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by sunny.bhasin » Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:22 am
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

pls explain me how to attept this verb based question!
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by garima99 » Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:45 am
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

As it is subjunctive mood ...we cannot use was...and it refers to adolescence...so it is correct
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by singh181 » Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:56 am
Hypothetical situation. So correct usage is "If X wereZ, Y would be W."
Pronoun "it" is required to refer back to singular noun "adolescence "

IMO D
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