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by 4meonly » Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:51 am
Before the storm destroyed much of the harbor, this town, with its sandy beaches and multiple opportunities for sports, had been one of the most popular resort destinations on the East Coast.

A. had been
B. has been
C. had been being
D. was being
E. was
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by welcome » Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:56 am
It is a case of Past perfect tense.

two events of past, one before the other.

Ans : Had Been - A
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by moadhia » Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:53 am
could it be e) was .... because there are 2 past events ... but the first event clearly mentions

"before the storm destroyed..." , so do we need a past perfect in this case ??

wouldnt was suffice, since the sequence is implied ... ??
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by raunekk » Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:24 am
will go for A...


events sequence...
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by dgr8onerip » Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:00 am
was is sufficient for making sense.. i go with E
but A makes better sense as it uses past perfect sense..

but i have strong feeling that E is right..

please correct me if I am wrong
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by amitabhprasad » Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:58 am
I will got with "E"
sentence clearly states before storm, so we don't really need "had" to show the sequence of events
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by aroon7 » Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:59 am
IMO E

What is the OA?
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by mowghli » Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:09 pm
had been

2 past events, but need to show that one occurred before the other.
Since one is given in past, make the other past perfect.
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by miguelgav20 » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:14 am
IMO A

clear case os sequence of events in the past, thus past perfect is needed
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by GMATPR » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:39 am
IMO E

Harbor was most popular resort destination on th east coast. This refer in the past, so WAS makes more sence than HAD BEEN or HAS BEEN.

Before the storm destroyed much of the harbor, this town, with its sandy beaches and multiple opportunities for sports, WASone of the most popular resort destinations on the East Coast.
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by James_83 » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:01 am
IMO E

@amitabhprasad- i agree with you.
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by sjd00d » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:47 pm
I picked A but amitabh's explanation makes sense too and i think may end up being the winner.

Rats!! For last several weeks, i've almost always successfully been able to nail 2/5 choices but for some reason end up picking the wrong'un. I guess the law of probability doesn't work for some unfortunate souls :)
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by James_83 » Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:05 pm
what's OA?
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by crazy4gmat » Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:15 am
IMO A since past perfet tense needs to be used for two events one preceding the another..
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by amitabhprasad » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:34 am
crazy4gmat wrote:IMO A since past perfet tense needs to be used for two events one preceding the another..
Once you have "before", "after" or any such prepositions indicating order of those events we don't need had.
I think its important to understand the reason for using past perfect.
We need past perfect to show the sequence of events and only if earlier event has some bearing on later. Moreover, if the sequence is obvious then we don't need past perfect.
In the example above "Before" already indicates that the town was popular destination but no longer now. In this case I don't see the need to use past perfect.
I would love to see the OA though. But looks like our friend @ 4meonly is done with his GMAT :)
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