Sentence Correction

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.


If anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated

Had anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers anticipated

If any people at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated

If any people at InterCom Financial Advisers had anticipated

If anybody at InterCom Financial Advisers anticipated

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IMO: A because in this the would have clause is going parallel with the rest of the sentence which is in the have tone..isn't it or am i getting something wrong here..pls explain

Correct Option:- D

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See MGMAT SC Verb tense mood chapter case 5 of if ... then construction

Case that never happened in the past

If past perfect, then conditional perfect

A/C/E - no past perfect - eliminate
B - anyone is singular but we use 'they' - wrong

Only D fits perfectly.

didn't get what u are tryin to say....
still confused with the use of had!

heymayank08 wrote:didn't get what u are tryin to say....
still confused with the use of had!

Did you check the book ? ?

ohk ohk it is clearly stated there..
if ..then construction

Hello all,

In a If ... Then ... construction, Isn't "then" compulsory ?
Just confused my way about the answer.

Thanks
Penguinfoot

I understand the use of the third conditional here (If...then), but I have a question with the use of "any people" in option D. Why do we use any people and not anyone? Also, what is wrong with B? B was my first choice.

Thanks