HumbleMe Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes. (A) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump (B) reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping © reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump (D) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump (E) reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adi_800 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 This q has been discussed in many threads...But i didnot find the same opinion... agreement took place in the past....so we can not use reduces... C and E are out... amount of phosphate is more clear as compared with phasphate amount...So, B is out... Now its down to A and D... A -> we should use past perfect as we want to show the time difference of two events in the past...so had been allowed along with simple past reduced is a correct.. D -> Keeping the sentence simple and assuming that dumping continues in the present requires are allowed... Someone..pls comment.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameyp12 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 (A) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump (B) reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping © reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump (D) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump (E) reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities Hence IMO A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhur_ahuja Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 IMO D , present tense, since the law is in effect currently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdada1 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Imo D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harishr1981 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 IMO A... A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes. (A) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump (D) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump what if there is another agreement of same sort had taken place after 1972... then D will be wrong... we should phrase a sentence in a way that it is correct even if something has or has not happened after that... based on this logic I will choose A over D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naso Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 The answer is D. See OG12, SC#74. See also http://www.www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/33372-phosphates-dumping-great-lakes.html. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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