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by hemant_rajput » Tue Jun 11, 2013 6:13 am
Ending a contentious political stalemate that frightened global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has finally formed a rare coalition government that united liberals and conservatives - and included a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite ministers - to guide Italy, Europe's third-largest economy, out of stagnation.

a.frightened global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has finally formed a rare coalition government that united liberals and conservatives - and included a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite ministers - to guide Italy, Europe's

b.had frightened global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, finally formed a rare coalition government uniting liberals and conservatives - and including a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite minister - to guide Italy, with Europe's

c.had been frightening global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has finally formed a rare coalition government uniting liberals and conservatives - and that include a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite minister - to guide Italy, which has Europe's

d.had frightened global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, finally formed a rare coalition government that united liberals and conservatives - and including a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite minister - to guide Italy, which has Europe's

e.frightened global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, finally formed a rare coalition government to unite liberals and conservatives - and includes a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite minister - and to guide Italy, with Europe's

[spoiler]OA:B[/spoiler]
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:50 am
IMO A

Not sure how with in option B is correct!?
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by rahulag03 » Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:09 am
It is A

All others modify Italy in weird manner

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by hemant_rajput » Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:11 am
Problem with A is united and included do not comply with present perfect tense - has.

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by rahulag03 » Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:31 am
What about other choices - incorrectly modifying Italy

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by hemant_rajput » Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:37 am
there are two events happening in past - End of contentious political stalemate and global business leaders getting frightened, so you need to you past perfect tense that leave us with b and d. As per VeritasPrep explanation including doesn't refer to anything, so it is incorrect.

I'm not sure what does this mean that is why i posted the question.
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by vivekchandrams » Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:23 pm
Perfect tense makes sense. Hence A and E are out. But, how is 'with' correct in B. The only way to get to B, according to me, is by eliminating C and D, which have more significant errors when compared to B.

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