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Until Rousseau no intellectual had unequivocally declared th

by sanjib » Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:54 am
Until Rousseau no intellectual had unequivocally declared that the source of human evil was social conditioning.





no intellectual had unequivocally declared that the source of human evil was



no intellectual unequivocally declared that human evil was from a source in



no intellectual had unequivocally declared that human evil had its source in



no intellectual unequivocally declared that the source of human evil was



no intellectual had an unequivocal declaration that the source of human evil was


Which is right between A and C . Pls explain
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by mrupapara » Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:43 am
I am with C, because "source in" is better.

OA please
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by glorydefined » Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:53 am
I am between A or D. But A sounds better as the sentence is in past perfect and usage of "had" is appropriate..

C is incorrect as it changes the meaning..
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by Mayur Sand » Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:16 pm
A is definitely better then C , C is wordy and "source of" is better then "source in"
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by gmatv09 » Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:17 pm
another vote for A.

In C, this doesnt sound right to me:
"..that human evil had its source in ..."
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by arorag » Sun Sep 13, 2009 1:01 pm
it should be D
no need for past perfect tense
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by Beat-D-GMAT » Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:39 pm
it should be D
OA plz.
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by srivas » Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:09 pm
I too feel it is D
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by sunnyjohn » Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:03 am
A is 100% out.

This is concept of Indirect Speech. so Verb form in that clause should be similar to main clause or it can be of early form.
was in main clause - had in that clause.

I m confuse between C and D.

In D, I have a feeling that 'declared' is not a working verb. So I will go C.

Wat is OA?
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by mankey » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:40 am
IMO:D.

Can some expert, please guide us to the right answer.

Can "had" ever be used with "until" or is it always the simple past?

Kindly help.

Thanks.
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