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correct verb form??...SC

by rahulg83 » Mon May 25, 2009 9:12 am
It is possible that early American women’s rights leaders such as Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were borrowing their ideals from the women who had lived in the contemporary Iroquois Indian nations nearby.



* were borrowing their ideals from the women who had lived
* had borrowed their ideals from the women who had been living
* borrowed their ideals from the women who lived
* had been borrowing their ideals from the women who lived
* borrowed their ideals from the women who had been living
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by cata1yst » Mon May 25, 2009 9:33 am
rahulg83 wrote:It is possible that early American women’s rights leaders such as Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were borrowing their ideals from the women who had lived in the contemporary Iroquois Indian nations nearby.



* were borrowing their ideals from the women who had lived
* had borrowed their ideals from the women who had been living
* borrowed their ideals from the women who lived
* had been borrowing their ideals from the women who lived
* borrowed their ideals from the women who had been living

Between B and C. B looks better to me though.
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by rahulg83 » Mon May 25, 2009 9:35 am
Hi cata1yst,
reasoning for ur ans plz?
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IMO

by kc_raj » Mon May 25, 2009 9:43 am
IMO E, because had been living is past perfect continous used to describe contemporary people at that time, also borrowed is correctly used in past tense.
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by cata1yst » Mon May 25, 2009 9:48 am
kc_raj wrote:IMO E, because had been living is past perfect continous used to describe contemporary people at that time, also borrowed is correctly used in past tense.
This is why I choose B because of "had been living".


You need "borrowed" here and not "had borrowed"?
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by axat » Mon May 25, 2009 11:36 am
Please include the OA.

IMO C.

Firstly because it's the most concise. Also,

A- 'were borrowing' and 'had lived' don't make sense.
B- had been can be avoided as it is awkward when used with had borrowed
D- Had been borrowing is wordy
E- had been Verb-ing is almost always wrong.
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by vaishalijain7 » Mon May 25, 2009 1:24 pm
IMO 'C'. Agree with axat.
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by rahulg83 » Mon May 25, 2009 7:12 pm
OA indeed is C
The reason given was that these leaders borrowed their ideas from other contemporary women, so it can be inferred that these other women lived at same time as Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, hence we don't need past perfect form here
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by aman.kr.jha » Mon May 25, 2009 10:22 pm
Is E an answer?

simple past tense refers that it has already happened and past perfect continuous refers to the women living during that time in past.

Please correct me if am wrong.
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