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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
Let me know your basis for selecting the right answer!
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rahulraao 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
Let me know your basis for selecting the right answer!
B for me.
A - wrong tense "would have"
C - "any people"?
D - same as C
E - wrong tense "anticipated" past perfect tense should be used, which you see used in B, hence my choice.
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B is correct with if-clause type 3: "if" can be eliminated with the condition of putting had/were/should in front of the if-clause.
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B for me.
D is good only if the comma before "the impending sale of the Koniko kelp processing plant" was removed. With the comma, D will sound very awkward.
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B.
A. would is incorrect.
B. correct.
C. same as A.
D. anybody????????????
E. need had because it is conditional....
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HIMALAYA wrote: B.
A. would is incorrect.
B. correct.
C. same as A.
D. anybody????????????
E. need had because it is conditional....
I think B is not as good as D. The comma before 'the impending sale ...' means a short pause when you're reading it. In this sense, B would result in a very awkward sentence.
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ywilfred wrote: HIMALAYA wrote: B.
A. would is incorrect.
B. correct.
C. same as A.
D. anybody????????????
E. need had because it is conditional.... I think B is not as good as D. The comma before 'the impending sale ...' means a short pause when you're reading it. In this sense, B would result in a very awkward sentence. hmmmmmmm....... 
agree with the change but for different reason. to agree with they in IC, i think we need any people (plural) not anyone (anyone).
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IMO D is the answer
A,B and E can be eliminated. The pronoun they have to refer to a plural noun.
So, left with C and D. I pick D since had anticipated refers to a prior event. If..people..had anticipated, they would have....
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I would go for D...because 'people' are plural..
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macca wrote: IMO D is the answer
A,B and E can be eliminated. The pronoun they have to refer to a plural noun.
So, left with C and D. I pick D since had anticipated refers to a prior event. If..people..had anticipated, they would have....
Pricisely my reasoning! OA is indeed D!
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I would have chosen D if the sentence were worded anyone or anybody rather than any people. Any people still doesn`t sound natural to me.
OE?
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I'm going with B
had anyone anticipated ==> if anyone had anticipated the sale, they would have
I don't think you can say, if any people...
OA please
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kimmyg wrote: I'm going with B
had anyone anticipated ==> if anyone had anticipated the sale, they would have
I don't think you can say, if any people...
OA please
I think given that anyone and anybody are all singular indefinite pronouns, they don't really go well with the pronoun 'they' later on in the sentence.
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rahulraao 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
Let me know your basis for selecting the right answer!
I shall go with B.
I have also have a question to this group, any sentence starting with "if" should have a "then" somewhere in the statement isn't it. This was how I chose my answer to B. I would appreciate if someone could clarify my doubt.
Sreeni
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