pesfunk wrote:George's personal diary and album formed the basis for his book about the places he had visited.

"¢ the basis for his book about the places he had visited.
"¢ the basis for his book regarding the places he had visited.
"¢ the basis of his book about the places he visited.
"¢ the basis of his book about the places which he had visited.
"¢ the basis of his book about the places he had visited.

[spoiler]I guess a lot of people got this wrong in the past. OA C. Experts, could you please explain why E is wrong ?
It really needs some explanation as it is part of the basics which GMAT tests people on.[/spoiler]

This is NOT a good GMAT question:

he has no logical referent. George's cannot be referent for he.

If this is a GMAT question, the issue is past simple Vs Past perfect:

1. X is the basis of Y--is correct.

--> This eliminates A and B.

2. Which has been wrongly used in the option D. Eliminate D.

3. See the following sentences:

I made a diary about the events I attended......Correct. Recent past.

I made a diary about the events I had attended.....correct but it indicates the events were in remote past.

So, here is the confusion. What should I assume? I think GMAT sentences have only one possible answer.

What is the source of this sentence?

Not sure of the source bro...picked it up from one of the forums....maybe this question is worth ignoring then

gmat_perfect wrote:

pesfunk wrote:George's personal diary and album formed the basis for his book about the places he had visited.

"¢ the basis for his book about the places he had visited.
"¢ the basis for his book regarding the places he had visited.
"¢ the basis of his book about the places he visited.
"¢ the basis of his book about the places which he had visited.
"¢ the basis of his book about the places he had visited.

[spoiler]I guess a lot of people got this wrong in the past. OA C. Experts, could you please explain why E is wrong ?
It really needs some explanation as it is part of the basics which GMAT tests people on.[/spoiler]

This is NOT a good GMAT question:

he has no logical referent. George's cannot be referent for he.

If this is a GMAT question, the issue is past simple Vs Past perfect:

1. X is the basis of Y--is correct.

--> This eliminates A and B.

2. Which has been wrongly used in the option D. Eliminate D.

3. See the following sentences:

I made a diary about the events I attended......Correct. Recent past.

I made a diary about the events I had attended.....correct but it indicates the events were in remote past.

So, here is the confusion. What should I assume? I think GMAT sentences have only one possible answer.

What is the source of this sentence?