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by rah_pandey » Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:56 pm
Please provide the correct answer to this sentence correction giving reasons.

The National Library has recently acquired a manuscript by Jenkins that should provide answers to the much-disputed question of the extent to which this author’s work had been altered by her editors in the years before she died.

A. the extent to which this author’s work had been altered by her editors in the years before she died
B. the extent this author’s editors altered her work in the years before she died
C. how much the work of this author had been altered in the years before her death by her editors
D. the extent her editors altered this author’s work in the years before her death
E. the extent to which this author’s work was altered by her editors in the years before she died



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by nervesofsteel » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:18 am
IMO E

"before she died" already gives the idea of alteration happened before she died.. so the use of had been is unnecessary..

Thus E.. "was altered"
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by ajay_deepak » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:20 am
the extent to which...is correct, so A & E.
A has 'had been altered' which means later the articles were altered again.
E with simple past aptly points to events before her death. So E.

Anywise what is the OA?
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by rah_pandey » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:27 am
Please provide the correct answer to this sentence correction giving reasons.

The National Library has recently acquired a manuscript by Jenkins that should provide answers to the much-disputed question of the extent to which this author’s work had been altered by her editors in the years before she died.

A. the extent to which this author’s work had been altered by her editors in the years before she died
B. the extent this author’s editors altered her work in the years before she died
C. how much the work of this author had been altered in the years before her D€@th by her editors
D. the extent her editors altered this author’s work in the years before her D€@th
E. the extent to which this author’s work was altered by her editors in the years before she died



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by rah_pandey » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:31 am
The answer as given is A.
In my opinion also, use of "Had been" can be avoided as "before she died" tells the sequence of events.
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by aj5105 » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:34 am
We need a noun after much disputed question. Hence 'the extent'.

Past perfect tense is required for an event that precedes another event in the past. So, I would go with (A).
rah_pandey wrote:Please provide the correct answer to this sentence correction giving reasons.

The National Library has recently acquired a manuscript by Jenkins that should provide answers to the much-disputed question of the extent to which this author’s work had been altered by her editors in the years before she died.

A. the extent to which this author’s work had been altered by her editors in the years before she died
B. the extent this author’s editors altered her work in the years before she died
C. how much the work of this author had been altered in the years before her D€@th by her editors
D. the extent her editors altered this author’s work in the years before her D€@th
E. the extent to which this author’s work was altered by her editors in the years before she died



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by maihuna » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:21 am
rah_pandey wrote:Please provide the correct answer to this sentence correction giving reasons.

The National Library has recently acquired a manuscript by Jenkins that should provide answers to the much-disputed question of the extent to which this author’s work had been altered by her editors in the years before she died.

A. the extent to which this author’s work had been altered by her editors in the years before she died
B. the extent this author’s editors altered her work in the years before she died
C. how much the work of this author had been altered in the years before her D€@th by her editors
D. the extent her editors altered this author’s work in the years before her D€@th
E. the extent to which this author’s work was altered by her editors in the years before she died
I bet on C: that should provide the answers to the much disputed question of ... the of here requires something that relates to much disputed Q...
so how much fits the bil here

further...there are two tenses involved...she died and the work copied before she died...definetly it requies an had..
Charged up again to beat the beast :)
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