The region in southern Asia, WHAT vs THAT

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kvitkod: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 75; Joined: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:55 am; Thanked: 1 times

by kvitkod » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:41 am

The region in southern Asia formerly under British rule includes the areas that are now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.
(a) includes the areas that are now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar
(b) include what is now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar
(c) included the areas that are now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and what is now Myanmar
(d) included the areas that are now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and they ruled Myanmar
(e) include what are now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar

OA is A. I went to C, since past tense looks nore logical for me. I dislike WHAT IS now, but it seemed ok for me.

Could smb explain the difference btw WHAT and THAT. thank you in advance

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by vikram4689 » Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:34 am

region is singular so includes, this solves the problem

Why you think past tense is required.

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by kvitkod » Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:04 pm

region is singular so includes, this solves the problem

Why you think past tense is required.
because we are talking about past. THE REGION INCLUDED smth THAT IS NOW smth.

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by Target2009 » Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:24 pm

The region Includes.. So A

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by TOPGMAT » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:28 pm

Hi Experts,
This question is from Kaplan test. Although I chose the option "A" I want to
understand the concept correctly. Please tell me why "Included" is wrong, if I
rephrase the sentence in the following way.

The region in southern Asia formerly under British rule included the areas that are now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.

Does inclusion of "included" nonsensically imply that the areas were in the past
and don't exist anymore ?

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by need720+ » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:26 pm

HI TopGmat,

You answered your query yourself

you're correct that "included" nonsensically implies that the areas were included in the past
and are no longer part of the region.

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by garima99 » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:29 pm

TOPGMAT wrote:Hi Experts,
This question is from Kaplan test. Although I chose the option "A" I want to
understand the concept correctly. Please tell me why "Included" is wrong, if I
rephrase the sentence in the following way.

The region in southern Asia formerly under British rule included the areas that are now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.

Does inclusion of "included" nonsensically imply that the areas were in the past
and don't exist anymore ?

You answered your question yourself!!

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by mundasingh123 » Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:08 am

But whats the point of saying " regions that are now " unless the author wants to compare the past to the present

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by TOPGMAT » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:33 pm

Hi MundaSingh,
"The region includes areas that are now...". Here the sub clause following "that" defines areas
and not region.

I hope this helps.
Also note that region is singular.

Regards,
TOP

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by mundasingh123 » Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:27 pm

TOPGMAT wrote:Hi MundaSingh,
"The region includes areas that are now...". Here the sub clause following "that" defines areas
and not region.

I hope this helps.
Also note that region is singular.

Regards,
TOP

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