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Adolescence

by csandeepreddy » Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:17 pm
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.

A. was not so painful, it
B. was not so painful, they
C. were not so painful, they
D. were not so painful, it
E. were not so painful, being one
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by amitabhprasad » Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:28 pm
I will go with "D" whats OA.
this is because "If ... " construction needs were.
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by gmat009 » Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:48 pm
IMO D
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by csandeepreddy » Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:38 pm
The OA is D
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by niraj_a » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:14 am
agreed,

use subjunctive "were" in if / then constructions.
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by rohangupta83 » Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:11 pm
imo D

subjunctive form - uncertainty expressed in the sentence. Therefore, can't use 'was' instead use 'were'
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by sudeep_ar » Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:33 pm
IMO..D
subjunctive mood
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by stop@800 » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:16 am
We are using "were" in if clause than "would have" in then claues should not be acceptable.

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