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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Fri Dec 17, 2010 1:57 am
Choose the revision that corrects the tense of one of the italicized verbs in the passage below.

"I knew that you slept here last week," said Sally. "You lie when I confronted you, and I knew the truth because I had asked the neighbors to watch the house before I went away."

"I planned to tell you last week," replied Jamie. "I will leave tomorrow if you do not want me to stay any longer."

A
Change lie to lied
B
Change had asked to ask
C
Change planned to plan
D
Change replied to had replied
E
Change will leave to leave
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by prachich1987 » Fri Dec 17, 2010 2:14 am
I would go for A

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by mithilesh.vnit85 » Fri Dec 17, 2010 3:05 am
I feel A. As lied need to be parallel with knew.

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by anshumishra » Fri Dec 17, 2010 12:39 pm

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by prachich1987 » Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:11 pm
What's the OA?

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by Rezinka » Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:13 pm
definitely A

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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:53 am
oa is A
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