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Adolescence Post Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:11 am
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    94.Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while being an adolescent, Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist.
    (A) while being an adolescent
    (B) while in adolescence
    (C) at the time of her being adolescent
    (D) as being in adolescence
    (E) as an adolescent

    Whats ur pick ? Please provide ur reasoning.
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    Post Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:36 am
    My pick is option E,
    I believe the rest of the choice are wordy and do go well with tense had which is past perfect. making Sense.....?

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    Post Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:44 am
    Whats wrong with B ?
    Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while in adolescence ..

    Please explain..

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    Post Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:00 am
    IMO E


    A&D using being

    C looks awkward,wordy & also using being..

    B doesnt make sense

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    Post Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:00 am
    I will go with E as it makes perfect sense.

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    Post Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:27 am
    iwill wrote:
    Whats wrong with B ?
    Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while in adolescence ..

    Please explain..
    I'd say 'B' is wrong because the tense is changing from simple past (had signed) to continuous (while in adolescence). This can still be done, if it was written as 'while she was in adolescence'

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    An old question from OG?

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    Post Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:56 pm
    (E)

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    Post Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:15 am
    Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while being an adolescent, Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist.
    (A) while being an adolescent
    Although and while both are used for contrast clause. So it will be redundent to use while.
    (B) while in adolescence
    Same as A
    (C) at the time of her being adolescent
    being is redundent and awkward
    (D) as being in adolescence
    Same as D
    (E) as an adolescent
    Correct. clear

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    Post Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:56 am
    Take examples:
    While being a kid you were too naughty - is awkard
    When you were a kid you were too naughty - is good
    As a kid, you were too naughty - is right.
    Similar analofgy fits to the question:
    Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while being an adolescent, Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist.
    Although she had signed X while being a adolescent => is like saying
    She had signed X when she is an adolescent ----> past perfect tense precceds a action in the present - wrong! Instead, past perfect tense should preceed a past action. Eg: She had signed X when she was an adolescent . So all answer choices containing "being" is wrong.

    B) while in adolescence - wrong because the contruct "while in adolescence" is ambiguous as to "while she was in her adolescence" or "while she is in her adolescence"

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    Post Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:22 am
    Sorry for reopening this post.
    I wish a few experts can help,how this question can be resolved with POE.

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    Post Sun May 06, 2012 1:34 pm
    shubhamkumar wrote:
    Sorry for reopening this post.
    I wish a few experts can help,how this question can be resolved with POE.
    this problem is almost purely a test of idioms.
    more importantly, this is the kind of idiom problem that the test has essentially phased out. this problem was purged in the transition from the 10th to the 11th edition, presumably because it's no longer relevant to the test.
    so, i would say you can safely ignore this one.

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