France's longest ruling monarch

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SuchiKumar: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 5; Joined: Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:45 am

by SuchiKumar » Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:47 am

Pls explain your options.

France's longest ruling monarch. Louis, inherited the throne at the age of four and the country was ruled by him for 72 years.

A. inherited the throne at the age of four and the country was ruled by him for 72 years.

B had inherited the throne at the age of four and the country was ruled by him for 72 years.

C inherited the throne at the age of four and ruled the country for 72 years.

d. inherited the throne at the age of four and the country had been ruled by him for 72 years.

e. had inherited the throne at the age of four and he ruled the country for 72 years.

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hajarf: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 11; Joined: Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:12 am

by hajarf » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:20 am

E?

As it is not passive and it also say the tense correctly.
What is the answer?

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airan: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 127; Joined: Tue May 13, 2008 12:28 am; Thanked: 2 times; GMAT Score:710

by airan » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:22 am

C is the best fit .!

Thanks
Airan

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SuchiKumar: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 5; Joined: Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:45 am

by SuchiKumar » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:24 am

good attempt hajarf!!! I have also chosen E due to similar reasons and the OA is C. Could anyone try explaining why C is correct and E is incorrect

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gmatinjuly: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 101; Joined: Tue May 27, 2008 6:03 am; Thanked: 5 times

by gmatinjuly » Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:32 pm

Guys , my answer is C ,

By ear i felt had is unnecessary....simple past would do ...

the thing is sentence has and which makes the sentences indepenet and both happened in past.....we are not concerned with which occured first....and hence we do not need the had in sentence...

if sentence was Louis ruled for over 72 years since he had inherited his throne at age of four.....(not an ideal sentence but without and)

hope this explains..

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netigen: Legendary Member; Posts: 631; Joined: Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:57 pmFollowed by: 3 members; Thanked: 29 times

by netigen » Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:57 pm

C is the answer because it is parallel

inherited the throne at the age of four and ruled the country for 72 years.

Also, past perfect is only required if you have two actions in the past and it is not clear which one happened first and which happened later. In this case that is not the case.

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