A recent and popular self-help book wryly notes that if adolescence was not so painful, it would have a droll comedic aspect, at least in retrospect.
was not so painful, it
was not so painful, they
were not so painful, they
were not so painful, it
were not so painful, being one
I had selected E, correct choice is D. Question I have is why isn't it in D seemingly modifying book or adolescence and thereby doesn't have a clear antecedent?
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if I were the president, I would have changed the monitory policy of this country.
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I know that the OA is D and that were is required for the subjunctive. It'll be nice to get a specific answer to my question though.Bidisha800 wrote:if I were the president, I would have changed the monitory policy of this country.
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Opening up this one again for discussion.
Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
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Opening up this one again for discussion.
Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
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Opening up this one again for discussion.
Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
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martin.jonson007
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YES! it is singularRumpelThickSkin wrote:Opening up this one again for discussion.
Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
BUT
here condition is HYPOTHETICAL.
thats why WERE is used instead of WAS
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RumpelThickSkin
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Martin,martin.jonson007 wrote:YES! it is singularRumpelThickSkin wrote:Opening up this one again for discussion.
Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
BUT
here condition is HYPOTHETICAL.
thats why WERE is used instead of WAS
Can u elaborate? In case of conditional what verb tense is preferred? Any links. Thank you for responding !
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Refer Manhattan SC guide under the topic "Subjunctive Verb tense".RumpelThickSkin wrote:Martin,martin.jonson007 wrote:YES! it is singularRumpelThickSkin wrote:Opening up this one again for discussion.
Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
BUT
here condition is HYPOTHETICAL.
thats why WERE is used instead of WAS
Can u elaborate? In case of conditional what verb tense is preferred? Any links. Thank you for responding !
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martin.jonson007
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Just remember when condition is like that i.e. which is not going to happen in a certain you want (bcoz it already hpnd in a diff way) then USE WERE in place of wasRumpelThickSkin wrote:Martin,martin.jonson007 wrote:YES! it is singularRumpelThickSkin wrote:Opening up this one again for discussion.
Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
BUT
here condition is HYPOTHETICAL.
thats why WERE is used instead of WAS
Can u elaborate? In case of conditional what verb tense is preferred? Any links. Thank you for responding !
eg. If i were a king , i wud have donated 1 mn $ to wall street. okie...... in that sense
