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by mrinal2100 » Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:31 am
Though he had had success broadcasting his controversial radio program on highly regulated terrestrial airwaves, Howard Stern opted out of terrestrial broadcasting in favor of the less regulated satellite radio medium.

(A) Though he had had
(B) Though he has had
(C) Even though he had
(D) Having had
(E) Having achieved
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by clock60 » Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:39 am
vote for C
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by karanrulz4ever » Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:52 am
A for me...
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by diebeatsthegmat » Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:29 am
mrinal2100 wrote:Though he had had success broadcasting his controversial radio program on highly regulated terrestrial airwaves, Howard Stern opted out of terrestrial broadcasting in favor of the less regulated satellite radio medium.

(A) Though he had had
(B) Though he has had
(C) Even though he had
(D) Having had
(E) Having achieved
C is good
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by psychomath » Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:52 pm
I will go with C....
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by niksworth » Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:47 pm
A looks good to me. OA pls.

Parallel constructions to make my case -
1) I have had success working as a nutritionist. - Correct
2) I had had success working as a nutritionist before I joined the hospital. - Correct

3) I have success working as a nutritionist. - Incorrect
4) I had success working as a nutritionist before I joined the hospital. - Incorrect.
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by pesfunk » Sun Oct 17, 2010 1:33 am
Whatz the OA Mrinal ?

Damn Damn confused between A and C.

IMO C.
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by Dangerous Dude » Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:12 am
Go with C..
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by gmat_perfect » Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:04 am
mrinal2100 wrote:Though he had had success broadcasting his controversial radio program on highly regulated terrestrial airwaves, Howard Stern opted out of terrestrial broadcasting in favor of the less regulated satellite radio medium.

(A) Though he had had
(B) Though he has had
(C) Even though he had
(D) Having had
(E) Having achieved
This is a tense issue:

Similar sentences:

Though I had written a book on finance, I hoped to write on accounting.

---> Here, I have already written the book, and I am hoping for another.

There are two past actions. One of them had occurred before the other. So, the use of past perfect is perfect in this case.

What about C?

He had success---it is past simple, but we need past perfect. So, c is out.

Answer is A.
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:03 pm
niksworth wrote:A looks good to me. OA pls.

Parallel constructions to make my case -
1) I have had success working as a nutritionist. - Correct
2) I had had success working as a nutritionist before I joined the hospital. - Correct

3) I have success working as a nutritionist. - Incorrect
4) I had success working as a nutritionist before I joined the hospital. - Incorrect.

#3 isn't incorrect, it's a general statement. Compare:
I have had a good time going to birthday parties. -- Statement summarizing multiple past events
I have a good time going to birthday parties. -- Statement of general truth

I'd have chosen A as well because of tense as well,
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by niksworth » Tue Oct 19, 2010 11:03 am
Jim@Grockit wrote:
niksworth wrote:A looks good to me. OA pls.

Parallel constructions to make my case -
1) I have had success working as a nutritionist. - Correct
2) I had had success working as a nutritionist before I joined the hospital. - Correct

3) I have success working as a nutritionist. - Incorrect
4) I had success working as a nutritionist before I joined the hospital. - Incorrect.

#3 isn't incorrect, it's a general statement. Compare:
I have had a good time going to birthday parties. -- Statement summarizing multiple past events
I have a good time going to birthday parties. -- Statement of general truth

I'd have chosen A as well because of tense as well,
Yeah, I agree about the general truth statement. It's just that I have success... as a general truth sounds really weird to me.
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by this_time_i_will » Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:05 pm
we need past perfect.
time frame 1: till the success, before opting out.
time frame 2: the opting out and after.
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