Sentence Correction

Due to the fact that Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon during a road
trip last summer, she has not been and probably never would be allowed
to drive her father's car.

(A) has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive
(B) has not been allowed to drive and probably never will be allowed to drive
(C) has not and probably never would be allowed to drive
(D) has not and probably will never be allowed to drive
(E) has not and probably never will be allowed to drive

IMO A
I was doubting with B, but it is very wordy!

Choose B

C-E are wrong because "has not" can't stand alone. You have to finish the compound verb.

A is wrong because of parallelism mainly. "has not been what? You have to complete the action before you move on to the next verb. Choose B

IMO : A

What is the OA

Can somebody explain in detail

OA pl.....

hitmoss wrote:Due to the fact that Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon during a road
trip last summer, she has not been and probably never would be allowed
to drive her father's car.

(A) has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive
(B) has not been allowed to drive and probably never will be allowed to drive
(C) has not and probably never would be allowed to drive
(D) has not and probably will never be allowed to drive
(E) has not and probably never will be allowed to drive

Hi Hitmoss....

Its a tense issue ....IMO A ........bet/n choice A n B use of will seems more certain therfore would be allowed to drive is more correct

What is OA ?

hitmoss wrote:Due to the fact that Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon during a road
trip last summer, she has not been and probably never would be allowed
to drive her father's car.

(A) has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive
(B) has not been allowed to drive and probably never will be allowed to drive
(C) has not and probably never would be allowed to drive
(D) has not and probably will never be allowed to drive
(E) has not and probably never will be allowed to drive

IMO B.

"Probably" and "would" convey same meaning...........redundant.

We need to have logical transition of tenses from present (perfect) to future.

I may be wrong

FightWithGMAT wrote:

hitmoss wrote:Due to the fact that Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon during a road
trip last summer, she has not been and probably never would be allowed
to drive her father's car.

(A) has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive
(B) has not been allowed to drive and probably never will be allowed to drive
(C) has not and probably never would be allowed to drive
(D) has not and probably will never be allowed to drive
(E) has not and probably never will be allowed to drive

IMO B.

"Probably" and "would" convey same meaning...........redundant.

We need to have logical transition of tenses from present (perfect) to future.

I may be wrong

Hi friends,

The OA is B.

will someone pl. explain again why A is wrong?

I guess there are instances where part of the sentences is left incomplete if both parts refer to a common verb.

Pl. suggest.....

(A) has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive

"has not been" allowed to what?
would is incorrect

ansumania wrote:will someone pl. explain again why A is wrong?

I guess there are instances where part of the sentences is left incomplete if both parts refer to a common verb.

Pl. suggest.....

B) is the only answer which is parallel and which uses proper verb tenses. As maiahoji mentioned, it is true that at first glance, B sounds a bit wordy. However, it is the only grammatically correct answer choice. The sentence would also be grammatically correct if it read, "Due to the fact that Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon during a road trip last summer, she has not been and probably never will be allowed to drive her father's car," but this is not presented as an option.

Choice A): "Would" is incorrect in this case. The second part of the sentence describes an action that is likely to happen in the future, and thus should use the future tense ("will"). As FightWithGMAT put it, we need a logical transition of tenses from present perfect to future.

Choice C): This choice is not parallel. "She has not...be allowed to drive," does not make any sense. "Been" is needed to make the sentence parallel. Additionally, this choice also uses the incorrect "would" instead of "will."

Choice D): Like C, this choice is not parallel.

Choice E): Like C and D, this choice is not parallel.

outreach wrote:(A) has not been and probably never would be allowed to drive

"has not been" allowed to what?
would is incorrect

ansumania wrote:will someone pl. explain again why A is wrong?

I guess there are instances where part of the sentences is left incomplete if both parts refer to a common verb.

Pl. suggest.....

Agree with Outreach. "Would" is used to describe assumptions of future done in past. Here is situation is in present. Hence 'would' is Incorrect. will go with D despite OA is B.

Please explain, if any1 have better ideas?

josh@knewton wrote:B) is the only answer which is parallel and which uses proper verb tenses. As maiahoji mentioned, it is true that at first glance, B sounds a bit wordy. However, it is the only grammatically correct answer choice. The sentence would also be grammatically correct if it read, "Due to the fact that Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon during a road trip last summer, she has not been and probably never will be allowed to drive her father's car," but this is not presented as an option.

Choice A): "Would" is incorrect in this case. The second part of the sentence describes an action that is likely to happen in the future, and thus should use the future tense ("will"). As FightWithGMAT put it, we need a logical transition of tenses from present perfect to future.

Choice C): This choice is not parallel. "She has not...be allowed to drive," does not make any sense. "Been" is needed to make the sentence parallel. Additionally, this choice also uses the incorrect "would" instead of "will."

Choice D): Like C, this choice is not parallel.

Choice E): Like C and D, this choice is not parallel.

Pls explain what is wrong with this sentence:

"Due to the fact that Jordan wrecked Bono's station wagon during a road trip last summer, she has not been and probably will never be allowed to drive her father's car,"