teaserbae wrote:
daagh AjiteshArunin option E there is no present tense after if so how the if then clause is correct ?
According to the space agency, the proposed transmitter would not last barely a month if it is subjected to the intense heat of space.
Meaning-proposed transmitter would last atmost a month, if transmitter is subjected to heat.
Error: if then construction: if(present tense "is" ) , then (present / future) . If there is uncertainty in "if clause" ,then "would" can be used for "then construction".
A)would not last barely a month if it is - mentioned above.
B) could not last hardly a month if it is - not /hardly - wrong ... If(present"is"), then could.. ( uncertainty) WRONG.
C) will last no more than hardly a month if it is
- no more /hardly.
D) would not last a month if it will be - if( future tense) , then would( uncertainty)... If(certain "will"... the event will happen..it is not a speculation...so whenever "if clause has " will", then there is a certainty about the event.
Uncertainty in "if clause" or speculation/ something which hasn't happened yet but we are speculating about it , we use "were"
For eg: if it were Christmas, I would be singing jingles righr now.
( It isn't Christmas yet.. I am speculating a moment in the future ...so what happens after the "if clause" is my opinion, but an opinion may not be a fact or may not actually happen so use of "would" is warranted..
Remember to use " if were...then would" for complete uncertainty...
E) will not last a month if
- here "if then ", construction is not used... "If subjected" is used as a modifier modifying " transmitter"
Rearrange -
According to the space agency, the proposed transmitter, if subjected (participle modifier) is subjected to the intense heat of space, will not last a month.
Then construction is not optimal per se , but it is the best amongt the five
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