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by GmatKiss » Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:09 am
Opened in 1683, the Ashmolean was the first public museum in Great Britain, while earlier the Bodleian has been the first truly public library.

(A) while earlier the Bodleian has been
(B) where the Bodleian earlier is
(C) just as earlier the Bodleian had been
(D) as the earlier Bodleian has been
(E) the Bodleian earlier being

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by sunilrawat » Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:01 am
IMO C
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by cyrwr1 » Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:42 am
Initially, I thought it was B but I don't think that sentence works and believe that answer is C.

I think one can see the sentence as :
Opened in..... Ashomolean was the first..., _________ the first... library.

I think this involves two times so had been is needed to be made for both sides comparable.

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by edvhou812 » Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:25 pm
In my opinion, this one was kinda hard.

B and E just seem weird. A and D use present perfect by using 'has been', but that is incorrect since 'was' indicates that we are talking about the past. C is the answer since it uses past perfect.
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by samyukta » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:03 am
I wish u hit a search button before u post. It may save ur energy!!

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by GmatKiss » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:21 am
samyukta wrote:I wish u hit a search button before u post. It may save ur energy!!

https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/search-r ... as&x=0&y=0
oh what an idea! So why are we in a forum!
I wont follow it with the searches, for it makes one lazy!

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by aspirant2011 » Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:11 am
GmatKiss wrote:Opened in 1683, the Ashmolean was the first public museum in Great Britain, while earlier the Bodleian has been the first truly public library.

(A) while earlier the Bodleian has been
(B) where the Bodleian earlier is
(C) just as earlier the Bodleian had been
(D) as the earlier Bodleian has been
(E) the Bodleian earlier being

OA later
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by saketk » Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:45 am
GmatKiss wrote:Opened in 1683, the Ashmolean was the first public museum in Great Britain, while earlier the Bodleian has been the first truly public library.

(A) while earlier the Bodleian has been
(B) where the Bodleian earlier is
(C) just as earlier the Bodleian had been
(D) as the earlier Bodleian has been
(E) the Bodleian earlier being

OA later
the intended meaning is that there is a comparison between Ashmolean and Bodlein.. The author (yeah ! the author :) ) is trying to say that just as Bodleian was the first true public library .. the ashmolean was the first public museum.

Only OPTION C maintains this meaning with a clear comparison. Also we need past perfect here 'had been' for maintain the correct tense.
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by dhonu121 » Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:28 am
GmatKiss wrote:Opened in 1683, the Ashmolean was the first public museum in Great Britain, while earlier the Bodleian has been the first truly public library.

(A) while earlier the Bodleian has been
(B) where the Bodleian earlier is
(C) just as earlier the Bodleian had been
(D) as the earlier Bodleian has been
(E) the Bodleian earlier being

OA later
Its hands down C.
And just one reason, tense preservation.
None of the choice maintains the current sense of the tense which is past.Only C correctly maintains the correct tense form.
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:23 pm
Sequence of tenses can be a great short-cut for eliminating wrong answer choices, especially when it comes to the past perfect tense -- you should only see it when it describes an action in the past that takes place even further in the past than another action in the past.
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by GmatKiss » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:00 am
Thanks all!! :)
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