Sentence Correction- Verb tense

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by krishna239455 » Fri May 11, 2012 12:22 am

Pls tell me Why cant we use past perfect tense in this question?

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by bubbliiiiiiii » Fri May 11, 2012 2:47 am

IMO C

Option E uses past perfect progressive which does not fit in the sentence structure.

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Pranay

krishna239455: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 114; Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:10 am; Thanked: 1 times

by krishna239455 » Fri May 11, 2012 11:15 pm

Experts please reply.

Since the complete sentence is not truly dependent on the time sequence, is the use of past perfect incorrect in this case?

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