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The obviously bitter actress stated that had the director known what h [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2017, 11:28
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The obviously bitter actress stated that had the director known what he was doing, the play would have run for more than one night.

(A) had the director known what he was doing, the play would have run

(B) if the director would have known what he was doing, the play would have run

(C) if the director had known what he was doing, they would run

(D) had the director known what he was doing, they would run

(E) if the director knew what he was doing, they would have run

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Re: The obviously bitter actress stated that had the director known what h [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2017, 11:53
Had known ...would have
correct construction
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Re: The obviously bitter actress stated that had the director known what h [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2017, 23:22
The obviously bitter actress stated that had the director known what he was doing, the play would have run for more than one night.

(A) had the director known what he was doing, the play would have run (Correct)
(B) if the director would have known what he was doing, the play would have run (Need past perfect tense in the "If Clause")
(C) if the director had known what he was doing, they would run (Usage of would have is correct)
(D) had the director known what he was doing, they would run (Same as C)
(E) if the director knew what he was doing, they would have run (Usage of only 'would' is correct)

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Re: The obviously bitter actress stated that had the director known what h [#permalink] New post   27 Jul 2017, 13:03
Can someone please explain this
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Re: The obviously bitter actress stated that had the director known what h [#permalink] New post   27 Jul 2017, 13:15
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Can someone please explain this


The obviously bitter actress stated that had the director known what he was doing, the play would have run for more than one night.

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(A) had the director known what he was doing, the play would have run
No grammatical errors in the sentence. KEEP!

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(B) if the director would have known what he was doing, the play would have run

'If' construction requires the use of past perfect tense, so 'would' is incorrect.
The one in red should be 'had known' to be correct.

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(C) if the director had known what he was doing, they would run
(D) had the director known what he was doing, they would run
(E) if the director knew what he was doing, they would have run

'they' has no antecedent, so all three of these options are OUT.

So A is the answer.
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