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Kaplan 800/SC/Q50: Having forfeited

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by karmayogi » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:20 am
Having forfeited her severence package in order to keep the rights to her intellectual property, it was believed by the employee that she had won a moral victory.

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(B) she believed that she had won a moral victory
(C) the employee believed that she had won a moral victory
(D) the employee believed her moral victory to have been won
(E) the employee believed that the moral victory was won
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by sbasha » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:35 am
IMO C

it was believed by the employee that she had won a moral victory.

Two things happened. Believed happened after. so "had won" is appropriate.
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by pradeepsarathy » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:41 am
IMO C -

"Having forfeited her severence package in order to keep the rights to her intellectual property" should modify 'who/ what forfeited the severance package'.

A - Wrong - Incorrect Modifier
B - 'She' lacks clear referent
C - Good
D - Incorrect tense - ' ...moral victory to have been won'
E - '...that the moral victory was won' - fails to answer the question who won the moral victory.
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by karmayogi » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:45 am
sbasha wrote:IMO C

it was believed by the employee that she had won a moral victory.

Two things happened. Believed happened after. so "had won" is appropriate.
Makes sense, but what's wrong with E, although it sounds little awkward.
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by capnx » Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:58 am
E is passive, so not as good as the active in C. Also the simple past tense is problematic because winning the moral victory comes before she believed, so should be past perfect.
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by karmayogi » Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:56 pm
OA is C.

We can close this thread with the conclusion that 'had' is required because "Two things happened. Believed happened after" she won the moral victory, "so 'had won' is appropriate," as explained by sbasha.

Kaplan said that "had" is required becuase of "Having forfeited," which confused me.

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by lav » Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:43 pm
Hi
I am weak in verbal, pls excuse me for my novice ques
Can you pls explain me the ans ?? I didnt understand !!
the sentence structure is
Having forfeited ..., it was believed by .. that she had won ...
there are three verbs .. fortified , was believed and 'had won'

MGMAT says that "past perfect tense(had won)" is required
(i) when more than 2 verbs
(ii) for earlier action , latter action should be in simple past
point (i) is there for sure, I am unable to understand why should we have past perfect tense for won ?? and did it happen 1st ??

and how to decide between C and B
Kid in Verbal :(
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by lav » Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:44 pm
can i conclude that "... believed .. had [past+participle] ... " is an form ??

how do i decide between B & C.
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