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by heymayank08 » Mon May 14, 2012 7:05 pm
Since 1986, when the Department of Labor began to allow <<investment officers' fees to be based on how the
funds they manage perform, several corporations began>> paying their investment advisers a small basic fee,
with a contract promising higher fees if the managers perform well.
(A) investment officers' fees to be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations
began
(B) investment officers' fees to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several
corporations began

(C) that fees of investment officers be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations
have begun
(D) fees of investment officers to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several
corporations have begun
(E) that investment officers' fees be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several
corporations began











Since 1987, it means that the practice started at that time and it continues till date. Since it started at that time only so it should be using began why using have begun here ,,pls explain
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Mon May 14, 2012 8:26 pm
C and E can be eliminated for using the incorrect construction "allow that."

A and B both use the simple past "began", which does not work because it was not a single event in the past. The sentence is not saying that these corporations all began paying their investment advisers... at the same point between the present and 1986.

By using the present perfect "have begun", we leave the timeframe indeterminate; we just know it has happened before the present.

As a general rule, if we have "since" used to indicate a timeframe, the verb should be present perfect.
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by GmatKiss » Tue May 15, 2012 12:54 am
Please underline the question first

IMO: Just copying it from a source and posting here wont make sense!

Since 1986, when the Department of Labor began to allow investment officers' fees to be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations began paying their investment advisers a small basic fee,with a contract promising higher fees if the managers perform well.

(A) investment officers' fees to be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations
began
(B) investment officers' fees to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several
corporations began
(C) that fees of investment officers be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations have begun
(D) fees of investment officers to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several
corporations have begun
(E) that investment officers' fees be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several
corporations began
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by GmatKiss » Tue May 15, 2012 12:57 am
GmatKiss wrote:Please underline the question first

IMO: Just copying it from a source and posting here wont make sense!

Since 1986, when the Department of Labor began to allow investment officers' fees to be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations began paying their investment advisers a small basic fee,with a contract promising higher fees if the managers perform well.

(A) investment officers' fees to be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations
began
(B) investment officers' fees to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several
corporations began
(C) that fees of investment officers be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations have begun
(D) fees of investment officers to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several
corporations have begun
(E) that investment officers' fees be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several
corporations began
IMO: B
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by soniamba » Tue May 15, 2012 1:17 am
What is OA?
Can somebody please explain this question and answer choices in detail?
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by Gaurav 2013-fall » Tue May 15, 2012 2:08 am
IMO D

whats the OA?

My reasoning:

In this case, focus is on usage of 'SINCE' . So, we can use one of the following with SINCE.

Either "Since 1986, corporations have been paying......"
OR
Since 1986 corporations have started paying(started in past and still ongoing)

Secondly, 'allow that' is wrong usage.
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by heymayank08 » Tue May 15, 2012 9:16 am
GmatKiss wrote:Please underline the question first

IMO: Just copying it from a source and posting here wont make sense!

Since 1986, when the Department of Labor began to allow investment officers' fees to be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations began paying their investment advisers a small basic fee,with a contract promising higher fees if the managers perform well.

(A) investment officers' fees to be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations
began
(B) investment officers' fees to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several
corporations began
(C) that fees of investment officers be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations have begun
(D) fees of investment officers to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several
corporations have begun
(E) that investment officers' fees be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several
corporations began
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by heymayank08 » Tue May 15, 2012 9:20 am
Oa : d
thanks bill
missed the portion "since....have begun..."
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