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Diamondrg Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

tense choice

1b00By November 1914 the government ---- to acknowledge that its policy ----.02b02br
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00A) is forced / has failed02br
00B) had been forced / failed02br
00C) was forced / has failed02br
00D) would have been forced / failed02br
00E) was forced / had failed0-
  

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0My choice is E if no other context is given. 02br 02br 00paco0-

— Paco2004

  • 0My choice is E if no other context is given.
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0My choice is E if no other context is given. But if some unreal hypothetical context is given, D can be an answer.02br
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10My choice is E if no other context is given. But if some unreal hypothetical context is given, D can be an answer.12br
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10I completely agree with E but I think that D isn't possible in any context, however:02br
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0Hi,02br
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01font01b00By November 1914 the government ---- to acknowledge that its policy ----.02b02br
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00I'd say E is the answer expected. However, if the narrative that includes this senten
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01cite10Paco200412cite10My choice is E if no other context is given. But if some unreal hypothetical context is given, D can be an answer.12br
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10Ok paco; what do you think about "by+ time noun" with simple past? Why not "B" Aren't all events in past
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0 If the sultan had been more powerful and pro-British, the government would have been forced by Nov, 1914 to acknowledge that its policy failed.02br
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01cite10Yulysess12cite10Ok paco; what do you think about "by+ time noun" with simple past? Why not "B" Aren't all events in past in the past? Thanks12blockquote
10 "By ..." is more compatible with single conclusive events than with continuous events. This point differentiates "by ..." from "until ...".02br
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01cite10Paco200412cite10If the sultan had been more powerful and pro-British, the government would have been forced by Nov, 1914 to acknowledge that its policy failed.12br
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10I think I would still use "had failed" here; but a stative verb in the simple past would be fine:02br

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0 I see. I was wrong. So maybe only E is a reasonable choice.02br
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