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If anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers would have [#permalink]
 03 Apr 2009, 11:28
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340. 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
anyone vs anypeople??? basically B, and D are same except anyone/anypeople ...
explain your choices ...
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Re: 1000 SC -- anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers [#permalink]
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The pronoun "they" is plural; therefore, its antecedent must be plural. That means the answer cannot be A, B, or E. ("Anyone" is singular. "People" is plural.) "Would have anticipated" is not the correct tense, so the answer can't be C. Therefore, the answer must be D.
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Re: 1000 SC -- anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers [#permalink]
04 Apr 2009, 06:50
Raison wrote: D.
The pronoun "they" is plural; therefore, its antecedent must be plural. That means the answer cannot be A, B, or E. ("Anyone" is singular. "People" is plural.) "Would have anticipated" is not the correct tense, so the answer can't be C. Therefore, the answer must be D. Raison... thanks .. didn't see that ..yes OA is D.
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Re: If anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers would have [#permalink]
18 Apr 2012, 22:55
This is the case that never happened in the past
If past perfect, then Conditional Perfect..
So D is the one which fits this..
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Re: If anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers would have [#permalink]
20 Apr 2012, 16:04
Ugh, went for B, didn't think anyone was singular and conflicted with they.. good call.
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Re: If anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers would have [#permalink]
27 Jan 2013, 04:11
What would you replace 'they' with to make the sentence singular??
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