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by pnk » Tue Apr 06, 2010 7:47 pm
Source: OG verbal

Reporting that one of its many problems had been the recent extended sales slump in women's apparel, the seven-store retailer said it would start a three-month liquidation sale in all of its stores.
(A) its many problems had been the recent
(B) its many problems has been the recently
(C) its many problems is the recently


Can we discuss which is correct and why!! Thanks
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by akhpad » Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:00 pm
Here, the main confusion occurred because of "recent".

"extended sales slump" is a noun and requires adjective to modify.

Second part of the sentence is in simple past tense; So first past of the sentence should be in past perfect as it happened before that.

Possessive pronoun "its" refers to "seven-store retailer".

So, A is the Answer.
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