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by gsinghal » Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:33 pm
George's personal diary and album formed the basis for his book about the places he had visited.

(A) the basis for his book about the places he had visited.

(B) the basis for his book regarding the places he had visited.

(C) the basis of his book about the places he visited.

(D) the basis of his book about the places which he had visited.

(E) the basis of his book about the places he had visited.
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by vishalj » Tue Sep 07, 2010 11:06 pm
Can you please tell us the source of this questions?

Since George is not a subject, the pronoun "he" constituets pronoun reference error. However, I was surprised to see "he" in all answer choices.

If I have to pick an answer despite the above error, it's A. Idiom formed ...for and past participle is correct.
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by ankurmit » Tue Sep 07, 2010 11:26 pm
I will go wid E
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by uwhusky » Tue Sep 07, 2010 11:54 pm
hey ankurmit,

The same reasoning you used for the Grockit question can be used for this question, thus C should be the correct answer. Past perfect tense should only be used when the sequence of events cannot be understood.
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by The Jock » Wed Sep 08, 2010 3:05 am
I believe that there is no need to use Past Perfect, so answer should be C.
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by Gurpinder » Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:13 am
One more for (C).
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by reply2spg » Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:36 am
basis of is correct

Eliminate A and B.

we have 2 verbs here formed and visited.

C can not give clear idea when George visited the places and when 'diary and album formed' the basis.

E clearly tells us that he visited places first and then his 'diary and album formed' the basis

E is correct

What is OA?
gsinghal wrote:George's personal diary and album formed the basis for his book about the places he had visited.

(A) the basis for his book about the places he had visited.

(B) the basis for his book regarding the places he had visited.

(C) the basis of his book about the places he visited.

(D) the basis of his book about the places which he had visited.

(E) the basis of his book about the places he had visited.
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by uwhusky » Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:02 am
Here's where the logic kicks in, and I think GMAC preys on our lack of comprehension in SC. If George did not visit these places first, then his diary and album would be blank. So logically, the sequence of events is clear without the usage of past perfect tense.
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by reply2spg » Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:09 am
There are 2 scenarios

What if both things happen at the same time? - Sentence is not clear for this case
What if he visited before forming the book? - Your logic is good in this case

'had' clears the doubt.

Please correct me if I am wrong.
uwhusky wrote:Here's where the logic kicks in, and I think GMAC preys on our lack of comprehension in SC. If George did not visit these places first, then his diary and album would be blank. So logically, the sequence of events is clear without the usage of past perfect tense.
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by Gurpinder » Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:10 am
uwhusky wrote:Here's where the logic kicks in, and I think GMAC preys on our lack of comprehension in SC. If George did not visit these places first, then his diary and album would be blank. So logically, the sequence of events is clear without the usage of past perfect tense.
isn't the word "visited" enough to support that the event was in the past rather than using logic?

so "had visited" is redundant!

does this make sense?
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by uwhusky » Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:12 am
Logically they could be happening at the same time, but clearly the journal and album could not happen prior to visiting these places. I don't think GMAT will go nuts on a question like this one, but if I was betting, I would go with simplicity and use simple past.
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by uwhusky » Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:14 am
Gurpinder wrote:
uwhusky wrote:Here's where the logic kicks in, and I think GMAC preys on our lack of comprehension in SC. If George did not visit these places first, then his diary and album would be blank. So logically, the sequence of events is clear without the usage of past perfect tense.
isn't the word "visited" enough to support that the event was in the past rather than using logic?
The discussion is whether "the diary and album" formed took place first or he visited these places first.
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by reply2spg » Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:21 am
OA is C

https://gmatclub.com/forum/sc-question-79712.html
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by vishalj » Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:55 am
Can an expert validate the SC question? George is a possesive so we can refer to possesive pronoun only. IMO, "he" is wrong.
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by uwhusky » Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:59 am
Umm, I guess you're right on that observation. This question is definitely not up to par.
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