad   ~ doesnt this look like the subj to were is unclear?

(E)were more revealing clothes than had been previously   worn by a movie ad  
E is wrong .... clothes worn by movie ad @!#$%

SigEpUCI · Answer

I will go B. Don't like the redundancy in A. 
B is comparing correctly, although it has its faults. 
Not sure of the use of 'had' in A either.
E is flat out wrong since it implies the ads wore the clothes.

dj · Answer

I follow A. past perfect is perfect

for rest, I agree with Srijay's reasoning.

SigEpUCI · Answer

I've been burned on the use of past perfect before. To summarize why, here's a quote from the PR verbal workbook:

"The important thing to remember (about pas perfect tense) is that you should ever use had unless you explicitly have to"

I guess i'll wait to see if the answer is A or B to ellaborate. I hate SC's.

NM · Answer

I will go for B.

In A, the tense is past perfect (due to the had been) and so indicates a time before the release of this movie ad. So, the  previously  is redundant.

In B,  previous  is needed since otherwise, the sentence would be - ..... were more revealing than clothes worn in a movie ad, which is incorrect since this movie ad cannot be more revealing than itself.

So, I choose B.

ywilfred · Answer

Going with (A). We need something that modifies the 'slip and brassiere', and that noun is clothes.
Also, we want to use past perfect to compare something that happened before this past event, so clothes more revealing than had been worn, would be pefect.

What's the OA ?

chunjuwu · Answer

Dear all, the OA is (A). 

It said "clothes previously worn" is not equal to "previous clothes" , because previously modified the verb worn, but previous modified the noun clothes. 

Hence, choice B changes the original meaning. 

How do you think? 

thank you

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