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princeton subjunctive question

by dj_vinayak » Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:04 am
If the salary cap of the National Basketball Association were to be removed,the cost of running a championship team would increase by atleast two million dollars or more.

(b) Were the salary cap of the National Basketball Association to be removed,the cost of running a championship team would increase by atleast two million dollars.

OA is b

I chose the wrong one but I am still not clear on the reason behind it.
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by akhpad » Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:21 am
Choice A and B both are hypothetical sentence and they are almost same.

In such construction, Subjective case required after were [verb of the form to be].

This is reason that B is better than A.
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by paes » Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:23 am
in A

at least two billion dolor or more -> here 'or more' is redundant.
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by akhpad » Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:38 am
paes wrote:in A

at least two billion dolor or more -> here 'or more' is redundant.
Yes, this is another reason to reject A.
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