37. Some buildings that were destroyed and heavily damaged in the earthquake last year were constructed in violation of the city's building code.
(A) Some buildings that were destroyed and heavily damaged in the earthquake last year were (B) Some buildings that were destroyed or heavily damaged in the earthquake last year had been (C) Somebuildings that the earthquake destroyed and heavily damaged last year have been (D) Last year the earthquake destroyed or heavily damaged some buildings that have been (E) Lastyear some of the buildings that were destroyed or heavily damagedin the earthquake had been
Diction; Verb form The buildings cannot be both destroyed and heavily damaged at the same time; they must be one or the other. The ideas of this sentence are most clearly expressed using two verb tense s: the simple past, were, for the earthquake occurring last year; and the past perfec t, had been, for the time prior to th at when the buildings were constructed.
A The buildings are illog ically said to be both destroyed and damaged. B Correct. This sentence properly states that the buildings were either destroyed or damaged and clarifies that they had been constructed before th e earthquake struck. C Buildings cannot be both destroyed and damaged. The verb tense makes it seem that they were constructed after the ear thquake. D The verb tense illogica lly ind icates that the bui ldings have been constructed since the earthquake. E This structu re indica tes that construction of the buildings, rather than the eart hquake, occurred lastyear.
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