Sentence Correction

Source : Grockit

Many cars that were damaged and completely wrecked in accidents this year were sold without adhering to the nation's transportation safety standards.

A Many cars that were damaged and completely wrecked in accidents this year were
B Many cars that were damaged or completely wrecked in accidents this year had been
C Many cars that accidents damaged and completely wrecked this year have been
D This year accidents damaged or completely wrecked many cars that will have been
E This year many of the cars that were damaged and completely wrecked in accidents will be

OA after some Discussion.

Please please explain your response.

Looks like A) is the right answer , I tried by eliminatng other options.

IMO B.

The car can be either damaged or completely but not both . So left with B and D.
B is the answer.

D & E : Distort the original meaning
B & C : Unnecessary use of present/past participle

IMO : A (Concluded based on method of elimination)

Target2009 wrote:Source : Grockit

Many cars that were damaged and completely wrecked in accidents this year were sold without adhering to the nation's transportation safety standards.

A Many cars that were damaged and completely wrecked in accidents this year were
B Many cars that were damaged or completely wrecked in accidents this year had been
C Many cars that accidents damaged and completely wrecked this year have been
D This year accidents damaged or completely wrecked many cars that will have been
E This year many of the cars that were damaged and completely wrecked in accidents will be

OA after some Discussion.

Please please explain your response.

A - 'this year' is confusing, accidents this year or sold this year !! - incorrect
B - had been - incorrect
C - accidents damaged - incorrect
D - accidents damaged - incorrect
E - Correct !

IMO - E

A.

B has usage of 'had been'

The cars were damaged first and sold late...the usage of tense is wrong in B
C,D,E can be clearly rejected due to their improper construction

Hence IMO : A

Please advise OA

Clearly a. All Other sentences Change the meaning.

A is the best amongst all.. B was close but the tense didnt fit in here as there are no 2 events to use past perfect!!

vatsalroxy wrote: there are no 2 events to use past perfect!!

Actually there are.

1. Cars met with accidents, but before these cars met with accidents,

2. These cars were sold

Hence, the earlier of these two events (cars getting sold) should be in Past Perfect

Another issue is that the way damaged and completely wrecked are used in the sentence, it should be clear that the car can either be damaged or be completely wrecked. So, an or, as used in B, is the correct usage.

I agree with the either or part perhaps that made B close. But the two events part I m still skeptical as it is likely to be what mentioned above ! I did consider that possibility before i waved off B forever..

EducationAisle wrote:

vatsalroxy wrote: there are no 2 events to use past perfect!!

Actually there are.

1. Cars met with accidents, but before these cars met with accidents,

2. These cars were sold

Hence, the earlier of these two events (cars getting sold) should be in Past Perfect

Another issue is that the way damaged and completely wrecked are used in the sentence, it should be clear that the car can either be damaged or be completely wrecked. So, an or, as used in B, is the correct usage.

Thanks Ashish. I got confused with sequence of tense and never paid attention on 'damaged and completely wrecked ".
BTW : OA is "B"

Great discussion!

First, I thought the cars were damaged and then sold. But after reading EducationAisle's post I re-read the question and found a different concept in sentence.

The sentence actually tries to convey that, because cars were sold without adhering to standards they were damaged or completely wrecked by accidents.

Thanks