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Galileo and the telescope

by simone88 » Sat May 05, 2012 10:53 am
Galileo did not invent the telescope, but on hearing, in 1609, that such an optical instrument had been made, he quickly built his own device from an organ pipe and spectacle lenses.
A. Galileo did not invent the telescope, but on hearing, in 1609, that such an optical instrument had been made, he
B. Galileo had not invented the telescope, but when he heard, in 1609, of such an optical instrument having been made,
C. Galileo, even though he had not invented the telescope, on hearing, in 1609, that such an optical instrument had been made, he
D. Even though Galileo did not invent the telescope, on hearing, in 1609, that such an optical instrument had been made,
E. Even though Galileo did not invent the telescope, but when he heard, in 1609, of such an optical instrument being made, he

[spoiler]In a forum I read that one of the reason why the right answer is not B is that "having been made" is not in the right tense.
I wanted to know if the following could be a right answer:
Galileo did not invent the telescope, but when he heard, in 1609, such an optical instrument being made,he
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by simone88 » Sat May 05, 2012 10:54 am
[spoiler]I also wanted to know if the final "he" is compulsory. In my opinion it is[/spoiler]
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by simone88 » Sat May 05, 2012 11:01 am
[spoiler]the reason why D is wrong is that it lacks the final "he"? and is there another reason?[/spoiler]
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by ice_rush » Sat May 05, 2012 11:17 am
(B), as per your modifications, would still be wrong. "did not invented" is double past tense and is a big NO NO.

your reasoning for (D) is correct.
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by rajcools » Sat May 05, 2012 12:02 pm
IMO A
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by rajcools » Sat May 05, 2012 12:17 pm
https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/gal ... 9877bf2917

nice discussion about this ques
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Sat May 05, 2012 1:16 pm
We need the final "he" to give us a subject after the conjunction "but."
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by simone88 » Sun May 06, 2012 5:08 am
ice_rush wrote:(B), as per your modifications, would still be wrong. "did not invented" is double past tense and is a big NO NO.

your reasoning for (D) is correct.
Yes, I wanted to write did not invent
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by simone88 » Sun May 06, 2012 5:10 am
Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:We need the final "he" to give us a subject after the conjunction "but."
so, after the but I need the subject, but after the and I don't need it?
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by simone88 » Sun May 06, 2012 5:11 am
what about
Galileo did not invent the telescope, but when he heard, in 1609, such an optical instrument being made,he
this could be a right answer?
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Sun May 06, 2012 9:00 am
simone88 wrote:
Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:We need the final "he" to give us a subject after the conjunction "but."
so, after the but I need the subject, but after the and I don't need it?
If we use "and" to link two clauses, we do need a second subject:

I went to the lake yesterday, and now I have a sunburn.
simone88 wrote:what about
Galileo did not invent the telescope, but when he heard, in 1609, such an optical instrument being made,he
this could be a right answer?
"such an optical instrument being made" doesn't work. We can't use an -ing verb on its own (unless as a participle or gerund); it needs a linking verb.
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by simone88 » Tue May 08, 2012 1:46 am
Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:
"such an optical instrument being made" doesn't work. We can't use an -ing verb on its own (unless as a participle or gerund); it needs a linking verb.
Ok, then my question is: if I use "having being made" it refers to "that haas been made", what do I have to use as gerund to refer to "that was made"?
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