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SC: Tense

by stop@800 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:30 am
Although the Supreme Court ruled as long ago as 1880 that Blacks could not be excluded outright from jury service, nearly a century of case-by-case adjudication has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be drawn from “a fair cross section of the community.”

A has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
B was necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
C was to be necessary in developing and enforcing the principle of all juries to be
D is necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
E will be necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being

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by nitin86 » Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:20 am
IMO A....

use of "being" in b/c/e incorrect..

E is incorrect because present tense is used instead of present-perfect...."nearly a century ...., IS ...."

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by Mani_mba » Sat Sep 27, 2008 3:45 am
IMO A.

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by ska7945 » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:42 am
imo a
to define period, 'has been" is the best choice of all.
let's beat GMAT.

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