Sentence Correction

451. It was an increase in reported cases of malaria along the Gulf Coast that in 1921 led the health authorities' granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of Unimedco.
(A) authorities' granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of
(B) authorities' granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later to be called by the name of
(C) authorities' granting a permit for experimentation using human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of
(D) authorities to grant a permit for human experimentation to the group later called
(E) authorities to grant a permit for human experimentation to the group that later would be called by the name of

Are 'human experimentation' & 'experimentation with human subjects' the same? Please explain.

samyak wrote:451. It was an increase in reported cases of malaria along the Gulf Coast that in 1921 led the health authorities' granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of Unimedco.
(A) authorities' granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of
(B) authorities' granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later to be called by the name of
(C) authorities' granting a permit for experimentation using human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of
(D) authorities to grant a permit for human experimentation to the group later called
(E) authorities to grant a permit for human experimentation to the group that later would be called by the name of

Are 'human experimentation' & 'experimentation with human subjects' the same? Please explain.

Not sure, if you are looking at rgt aspect of SC over here, but i feel IDIOM is "led X to" so only D\E remains.
E is too wordy, Is the answer D?

I chose answer D as well. The others were just eliminated using process of elimination. I have the same question as above as well. Could someone please clarify?

No need of apostrophy here. eliminate A, B, and C.

In E, called by the name of is reduntant. Hence. D

+1 for (D)

OA please!

answer is D only .experimentation with animal subjects are there but human experimentation or animal experimentation i never heard. any expert can tell

Yes the answer is D. But I'm still not sure I've understood the explanation.

You can easily remove A,B, and C as authoritie's doesn't make sense here.. No need of possessive form here..

Between D and E, you can get rid of E as it is lengthy and redundant..

Yes the answer is D. But I'm still not sure I've understood the explanation.

451. It was an increase in reported cases of malaria along the Gulf Coast that in 1921 led the health authorities' granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of Unimedco.

between D and E


(D) authorities to grant a permit for human experimentation to the group later called
(E) authorities to grant a permit for human experimentation to the group that later would be called by the name of

the main verb is led so dont we need would be to make the tense correct ?

i say this beacuse 2 events are involved here (led and called ) and both should not be in simple past tense as they happen at different times

bblast wrote:451. It was an increase in reported cases of malaria along the Gulf Coast that in 1921 led the health authorities' granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of Unimedco.

between D and E


(D) authorities to grant a permit for human experimentation to the group later called
(E) authorities to grant a permit for human experimentation to the group that later would be called by the name of

the main verb is led so dont we need would be to make the tense correct ?

i say this beacuse 2 events are involved here (led and called ) and both should not be in simple past tense as they happen at different times

I feel we reuire the Simple Past in Both the cases because both the events have already taken plave in the past .I feel would be is for hypothetical events

In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort to create a dictionary more comprehensive than the world had ever seen; although the project would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been born.


would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been
took more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was
would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was being
would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was
took more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was about to be


check this from mgmat cat.

answer :

B) This choice changes both the first and second verbs to simple past ("took" and "was born," respectively). In this circumstance, we have two events that took place at different times in the past, which requires use of the past perfect to indicate which event happened first. The dictionary's "birth" obviously happens before its completion, so correct usage would be that the "Dictionary had been born."

(D) CORRECT. This choice correctly uses the simple past "was born." A more complicated past tense is not required because the other verb "would take," is not in the past tense.

btw...pls note...

WOULD is used in two scenarios:

1) in case of hypothetical events..., i.e. unlikely events..., in the THEN clause..and NEVER in the IF clause... , IF CLAUSE (HYPOTHETICAL SUBJUNCTIVE)...., THEN WOULD...


2) second usage is when we want to refer future in the past tense..., (which is the case in the above above)

hope it helps...