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by chaya009 » Sat Feb 06, 2010 4:00 pm
Al Gore was Vice president of the United States, while earlier his father has been a senator.
A. same
B. where his father earlier is
C. just as earlier his father had been
D. as his earlier father has been
E. his father earlier being.

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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:14 pm
I would choose C

A- "has been" is inappropriate. You need the past perfect tense
B- "where" can only be used to modify a specific time
C- Correct
D- wrong tense
E- "being" is almost always wrong
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by chaya009 » Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:42 pm
Indeed the OA is C.

All answers appeared awkward, is the usage of "just as" correct

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by sumanr84 » Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:18 am
osirus0830 wrote:I would choose C

A- "has been" is inappropriate. You need the past perfect tense
B- "where" can only be used to modify a specific time
C- Correct
D- wrong tense
E- "being" is almost always wrong
B- "where" can only be used to modify a specific time

I thought only 'when' could be used for time reference and 'where' should be used for 'places'.
If you are sure about it, could u pls post some specific examples.

Undoubtedly, C is the correct answer as you have mentioned above.

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by hrishi19884 » Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:19 am
sumanr84 wrote:
osirus0830 wrote:I would choose C

A- "has been" is inappropriate. You need the past perfect tense
B- "where" can only be used to modify a specific time
C- Correct
D- wrong tense
E- "being" is almost always wrong
B- "where" can only be used to modify a specific time

I thought only 'when' could be used for time reference and 'where' should be used for 'places'.
If you are sure about it, could u pls post some specific examples.

Undoubtedly, C is the correct answer as you have mentioned above.
Portland is a city in the Westcoast of Australia, where Nick got his first novel published. ---"where" denotes place.

I published my first novel, when I was in Portland -"when" denotes time

I don't think "where" could be replaced for "time" and vice-versa
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