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by uptowngirl92 » Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:15 pm
Due to the fact that Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon during a road trip last summer, she has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive her father's car.

(A) has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive
(B) has not been allowed to drive and probably never will be allowed to drive
(C) has not and probably never would be allowed to drive
(D) has not and probably will never be allowed to drive
(E) has not and probably never will be allowed to drive
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by sunnyjohn » Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:11 pm
IMO:D

(A) has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive
-- and - kind of parallelism -
She has not been
and
she probably never would be

not parallel - Subject + verb + NOT + Object
(B) has not been allowed to drive and probably never will be allowed to drive
-- Same as above
(C) has not and probably never would be allowed to drive
-- Same as above
(D) has not and probably will never be allowed to drive
Parallel - could be answer
(E) has not and probably never will be allowed to drive
--same as A

Another reason -

I see -
she has been and she will never be allowed to drive
makes sense - "has" -- present perfect - so i just maintain the tense.

Clear D is winner here.
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Answer should be option A

by smackmartine » Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:18 pm
construction is Present perfect=has/have + past participle,

A) "has not been"(past participle of "to be") is used correctly.
Also "not been" is parallel to "never would".
Probably should go with uncertainty mood "would"

B) probably(uncertain) + will(certain)--> wrong
C)past participle(been) is missing
D)past participle(been) is missing
E)past participle(been) is missing
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by riteshbindal » Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:44 pm
A IMO. What's the OA?
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by vaibhav.iit2002 » Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:05 am
IMO D

I guess A have 2 problems:
1. "probably would never be allowed" is correct instead of "probably never would be allowed"
2. as complete sentence is in present tense[Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon is past which is a fact and shouldn't govern the tense of this sentence]
i think would is incorrect.
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by hypermeganet » Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:53 am
A is correct, I think.
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by ershovici » Fri Oct 02, 2009 6:55 am
First of all we should not change uncertan wouldin the original sentence to a concrete will, so D,B,E are out.
With A I am not sure but seems like been is unnecessary, so I will go with option C
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Re: tense toughie

by umaa » Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:37 am
uptowngirl92 wrote:Due to the fact that Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon during a road trip last summer, she has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive her father's car.

(A) has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive
(B) has not been allowed to drive and probably never will be allowed to drive
(C) has not and probably never would be allowed to drive
(D) has not and probably will never be allowed to drive
(E) has not and probably never will be allowed to drive
IMO B. BEEN is needed here. till now she is not allowed to drive. Continuous tense.

PROBABLY... WOULD - I don't think it seems logical. Even though B is pretty long, I choose B because it has PROBABLY....WILL BE.

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by pandeyvineet24 » Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:43 am
I think the answer here is B.
A and C are out because of incorrect use of would. Need "WILL" here.

In D and E, there is a parallelism issue.

Breakup D

(D) She has not be allowed to drive
AND
probably will never be allowed to drive
Not good

(E) same as D.
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by gmatv09 » Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:33 pm
IMO D
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by hitmewithgmat » Fri Oct 02, 2009 6:28 pm
IMO is B.

I think this question asks whether you can spot "parallelism". Other than B, "parallelism" cannot be found.
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by riteshbindal » Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:29 pm
What's the OA???
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by adamk » Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:24 pm
IMO B

"Would" doesnt sound right in A. "Will" in B sounds right.

However has not "been" is also required.

So, even though a bit wordy, B looks to be correct.

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by crackgmat007 » Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:31 am
B for me too. BEEN is required in the sentence. Btw A & B, B coz WILL must be used.
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by uptowngirl92 » Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:15 pm
OA:B
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