what's a subjunctive mood??

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what's a subjunctive mood??

by mehaksal » Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:55 am
art museums do not usually think of their collections as capital or consider the interest income that would be generated if a portion of the capital would have been invested in another form.

(A) be generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(B) have been generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(C) be generated if a portion of the capital were
(D) be generated if a portion of the capital was
(E) be generated if a portion of the capital had been
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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:17 pm
mehaksal wrote:art museums do not usually think of their collections as capital or consider the interest income that would be generated if a portion of the capital would have been invested in another form.

(A) be generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(B) have been generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(C) be generated if a portion of the capital were
(D) be generated if a portion of the capital was
(E) be generated if a portion of the capital had been
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by confuse mind » Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:05 pm
mehaksal wrote:art museums do not usually think of their collections as capital or consider the interest income that would be generated if a portion of the capital would have been invested in another form.

(A) be generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(B) have been generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(C) be generated if a portion of the capital were
(D) be generated if a portion of the capital was
(E) be generated if a portion of the capital had been

Mehak,please take one more minute to underline the part of the section while posting a question. A humble request to you please that has been repeated to you many times by other folks also.

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by mehaksal » Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:35 am
I do make sure to cross check the underlining before posting...smhw it doesn't appear at tyms!

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by mehaksal » Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:39 am
m skeptical about E...

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by confuse mind » Tue Aug 14, 2012 6:35 pm
The correct conditionals are:

If were ..., then would/could ....
If had...., then would have ....


IMO - C.
I chose were, i.e, C over D because it is a hypothetical conditional.

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