Sentence Correction

singh181 wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:

singh181 wrote:if we predict the future from past, "would" is correct. In E, the market researcher "statement" was in past. Also, according to me, the correct form is
The more XXX are made in YYYY, the more XXXX will become.

When is "would have " correct ?

If I had gone to the market, I would have bought a golden watch.

You were talking about tense . This is a conditional that you wrote

mundasingh123 wrote:

singh181 wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:

singh181 wrote:if we predict the future from past, "would" is correct. In E, the market researcher "statement" was in past. Also, according to me, the correct form is
The more XXX are made in YYYY, the more XXXX will become.

When is "would have " correct ?

If I had gone to the market, I would have bought a golden watch.

You were talking about tense . This is a conditional that you wrote

Sorry I didnt understand your question. Can you be more specific? the example which I gave is Past Perfect Subjunctive.

Target2009 wrote:Que : Analyzing recent developments, a market researcher stated that the more technological advancements were made in the field of portable computing, the more widely used laptop computers would become.

A. Splendid! This answer choice correctly uses the Past tense for verbs following a Past tense reporting verb (stated).
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I think would is a hypothetical rather than a past tense of will

singh181 wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:

singh181 wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:

singh181 wrote:if we predict the future from past, "would" is correct. In E, the market researcher "statement" was in past. Also, according to me, the correct form is
The more XXX are made in YYYY, the more XXXX will become.

When is "would have " correct ?

If I had gone to the market, I would have bought a golden watch.

You were talking about tense . This is a conditional that you wrote

Sorry I didnt understand your question. Can you be more specific? the example which I gave is Past Perfect Subjunctive.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2011/03/ ... t-is-wrong
The Example that You give is one of the 3 conditionals dicussed at the URL above .
As far as this question is concerned we are bothered about the tense and prediction of event.Past perfect subjunctive is used both in Conditionals and prediction of events which was what you were talking about.My question was regarding the latter

Thanks mundasingh for the link , really helped .