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by ska7945 » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:37 am
In December of l987 an automobile manufacturer pleaded no contest to criminal charges of odometer tampering and agreed to pay more than $l6 million in civil damages for cars that were test-driven with their odometers disconnected.(A) cars that were test-driven with their odometers disconnected
(B) cars that it had test-driven with their disconnected odometers
(C) its cars having been test-driven with disconnected odometers
(D) having test-driven cars with their odometers disconnected
(E) having cars that were test-driven with disconnected odometers

ans D
what's wrong with A?
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by 4meonly » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:51 am
In December of l987 an automobile manufacturer pleaded no contest to criminal charges of odometer tampering and agreed to pay more than $l6 million in civil damages for cars that were test-driven with their odometers disconnected.

I am not sure...
(A) cars that were test-driven with their odometers disconnected
cars that were test-driven - usually this construction is awkward. Passive construction

(B) cars that it had test-driven with their disconnected odometers
I am not native speaker, but I dont understand the meaning of this. Passive construction

(C) its cars having been test-driven with disconnected odometers
First of all a chose this one, but cars having been test-driven is not really good. Passive construction.

(D) having test-driven cars with their odometers disconnected
short and clear. Passive construction but clear

(E) having cars that were test-driven with disconnected odometers
having cars that were test-driven - is not good. Passive construction

I'll go with D.
For me this is random guess, may be somebody will clarify this situation?
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by bie.freelance » Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:40 pm
It think it goes like ..

An automobile manufacturer agreed to pay for ... having test-driven cars with their odometers disconnected.

Pay for having cars (civil damage), not for cars themselves.


So D is the answer.
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by aj5105 » Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:13 am
IMO D
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