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by Target2009 » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:24 pm
Source : Grockit

Many cars that were damaged and completely wrecked in accidents this year were sold without adhering to the nation's transportation safety standards.

A Many cars that were damaged and completely wrecked in accidents this year were
B Many cars that were damaged or completely wrecked in accidents this year had been
C Many cars that accidents damaged and completely wrecked this year have been
D This year accidents damaged or completely wrecked many cars that will have been
E This year many of the cars that were damaged and completely wrecked in accidents will be

OA after some Discussion.

Please please explain your response.
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by tellsud » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:30 pm
Looks like A) is the right answer , I tried by eliminatng other options.
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by AIM GMAT » Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:29 pm
IMO B.

The car can be either damaged or completely but not both . So left with B and D.
B is the answer.
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by suryas » Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:23 pm
D & E : Distort the original meaning
B & C : Unnecessary use of present/past participle

IMO : A (Concluded based on method of elimination)
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by hitesh888 » Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:02 am
Target2009 wrote:Source : Grockit

Many cars that were damaged and completely wrecked in accidents this year were sold without adhering to the nation's transportation safety standards.

A Many cars that were damaged and completely wrecked in accidents this year were
B Many cars that were damaged or completely wrecked in accidents this year had been
C Many cars that accidents damaged and completely wrecked this year have been
D This year accidents damaged or completely wrecked many cars that will have been
E This year many of the cars that were damaged and completely wrecked in accidents will be

OA after some Discussion.

Please please explain your response.
A - 'this year' is confusing, accidents this year or sold this year !! - incorrect
B - had been - incorrect
C - accidents damaged - incorrect
D - accidents damaged - incorrect
E - Correct !

IMO - E
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by harsh80 » Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:09 am
A.

B has usage of 'had been'
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by prachich1987 » Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:32 am
The cars were damaged first and sold late...the usage of tense is wrong in B
C,D,E can be clearly rejected due to their improper construction

Hence IMO : A

Please advise OA
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by BastiG » Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:32 am
Clearly a. All Other sentences Change the meaning.
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by vatsalroxy » Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:17 am
A is the best amongst all.. B was close but the tense didnt fit in here as there are no 2 events to use past perfect!!
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by EducationAisle » Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:36 am
vatsalroxy wrote: there are no 2 events to use past perfect!!
Actually there are.

1. Cars met with accidents, but before these cars met with accidents,

2. These cars were sold

Hence, the earlier of these two events (cars getting sold) should be in Past Perfect

Another issue is that the way damaged and completely wrecked are used in the sentence, it should be clear that the car can either be damaged or be completely wrecked. So, an or, as used in B, is the correct usage.
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by vatsalroxy » Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:08 am
I agree with the either or part perhaps that made B close. But the two events part I m still skeptical as it is likely to be what mentioned above ! I did consider that possibility before i waved off B forever..
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by Target2009 » Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:16 am
EducationAisle wrote:
vatsalroxy wrote: there are no 2 events to use past perfect!!
Actually there are.

1. Cars met with accidents, but before these cars met with accidents,

2. These cars were sold

Hence, the earlier of these two events (cars getting sold) should be in Past Perfect

Another issue is that the way damaged and completely wrecked are used in the sentence, it should be clear that the car can either be damaged or be completely wrecked. So, an or, as used in B, is the correct usage.
Thanks Ashish. I got confused with sequence of tense and never paid attention on 'damaged and completely wrecked ".
BTW : OA is "B"
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:27 pm
Great discussion!

First, I thought the cars were damaged and then sold. But after reading EducationAisle's post I re-read the question and found a different concept in sentence.

The sentence actually tries to convey that, because cars were sold without adhering to standards they were damaged or completely wrecked by accidents.

Thanks :)
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