DLMD Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Not until the Enlightenment, some 200 years ago, had society seriously questioned the right of the state that it could execute its citizens. (A) had society seriously questioned the right of the state that it could execute (B) did society seriously questioned the right of the state that it could execute © had society seriously questioned the right of the state for the executing of (D) did society seriously question the right of the state to execute (E) had society seriously questioned whether the state had a right that it could execute OA D why C is wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FZanjani Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 right of the state to execute . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maelstrom Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 idiomatic perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp_bos Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 In C "executing of" does not make sense... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuM Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 In C "executing of" does not make sense... "Excuting of" does not make sense... Probably execution of would have made some sense. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GmatGnat Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 We also need to watch out for the verb tense. Option © uses the past perfect "had questioned" and option (D) uses the past tense "questioned." In this case, there is no need for the past perfect, since we're not trying to establish that one thing happened before another in the past. We're just trying to established that one thing happened in the past. This eliminates answers (A), ©, and (E). We're left with (B) and (D), and (B) states "did society questioned" which isn't grammatical. That leaves us with (D) as the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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