Past perfect tense

[bhugra.ashish]

SC - Source : Kapln test 2

San Franciscans of the 1890's mocked the claim that declared Los Angeles a world city, yet within twenty years a powerful municipal will had made this boast a reality.

(A) yet within twenty years a powerful municipal will had made this boast a reality
(B) yet within twenty years a powerful municipal will made this boast a reality
(C) yet a powerful municipal within twenty years will make this boast a reality
(D) yet this boast had become a reality within twenty years because of a powerful will municipally
(E) yet within twenty years a municipal will had made this boast a powerful reality

Correct Answer is : A

Query : Since the 1890s event is the first event, followed by an event in 1910s (20 years later). How is A correct here, shouldn't it be B ? 'HAD' should indicate a prior event in past ... and not the later event...

[messi10]

Hi,

This post has been discussed in other external forums.

One of the Kaplan instructors says that the past perfect is not referring to the 1890's event. It is actually referring to "within twenty years...".

He says that "within 20 years..." can be interpreted as "before 20 years have passed", which makes it the later event. The earlier event being the boast becoming a reality.

I hope we don't see questions like this on the real test as I still find it very confusing

Regards

Sunil

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