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by chaya009 » Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:36 am
The field of mathematics, which in recent years was neglected by elementary school teachers, who prefer topics that can be easily illustrated by hands on activities.

A. same
B. mathematics that was to be
C. mathematics, one which has, in recent years, been
D. mathematics is one that in recent years has been
E. mathematics, in recent years, is one that was
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by gmatmachoman » Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:57 am
IMO D..
Proper usage of present perfect tense (has been).
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by chaya009 » Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:04 am
The OA is D.
Can you explain what made you decide the perfect tense.

I am poor in these tenses and may be any source where i can refer.
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by sars72 » Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:08 am
since the action is still continuing, 'was' is incorrect and should be replaced by has been

--> a,b,e are eliminated

c: no verb --> eliminated

--> d is the answer
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by bhumika.k.shah » Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:09 am
IMO D

At first i thought it was C , but then the entire sentence dint make sense together.

Refer to manhattan SC guide.
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by gmatmachoman » Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:10 am
chaya009 wrote:The OA is D.
Can you explain what made you decide the perfect tense.

I am poor in these tenses and may be any source where i can refer.
@Chaya,

I suggest you to go through Manhattan SC /Powerscore SC bible for fundamentals.
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