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The support group for mothers of soldiers

by gmatdriller » Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:09 am
The support group for mothers of soldiers emphasizes in its introductory l
iterature that acts of heroism have been performed every day by young
men and women born of American families.

A:...
B: every day have been performed by young men and women, born in
American families
C: are performed, every day, by young men and women born of American
families
D: are performed every day by young men and women born in American
families
E: are performed every day by young men and women born of American
families

Source: GMATCLUB Verbal test
Can someone please explain the tenses at play here. "have been / are been"
Also, the correct idom between "born in / born of"
OA is: D
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by gmat_perfect » Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:49 pm
gmatdriller wrote:The support group for mothers of soldiers emphasizes in its introductory l
iterature that acts of heroism have been performed every day by young
men and women born of American families.

A:...
B: every day have been performed by young men and women, born in
American families
C: are performed, every day, by young men and women born of American
families
D: are performed every day by young men and women born in American
families
E: are performed every day by young men and women born of American
families

Source: GMATCLUB Verbal test
Can someone please explain the tenses at play here. "have been / are been"
Also, the correct idom between "born in / born of"
OA is: D
The splits:

1. Tense:

Short tip: If we have "everyday/daily/every year/every week etc." in a sentence, it is in simple present tense.
--> This eliminates A and B.

2. Performed, every day, .............is not correct.
--> Eliminate C.
3. Born in is correct. We have read lot of sentences

He was born in India.
--> Eliminate E.

Answer is D.
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by Jim@Grockit » Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:34 am
gmatdriller wrote:The support group for mothers of soldiers emphasizes in its introductory l
iterature that acts of heroism have been performed every day by young
men and women born of American families.

A:...
B: every day have been performed by young men and women, born in
American families
C: are performed, every day, by young men and women born of American
families
D: are performed every day by young men and women born in American
families
E: are performed every day by young men and women born of American
families

Source: GMATCLUB Verbal test
Can someone please explain the tenses at play here. "have been / are been"
Also, the correct idom between "born in / born of"
OA is: D
"Born" can take a few prepositions in its idioms, and "born of" is one of the correct idioms. I would have to do some digging to verify that E is actually incorrect . . . we do have things like "born of necessity" in English. Either "born of" only gets used of things that can't give birth, or GMATCLUB didn't know better. I'll let you know if I find anything definitive.
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by prachich1987 » Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:05 pm
Jim@Grockit wrote:
gmatdriller wrote:The support group for mothers of soldiers emphasizes in its introductory l
iterature that acts of heroism have been performed every day by young
men and women born of American families.

A:...
B: every day have been performed by young men and women, born in
American families
C: are performed, every day, by young men and women born of American
families
D: are performed every day by young men and women born in American
families
E: are performed every day by young men and women born of American
families

Source: GMATCLUB Verbal test
Can someone please explain the tenses at play here. "have been / are been"
Also, the correct idom between "born in / born of"
OA is: D
"Born" can take a few prepositions in its idioms, and "born of" is one of the correct idioms. I would have to do some digging to verify that E is actually incorrect . . . we do have things like "born of necessity" in English. Either "born of" only gets used of things that can't give birth, or GMATCLUB didn't know better. I'll let you know if I find anything definitive.
Thanks Jim..keep us posted
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by artistocrat » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:19 pm
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