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Omar Ahmed Posted 9 years ago
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Find the mistake in the following sentence:
1-He's known to come, if he hadn't been, he wouldn't have to complain.

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The exam setter's answer is:

1- He's known to come, if he didn't , he wouldn't have to complain.

Some of my friends say the correct answer is :

1-He's known to come, if he weren't, he wouldn't have to complain.

I would appreciate it if you gave me the correct answer with some explanation.

  

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Both underlined verbs are correct, but with different meanings as shown below. A major error in the sentence is that it actually consists of two sentences that are incorrectly joined. The term for this is 'a run-on sentence'.

— Clive

  • Both underlined verbs are correct, but with different meanings as shown below.
  • A major error in the sentence is that it actually consists of two sentences that are incorrectly joined.
  • The term for this is 'a run-on sentence'.
  • Here is correct English.
  • 1- He's known to come.
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Both underlined verbs are correct, but with different meanings as shown below.

A major error in the sentence is that it actually consists of two sentences that are incorrectly joined. The term for this is 'a run-on sentence'.

Here is correct English.

1- He's known to come. If he didn't (come), he wouldn't have to complain.

1-He's known to come.

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essam gaweesh1-He's known to come, if he hadn't been, he wouldn't have to complain.

There is no single mistake in this mangled and mispunctuated sentence, and no single correction that would turn it into natural English.

(Cross-posted.)

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