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by jc114 » Sat May 05, 2007 3:11 pm
Art historians are using a process known as infrared scanning in analyzing the Mona Lisa to determine if it has been altered since completion and if Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, as done by many artists of the time.
A.
B. if it had been altered since completion and if Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, a practice employed
C. whether it has been altered since completion and whether Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, a practice employed
D. whether it was altered since completion and whether Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, as was done
E. whether it had been altered since completion and whether Leonardo da Vincifirst sketched the figure in black, a practice done

I chose C, which is correct, but I also thought D would be okay..
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by jayhawk2001 » Sat May 05, 2007 4:54 pm
jc114 wrote:Art historians are using a process known as infrared scanning in analyzing the Mona Lisa to determine if it has been altered since completion and if Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, as done by many artists of the time.
A.
B. if it had been altered since completion and if Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, a practice employed
C. whether it has been altered since completion and whether Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, a practice employed
D. whether it was altered since completion and whether Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, as was done
E. whether it had been altered since completion and whether Leonardo da Vincifirst sketched the figure in black, a practice done

I chose C, which is correct, but I also thought D would be okay..
"Whether" is used when there are just 2 choices. Also, you need
the present perfect verb "has been altered" to denote an action that
has happened at sometime before now.

Hence C.

D uses incorrect "was altered since completion".
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by mankey » Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:59 am
My take is C.

Please provide OA for this one.

Thanks
Mankey
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by GmatKiss » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:09 am
jc114 wrote:Art historians are using a process known as infrared scanning in analyzing the Mona Lisa to determine if it has been altered since completion and if Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, as done by many artists of the time.
A.
B. if it had been altered since completion and if Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, a practice employed
C. whether it has been altered since completion and whether Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, a practice employed
D. whether it was altered since completion and whether Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, as was done
E. whether it had been altered since completion and whether Leonardo da Vincifirst sketched the figure in black, a practice done

I chose C, which is correct, but I also thought D would be okay..
IMO:C

And pls, do post/edit your question with the portion under study underlined/differentiated with the rest of the question!

-GK
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by gmatblood » Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:31 am
+1 for C, OA please!
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by gunjan1208 » Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:37 pm
IMO C

OA please?
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by GmatKiss » Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:33 pm
Please post OA
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by aspirant2011 » Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:47 pm
D is also wrong because with since verb form of has/have is used........
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