Practice GMAT Sentence Correction Question
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A month ago, a well respected sell-side analyst released a report predicting that prices in equity markets will reach record highs in the next 12 months. Immediately after the release of the report, some institutional investors who feared a continuing loss of shareholder value publicly expressed optimism in a strong near-term future for equities.
Correct Answer: C
The simple past tense feared is incorrect since two events occurred in the past at different times (i.e., the fear preceded the release of the report) and as a result, one must use the past perfect tense. feared should be replaced by had feared to show that the fear occurred before the release of the report.
- the simple past tense is incorrectly used and should be replaced by the past perfect tense
- the phrase the continuation of losses of shareholder value is too wordy and not concise
- the past perfect tense is correctly used; the sentence is concise
- the simple past tense is incorrectly used and should be replaced by the past perfect tense
- the phrase a continuing loss of investors' is not concise and is redundant as the phrase investors' shareholder value repeats the same idea
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