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by advita » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:03 pm
Although at one time children's programming had been limited to a few hours a week, now, however, there are at least four cable networks that dedicate themselves entirely to shows produced specifically for children.

A. Although at one time children's programming had been limited to a few hours a week, now, however, there are at least four cable networks that dedicate themselves
B. With children's programming having been limited at one time to a few hours a week, now at least four cable networks have dedicated themselves
C. Once limited to a few hours a week, there are now at least four cable networks with children's programming that dedicate themselves
D. Children's programming was once limited to a few hours a week, but now there are at least four cable networks dedicated
E. While children's programming had once been limited to a few hours a week, at least four cable networks are now dedicated

d/E....[spoiler] (why E wrong)[/spoiler] thanks.
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by prachich1987 » Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:46 pm
advita wrote:Although at one time children's programming had been limited to a few hours a week, now, however, there are at least four cable networks that dedicate themselves entirely to shows produced specifically for children.

A. Although at one time children's programming had been limited to a few hours a week, now, however, there are at least four cable networks that dedicate themselves
B. With children's programming having been limited at one time to a few hours a week, now at least four cable networks have dedicated themselves
C. Once limited to a few hours a week, there are now at least four cable networks with children's programming that dedicate themselves
D. Children's programming was once limited to a few hours a week, but now there are at least four cable networks dedicated
E. While children's programming had once been limited to a few hours a week, at least four cable networks are now dedicated

d/E....[spoiler] (why E wrong)[/spoiler] thanks.
According to me in E , we are unnecessarily using a past perfect + present tense.
You should use past perfect only when the second clause is in the past.So that you can show a chain of actions.
Here the second clause has to be in present tense.Hence we should use simple past & not past perfect.
D should be the answer.
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by EducationAisle » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:20 am
Option E uses 'while', which in GMAT, is considered ambiguous in this context, since it might indicate simultaneity (making the meaning absurd) rather than contrast. Hence, E is not appropriate.
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by killer1387 » Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:53 pm
Also but" indicates contrast more preferably than although
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