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Usage of verb?? SC...

by rahulg83 » Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:42 pm
Denying that one of its many irregularities had been the long term mismanaging of company funds, ADM corporation produced clear evidence to back its claim.

A) its many irregularities had been the long term

B) its many irregularities has been the long term

C) its many irregularities is the long term

D) their many irregularities is the long term

E) their many irregularities had been the long term

Please explain correct usage of verb here. I am damn confused :?

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by mittalashwani13 » Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:49 pm
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Denying that one of its many irregularities had been the long term mismanaging of company funds, ADM corporation produced clear evidence to back its claim.

A) its many irregularities [color=blue]had been[/color] the long term

B) its many irregularities [color=blue]has been[/color] the long term

C) its many irregularities is the long term - CORRECT -- because it is happening in the present ...this sentence is in the present moment ...

D) [color=blue]their [/color]many irregularities is the long term

E) [color=blue]their [/color]many irregularities had been the long term
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by Vemuri » Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:18 am
This action (irregularities) is said to have started sometime in the past & continued until ADM corporation produced clear evidence. So, we require Had Been.

IMO A
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by btg760 » Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:50 am
IMO (A)
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by caprion » Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:00 am
i think the activities are ongoing.

IMO B "has been"
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by mittalashwani13 » Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:52 pm
what is the OA?
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by rahulg83 » Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:33 pm
OA is A
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by thetrystero » Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:26 am
rahulg83 wrote:Denying that one of its many irregularities had been the long term mismanaging of company funds, ADM corporation produced clear evidence to back its claim.

A) its many irregularities had been the long term

B) its many irregularities has been the long term

C) its many irregularities is the long term

D) their many irregularities is the long term

E) their many irregularities had been the long term

Please explain correct usage of verb here. I am damn confused :?

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"had been the" should go with "mismanagement"
corporation is singular. this rules out the pronoun "their"
presumably, the evidence is based on record keeping from the past. So I'm going with B.
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by thetrystero » Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:29 am
rahulg83 wrote:OA is A
hmm...i can sort of justify this after the fact, but i wouldn't have known it from the start.

EXPERTS: please weigh in.
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by pops » Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:41 am
IMO its B

C because its happening for quite some time and not only in present
D & E corporation is singular (as it is a single entity)

I feel B is better than A because it dint only continued in the past .. it started in the past continued till now...

experts please advice.
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