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by sophia08 » Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:07 pm
When he had run for mayor of Cleveland in 1968, Carl Stokes won the
election, proving that an African American candidate can be elected in
a city in which African Americans constitute a minority of the population.
(A) When he had run for mayor of Cleveland in 1968,
(B) He ran for mayor of Cleveland in 1968, and
(C) Running, in 1968, for mayor of Cleveland,
(D) When he ran for mayor of Cleveland in 1968,
(E) In 1968 he had run for mayor of Cleveland, and

Plz let me know the OA with explanations....
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by amitabhprasad » Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:29 pm
I will go for "D"
We need past perfect to the sequence of past events past events, ONLY if sequence between those events is not obvious AND earlier event has some bearing on later.

In this sentence use of year clearly shows the sequence of events, hence simple past will do.

There might be some better explanation will wait for others comment.
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by logitech » Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:41 pm
amitabhprasad wrote:I will go for "D"
We need past perfect to the sequence of past events past events, ONLY if sequence between those events is not obvious AND earlier event has some bearing on later.

In this sentence use of year clearly shows the sequence of events, hence simple past will do.

There might be some better explanation will wait for others comment.
When constructions can be used as PAST PERFECT tense by themselves.

When I came to school, the bus left.
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by umaa » Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:47 pm
IMO D. I agree with amitabhprasad.
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by sophia08 » Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:53 pm
Yes..its D!
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