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by chaitanya.mehrotra » Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:01 am
As per Man SC:Chapter 7, Problem Set -3,

Original Question:
Q: Mozarat, who died in 1791, has lived in Salzburg for most of his life.

Corrected versions:
1. Mozarat, who died in 1791, lived in Salzburg for most of his life.
2. Mozarat, who died in 1791, had lived in Salzburg for most of his life.

Doubt: Why is the past perfect version also correct. Ist the past tense itself is sufficient here.
We dont need to emphase the time frame , because the sequence of the past events is pretty obvious here! I think GMAT prefers simple tenses over progressive tenses
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by vineeshp » Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:23 am
The point is that we don't know what context this sentence would have come up. What Manhattan is saying is that both sentences are grammatically correct.

In a real SC question, the question would have been long enough to tell you whether we need to emphasize the sequence and hence only one version is correct. But in general english, even the perfect tense is correct, grammatically.
Vineesh,
Just telling you what I know and think. I am not the expert. :)
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