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Most well-known organic farms have built their brand identity on the purity of their products rather than on production efficiency, so they do not consider the additional crops that would be grown if their land would have been treated with chemical fertilizers.
A. be grown if their land would have been
B. have been grown if their land would have been
C. be grown if their land were
D. be grown if their land was
E. be grown if their land had been
A. be grown if their land would have been
B. have been grown if their land would have been
C. be grown if their land were
D. be grown if their land was
E. be grown if their land had been
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18 Aug 2021, 10:00
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Explanation:
Subjunctive Mood + Tenses + Meaning
Understanding the intended meaning is key to solving this question; the intended meaning of the crucial part of this sentence is that most well-known organic farms do not consider the additional crops that would be grown if their land were treated with chemical fertilizers.
• As the context here is imaginative, subjunctive mood is a preferred usage for conveying the intended meaning effectively; remember, “wishful trigger (if) + plural form of verb” is a correct, subjunctive usage; example: "If I were an athlete, I would be super fit".
• The past conditional tense is used to refer to hypothetical or imaginative actions in the past.
• The future conditional tense is the correct tense used for referring to hypothetical future events.
• The past perfect continuous tense (marked by the use of the helping verb "had/have been") is used when a sentence contains two actions in the past and one action is in greater past as well as continuous in nature.
A. The sentence formed by this answer choice incorrectly uses the past conditional tense verb “would have been grown” to refer to a hypothetical future action, additional crops being grown; please remember, the past conditional tense is only used to refer to hypothetical or imaginative actions in the past; the future conditional tense is the correct tense used for referring to hypothetical future events.
B. The sentence formed by this answer choice incorrectly uses the past conditional tense verbs “would have been grown” and “would have been treated” to refer to two hypothetical future actions, additional crops being grown and the organic farms’ land being treated with chemical fertilizers; please remember, the past conditional tense is only used to refer to hypothetical or imaginative actions in the past; the future conditional tense is the correct tense used for referring to hypothetical future events.
C. Correct. The sentence formed by this answer choice correctly uses the future conditional tense verbs "would be grown" and “were treated” to refer to hypothetical future actions, additional crops being grown and the organic farms’ land being treated with chemical fertilizers. Further, by using “if…were treated”, Option C maintains a correct subjunctive mood structure “wishful trigger (if) + plural form of verb (“were treated”)”.
D. Trap. The sentence formed by this answer choice fails to maintain a correct subjunctive mood structure, “wishful trigger (if) + plural form of verb” by using the singular verb “was”; please note, as the context here is imaginative, subjunctive mood is a preferred usage for conveying the intended meaning effectively, and “wishful trigger (if) + plural form of verb (were)” is a correct, subjunctive usage.
E. Trap. The sentence formed by this answer choice incorrectly uses the past perfect continuous tense verb “had been treated” to refer to a hypothetical future event, the organic farms’ land being treated with chemical fertilizers; please remember, the past perfect continuous tense (marked by the use of helping verb "had/have been") is only used when a sentence contains two actions in the past and one action is in greater past as well as continuous in nature; the helping verb "had been" is used with the action that is in the greater past and continuous in nature; the future conditional tense is the correct tense used for referring to hypothetical future events.
C is the best answer choice.
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17 Aug 2021, 08:07
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Answer C
A. For conditional "would" if would have been is incorrect.
B. Same error as is in A. If would have bee. In incorrect conditional
C. Correct.
D. If their land was incorrect. Were to be used in place of was
E. Wrong conditional tense usage
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A. For conditional "would" if would have been is incorrect.
B. Same error as is in A. If would have bee. In incorrect conditional
C. Correct.
D. If their land was incorrect. Were to be used in place of was
E. Wrong conditional tense usage
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