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Jukes Family

by jessicamuniz » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:30 am
Hi there,
Next you will see a question from the Manhattan Review book. Can somebody help me to understand the answer Please.
Thanks in advance.

The Jukes Family lost all their money gambling, and they were forced to move to a suburd bordering the city from their appartment

A. same
B. they had been forced to move from their appartment to a subub that bordered the city
C. they wer forced to move from their appartment to a suburb bordering the city
D. they having been forced to, moved from their appartment to a suburb that bordered the city.
E. they withdrew, because they were forced to, from their appartment to a suburb bordering the city.

Ans:C
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by venusgarg » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:11 pm
IMO C

Shortlisted B & C because both uses correct idiom from... to...

But i picked C because 'were' is correct compared to 'had'.

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by awesomeusername » Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:19 pm
You should have learned in the MGMAT book that "had been" is used to distinguish between two past events. "Had been" is used for the even that occurred earlier.

Since we know that the family losing all their money gambling caused them to lose their home, we cannot use had been for the later event because that violates the rules given above. Therefore, (C) must be the right answer.
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