Reporting that one of "its many problems had been the recent" extended sales slump in women's apparel, the seven-store retailer said it would start a three-month liquidation sale in all of its stores.
(A) its many problems had been the recent
(B) its many problems has been the recently
(C) its many problems is the recently
(D) their many problems is the recent
(E) their many problems had been the recent
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hritik wrote:Reporting that one of "its many problems had been the recent" extended sales slump in women's apparel, the seven-store retailer said it would start a three-month liquidation sale in all of its stores.
(A) its many problems had been the recent CORRECT. We need the past perfect to indicate the earlier action - sales slump
(B) its many problems has been the recently - Recently illogically suggests that the retailer extended the sales slump
(C) its many problems is the recently - same problem as B
(D) their many problems is the recent Their incorrectly refers to retailer
(E) their many problems had been the recent same problem as D
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I got A. (I was falling for B)
However, the sentence says that the retailer said:"XYZ"
Now this XYZ has to be parallel to this past tense and thus I chose past perfect.
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However, the sentence says that the retailer said:"XYZ"
Now this XYZ has to be parallel to this past tense and thus I chose past perfect.
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