sayantanc2k wrote:
MadhaviDevarakonda wrote:
Had is not valid because you dont have a prior verb or action to make it past perfect.
You are mistaken in that a past perfect always requires another verb or event. A time reference may also require a past perfect tense.By + time reference MUST take a past perfect as explained in my post above:
http://gmatclub.com/forum/by-the-late-1 ... l#p1783223
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