zafer Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Local reporters investigating the labor dispute reported that only half of the workers in the plant were covered by the union health plan; at least as much as a hundred and more others had not any health insurance whatsoever a) b) at least as much as more than a hundred others had no c) more than a hundred others had no d) much more than a hundred others had no e) more than a hundred others did not have well---- c or e is the answer.... but which one and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modusoperandi Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 C looks fine to me. had no whatsoever is the correct construction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
check.stone Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 "whatsoever" dictates the answer choice between C & E. Without it E would be correct and with it, C is correct. Whatsoever can have a range of meanings depending on context. Here it seems to mean something along the lines of "at all". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saurabhvijayvergia Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 IMHO "C" whats the OA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zafer Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 you all got it correct but still I really need, is there any other reason to prefer C over E? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewldude Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 I dont agree that whatsoever is the decider between C and E. (referring to check.stones reply) Infact I dont find any reason why 'at all'(assumed meaning of what so ever in this case) would have any effect on the 'Did not have' and 'had no' words. My explanation for the above question would be : Answer is C . In this question we have 2 things that happened in the past. 1.X(reporters) reported something.. 2. Y did not have / had no health insurance. Now clearly we can say that stmnt 2 above happened first in the past and as a result stmnt 1 happened in the past. So Stmnt 2 should be past perfect when Stmnt 1 is simple past. Hence 'had no' which is past perfect is chosen over 'did not have' which is simple past. Hope this helps....What say ..any commments???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewldude Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 what Zafer ..are u convinced..with this?? Let me know if I missed something.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbawannabe Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 C. E needs 'any' but even then I would have picked C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GizmoGol Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I'm sorry to raise anicent issues, but I still don't really get it: Is a question like this possible in the actual Gmat ? 2 answer choices are very similar, with a differnce in tenses - for me really unclear... If so, why is C better than E ?Thanks a lot in advance ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaushikt Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 good one.. Its C.. chose E first.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Guru Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Agree with Kewldude's explaination. C looks fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vineetdixit Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 But if the second leg is also a part of the report that reporter has made which it seems from the above question wont both the sentences should be in the same tense. it will not be so that 100 more had but now .........reporter reports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathdumber Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 IMO C as well tense consistency Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikiforos Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Another C; Also note that in E, using both ..not have.. and whatsoever is redundant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
challenger63 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I dont agree that whatsoever is the decider between C and E. (referring to check.stones reply) Infact I dont find any reason why 'at all'(assumed meaning of what so ever in this case) would have any effect on the 'Did not have' and 'had no' words. My explanation for the above question would be : Answer is C . In this question we have 2 things that happened in the past. 1.X(reporters) reported something.. 2. Y did not have / had no health insurance. Now clearly we can say that stmnt 2 above happened first in the past and as a result stmnt 1 happened in the past. So Stmnt 2 should be past perfect when Stmnt 1 is simple past. Hence 'had no' which is past perfect is chosen over 'did not have' which is simple past. Hope this helps....What say ..any commments???? ========================================================== In my view, you just explained why "whatsoever" is important here. It functions like a signal for Perfect tense and specified meaning above. The same is the following example of Present Perfect usage - She is the most beautiful lady I have ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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