TehJay wrote:
Reporting that one ofits many obstacles had been a citizens’ group seeking to preserve historic buildings, developers announced a revision of plans to tear down the city’s original post office in order to expand a luxury hotel’s parking lot.
(A) its many obstacles had been
(B) its many obstacles had turned out to be
(C) its many obstacles is
(D) their many obstacles had been
(E) their many obstacles is
I don't understand why
[Reveal] Spoiler:
(E) is incorrect. Either D or E could fit the sentence and be correct. The developers could have announced that they're going to be revising plans due to the current problem of the citizens' group (making E correct), or the sentence could be talking about a time in the past that the developers announced their revision plans, with the revision having already taken place (in which case D would be correct). How are we supposed to surmise this without further context?
...
![FLO – Therapy at the Club – Pre-Single [iTunes Plus M4A]](http://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music221/v4/a4/11/88/a41188ed-0f2e-e8d5-1163-d59e373cc58c/26UMGIM30046.rgb.jpg/208x208bb.webp)
.jpg)
