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19 Feb 2021, 23:08
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The term Population Attributable Risk has been described as the reduction in incidence that would be observed if the population was entirely unexposed, compared with its current, actual exposure pattern
(A) has been described as the reduction in incidence that would be observed if the population was entirely unexposed, compared with its current, actual exposure pattern
(B) has been described as the reduction in incidence that would be observed if the population were entirely unexposed, compared with its current, actual exposure pattern
(C) has been described as the reduction in incidence that would have been observed if the population were entirely unexposed, compared to its current, actual exposure pattern
(D) can be described as the reduction in incidence that would be observed if the population was entirely unexposed, compared with its current, actual exposure pattern
(E) could be described as the reduction in incidence that would be observed if the population was entirely unexposed, compared with its current, actual exposure pattern
(A) has been described as the reduction in incidence that would be observed if the population was entirely unexposed, compared with its current, actual exposure pattern
(B) has been described as the reduction in incidence that would be observed if the population were entirely unexposed, compared with its current, actual exposure pattern
(C) has been described as the reduction in incidence that would have been observed if the population were entirely unexposed, compared to its current, actual exposure pattern
(D) can be described as the reduction in incidence that would be observed if the population was entirely unexposed, compared with its current, actual exposure pattern
(E) could be described as the reduction in incidence that would be observed if the population was entirely unexposed, compared with its current, actual exposure pattern
23 Feb 2021, 21:04
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jrk23
So when we use If... Then we need to be careful about the tenses. We know that when the Condition or the IF aspect is in simple past then the Outcome or the THEN aspect needs to be in simple past or needs a "would"
Now, "would" is conditional... Something that may happen (a hypothetical situation) and we know that when we talk about something hypothetical from a firt person singular context subjunctive is needed.
E.g. If I were the president, I would pass a new law.
So keeping this in mind, the above sentence is talking about a hypothetical situation of a singular entity "The population" and hence we will need a plural verb "were"
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19 Feb 2021, 23:32
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The trick is to catch SUBJUNCTIVE
