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The French Government

by csandeepreddy » Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:52 am
At a recent session, the French government has decided that Paris needs a second, larger opera house to complement the famous Paris Opera
(A) has decided that Paris needs
(B) decided that Paris needs
(C) has decided that Paris will need
(D) decided that Paris has a need of
(E) has decided that Paris needed
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by stop@800 » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:02 am
B

we do not need has here bcoz action is not still continuing.

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by rohangupta83 » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:19 am
imo B

action is already completed - the decision has already been made - no need for the present perfect tense.

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by csandeepreddy » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:54 am
OA is B....

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by jayjk78 » Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:03 am
A. Wrong usage of present perfect
B. Correct
C. Has..will wrong present and future
D. Same as A
E. Has present needed past

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by nervesofsteel » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:59 pm
B it should be..

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by andy9590 » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:38 am
This one is easy. Option B .
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Re: The French Government

by logitech » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:04 am
csandeepreddy wrote:At a recent session, the French government has decided that Paris needs a second, larger opera house to complement the famous Paris Opera
(A) has decided that Paris needs
(B) decided that Paris needs
(C) has decided that Paris will need
(D) decided that Paris has a need of
(E) has decided that Paris needed
what about if there was another option ?

(F) decided that Paris needed

Is it B or F ?
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Re: The French Government

by stop@800 » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:29 pm
logitech wrote:
csandeepreddy wrote:At a recent session, the French government has decided that Paris needs a second, larger opera house to complement the famous Paris Opera
(A) has decided that Paris needs
(B) decided that Paris needs
(C) has decided that Paris will need
(D) decided that Paris has a need of
(E) has decided that Paris needed
what about if there was another option ?

(F) decided that Paris needed

Is it B or F ?
I am still with B

govt decided that paris needs...
needed would mean that it needed earlier but may be the need has gone now or something...

Last year govt decided that paris needed large opera house but now the need has been fulfilled by ....

Thanks logitech...
I think we should play with these questions rather than just focusing on what has been given :)

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Re: The French Government

by logitech » Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:46 pm
stop@800 wrote:
logitech wrote:
csandeepreddy wrote:At a recent session, the French government has decided that Paris needs a second, larger opera house to complement the famous Paris Opera
(A) has decided that Paris needs
(B) decided that Paris needs
(C) has decided that Paris will need
(D) decided that Paris has a need of
(E) has decided that Paris needed
what about if there was another option ?

(F) decided that Paris needed

Is it B or F ?
I am still with B

govt decided that paris needs...
needed would mean that it needed earlier but may be the need has gone now or something...

Last year govt decided that paris needed large opera house but now the need has been fulfilled by ....

Thanks logitech...
I think we should play with these questions rather than just focusing on what has been given :)
I agree with you so we can get more out of questions.

Going back to question..how do we know that Paris still wants is ? French people change their mind very fast :lol:
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by babuxavier » Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:08 am
IMO B , due to simple past

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