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by gmat_perfect » Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:41 am
In a blow to those who still harbored the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick for enabling an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person will be privy to any comments that a recipient had added as the message is forwarded to others or sent back and forth.

(A) who still harbored the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick for enabling an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person will be privy to any comments that a recipient had added
(B) who had still been harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick for enabling an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person was privy to any comments that a recipient might have added
(C) who still were harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick enabling an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person is privy to any comments that a recipient would add
(D) still harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick that enables an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person will be privy to any comments that a recipient might add
(E) still harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges had been private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick that will enable an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person was privy to any comments that a recipient might add

[spoiler]OA: D[/spoiler]
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by uwhusky » Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:48 am
I like D the best, except that I am confused on this little bit of detail:

(D) still harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick that enables an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person will be privy to any comments that a recipient might add

Shouldn't "will be" the future conditional be "would be" as in past conditional to match "might" past tense?

Perhaps I am not understanding the explanation on page 111 of MGMAT SC guide.

"Had" is match with "Would".
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by uwhusky » Fri Jul 16, 2010 12:12 pm
By the way, I think this is a great question to test your tense knowledge!

Great question, gmat_perfect.
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by indiantiger » Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:50 pm
Correct choice is D, rest of them have tense issues.

watchdog group added x that caused y to happen

x is the first event and y is the second so the order should me maintained.
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