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Why not B but D ?

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Why not B but D ?

by hey_thr67 » Sun Jun 26, 2011 5:03 am
If anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated, or even suspected, the impending sale of the Koniko kelp processing plant, they would have advised owners of Koniko stock to unload all shares immediately.

(A) If anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated
(B) Had anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers anticipated
(C) If any people at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated
(D) If any people at InterCom Financial Advisers had anticipated
(E) If anybody at InterCom Financial Advisers anticipated
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by sameerballani » Sun Jun 26, 2011 5:12 am
hey_thr67 wrote:If anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated, or even suspected, the impending sale of the Koniko kelp processing plant, they would have advised owners of Koniko stock to unload all shares immediately.

(A) If anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated
(B) Had anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers anticipated
(C) If any people at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated
(D) If any people at InterCom Financial Advisers had anticipated
(E) If anybody at InterCom Financial Advisers anticipated
Simply to maintain the IF..., THEN... structure. If we don't use IF , then it appears as opening modifier, which wont be modifying anything.
And here we are introducing conditional If X then Y, so its better to us IF. THEN.

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by Frankenstein » Sun Jun 26, 2011 5:50 am
Hi,
I believe B is incorrect because, 'they' cannot refer to anyone(singular) where as in D 'they can refer to 'any people(plural)'. I have never come across usage of 'any people'. So, expert opinion might be better here.
Can the OP post the source as well.
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by hey_thr67 » Sun Jun 26, 2011 7:01 am
Ohk ... I missed the they part... but is "any people" in option D correct ? I first time encountered this construction.
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by hey_thr67 » Sun Jun 26, 2011 7:01 am
Ohk ... I missed the they part... but is "any people" in option D correct ? I first time encountered this construction. The source is SC 1000 problem number 340.
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by aspirant2011 » Sun Jun 26, 2011 11:30 am
hey_thr67 wrote:Ohk ... I missed the they part... but is "any people" in option D correct ? I first time encountered this construction. The source is SC 1000 problem number 340.
yup any can be used for both singular and plural, ANY falls into the category of SANAM pronouns which can either be singular or plural........
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