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by arashyazdiha » Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:35 am
In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort to create a dictionary more comprehensive than the world had ever seen; although the project would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been born.

A)would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been

B)took more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was

C)would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was being

D)would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was

E)took more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was about to be

Please help me with this question, OA after some discussion...
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by force5 » Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:39 pm
D

need would take to show that project will be completed 60 years after the inception of the plan. and simple past to show that dictionary was born before completion of the actual project.

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by GmatKiss » Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:53 pm
arashyazdiha wrote:In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort to create a dictionary more comprehensive than the world had ever seen; although the project would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been born.

A)would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been

B)took more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was

C)would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was being

D)would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was

E)took more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was about to be

Please help me with this question, OA after some discussion...
This is a good one.I am mixed with B and D, how to choose between them?

TIA,
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