Sentence Correction

The Western world’s love affair with chocolate is well-documented: few people have been known to have tasted it for the first time without requesting more.
(A) few people have been known to have tasted it
(B) few having been known to taste it
(C) it has been tasted by few people
(D) few people have been known to taste it
(E) few people having tasted it

why not A?

reply please.....

choice is between is A and D. I chose A too but since u r saying A is not correct, it must be D.
I could think of only one reason, present perfect is not required here

(A) few people have been known to have tasted it

"have been" present perfect
"to have tasted" : what tense would you call this
I hope the problem with A is now clear

gmat740 wrote:

(A) few people have been known to have tasted it

"have been" present perfect
"to have tasted" : what tense would you call this
I hope the problem with A is now clear

not really, to be honest...

I think its more to do with the latter part of the sentence that uses "requesting"

Sentence would have been correct if it was in the past tense..

for ex: Various people have claimed to have known someone who saw the the victory march of the 40s.

In this sentence the use of "requesting" a participle that essentially implies that the practice is still on.. would mean that we use a simple infinitive to address..

and I think that's the reason D is correct.

The Western world’s love affair with chocolate is well-documented: few people have been known to have tasted it for the first time without requesting more.
(A) few people have been known to have tasted it - correct

(B) few having been known to taste it -having been not correct verb tense
(C) it has been tasted by few people - passive voice, eliminate

(D) few people have been known to taste it - taste should be have tasted in order to express that once people have tasted chocolate, they can't resist having more

(E) few people having tasted it - having tasted is wrong tense

IMO A