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by sjd00d » Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:16 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.

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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by Bidisha800 » Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:48 pm
if I were the president, I would have changed the monitory policy of this country.

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by sjd00d » Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:06 pm
Bidisha800 wrote: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.
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by RumpelThickSkin » Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:34 am
Opening up this one again for discussion.

Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
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by RumpelThickSkin » Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:34 am
Opening up this one again for discussion.

Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
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by RumpelThickSkin » Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:35 am
Opening up this one again for discussion.

Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
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by martin.jonson007 » Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:40 am
RumpelThickSkin wrote:Opening up this one again for discussion.

Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
YES! it is singular

BUT

here condition is HYPOTHETICAL.

thats why WERE is used instead of WAS
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by RumpelThickSkin » Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:49 am
martin.jonson007 wrote:
RumpelThickSkin wrote:Opening up this one again for discussion.

Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
YES! it is singular

BUT

here condition is HYPOTHETICAL.

thats why WERE is used instead of WAS
Martin,

Can u elaborate? In case of conditional what verb tense is preferred? Any links. Thank you for responding !
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by gmatmachoman » Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:29 am
RumpelThickSkin wrote:
martin.jonson007 wrote:
RumpelThickSkin wrote:Opening up this one again for discussion.

Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
YES! it is singular

BUT

here condition is HYPOTHETICAL.

thats why WERE is used instead of WAS
Martin,

Can u elaborate? In case of conditional what verb tense is preferred? Any links. Thank you for responding !
Refer Manhattan SC guide under the topic "Subjunctive Verb tense".
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by martin.jonson007 » Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:10 am
RumpelThickSkin wrote:
martin.jonson007 wrote:
RumpelThickSkin wrote:Opening up this one again for discussion.

Isn't adolescence singular? Any explanations? Why is the OA D
YES! it is singular

BUT

here condition is HYPOTHETICAL.

thats why WERE is used instead of WAS
Martin,

Can u elaborate? In case of conditional what verb tense is preferred? Any links. Thank you for responding !
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 was

eg. If i were a king , i wud have donated 1 mn $ to wall street. okie...... in that sense
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