2varuntaneja wrote:The Federal Reserve announcement said that growth had accelerated after slowing in the
second quarter and that the policy makers remain concerned about the prospects of inflation,
even though there are few signs of higher energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so
far.

"¢ that growth had accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and that the policy makers
remain concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are few
"¢ growth had accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and that the policy makers remain
concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are few
"¢ that growth had accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and the policy makers remain
concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are little
"¢ growth had accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and the policy makers remain
concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are little
"¢ that growth accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and that the policy makers remain
concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are few

I had doubt between A and E.The answer key gives A as answer arguing that "said" is mentioned. I still have doubt and feel correct answer is E.Kindly confirm.

chris@magoosh wrote:Hi, let's see if I can help .

Something happened in the past: "the announcement said."

Let's say the announcement was in Nov. 2008.

Now what happens if we have an event taking place in the more distant past?
In this sentence that event is "growth had accelerated." We can say
it did so in Jun. 2008.

Clearly, Jun. 2008 was before Nov. 2008 and that why we want to use the
past perfect to describe what happened in Jun. 2008. So we use had
accelerated vs accelerated.

The reason "remain concerned" uses the simple past is, at the time of
the announcement, policy makers were still concerned.

Hope that helps .

say Mar. 2007. And let's say this event is