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by showbu » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:31 pm
Elizabeth I WAS A STUDENT of classical languages, and it was her who insisted that Greek and Latin were spoken at court.

a. it was her who insisted that Greek and Latin were spoken at court.

b. it was she that insisted on the speaking of Greek and LATIN AT COURT

C IT WAS SHE WHO INSISTED THAT Greek and Latin be spoken at court

d she had insisted that, at court, Greek and Latin were spoken

e she had insisted that Greek and Latin were to be spoken at court

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by raunekk » Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:56 pm
imo:E

a. it was her who insisted that Greek and Latin were spoken at court.

b. it was she that insisted on the speaking of Greek and LATIN AT COURT

C IT WAS SHE WHO INSISTED THAT Greek and Latin be spoken at court

d she had insisted that, at court, Greek and Latin were spoken

e she had insisted that Greek and Latin were to be spoken at court
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by aj5105 » Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:00 pm
for the reasons above.

(E)
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by amitabhprasad » Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:18 pm
Can we justify the use pf past perfect in "E" ?
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by gg1 » Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:57 am
D and E shud not be correct since past perfect "had" is not required.

Also, since it is subjunctive .." she insisted that ....Greek and Latin be spoken at court "

is more correct than "Greek and Latin were to be spoken at court.

therefore C shud be correct.
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by casfguy » Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:04 am
one more vote for C
subjective mood
a. it was her who insisted that Greek and Latin were spoken at court.

b. it was she that insisted on the speaking of Greek and LATIN AT COURT

C IT WAS SHE WHO INSISTED THAT Greek and Latin be spoken at court

d she had insisted that, at court, Greek and Latin were spoken

e she had insisted that Greek and Latin were to be spoken at court
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by piyush_nitt » Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:29 am
casfguy wrote:one more vote for C
subjective mood
a. it was her who insisted that Greek and Latin were spoken at court.

b. it was she that insisted on the speaking of Greek and LATIN AT COURT

C IT WAS SHE WHO INSISTED THAT Greek and Latin be spoken at court

d she had insisted that, at court, Greek and Latin were spoken

e she had insisted that Greek and Latin were to be spoken at court
But can we justify usage of SHE in option C ? IT was she..., where it is a subject , was verb and she is object.

therefore ideally object pronoun should be used i.e her

Please comment.
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by raunekk » Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:01 am
sorry guys...

i think it will be C..

change of tenses is not required.
But can we justify usage of SHE in option C ? IT was she..., where it is a subject , was verb and she is object.

therefore ideally object pronoun should be used i.e her

Please comment
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@piyush_nitt

yes, "IT" can be used to give emphasis

"she" is third person pronoun.

Eg:It was I who first protested.

(source:wren and martin)

i hope this helps.
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by dgr8onerip » Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:50 am
imo: C
IT WAS CLOSE BETWEEN C AND E
BUT THE TENSE USED IN E DOES NOT SUIT THE SENTENCE.

BUT I SERIOUSLY NEED 2 KNOW WHETHER THE USE OF BE (IN " Greek and Latin be spoken at ") IS VALID
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