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Discussion Forum : Sentence Improvement - Section 1 (Q.No. 3)
Sentence Improvement
Directions to Solve

In questions given below, a part of the sentence is italicised and underlined. Below are given alternatives to the italicised part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.

3.
If the room had been brighter, I would have been able to read for a while before bed time.
If the room was brighter
If the room are brighter
Had the room been brighter
No improvement
Answer: Option
Explanation:
No answer description is available. Let's discuss.
Discussion:
50 comments Page 3 of 5.
Priya sri said:   7 years ago
In a sentence will it come twice as had been or have been?

Option A must be right.
Prasanta said:   7 years ago
Thanks a lot @Damini.
Anurag Kothari said:   2 months ago
@Harini

I feel that this isn't the correct reason because of that is in the present perfect tense, then it should have come in between with been not at the start.
Priyanka said:   8 years ago
In past conditional sentence, we can write; If+sub+had+V3 or Had+sub+V3 so question and option C grammatically right but the question is a sentence improvement that's why the 2nd form is a more requisite sentence.
Nayeem said:   8 years ago
"If" should be followed by "Then". As we don't have "Then" in the given sentence, we need to remove "If". Hence the answer: C.
Tanu said:   1 decade ago
If room were brighter.
Mayank Dubey said:   1 decade ago
C is correct but the given sentence is also correct.Meaning is exactly same and correct.if+Noun+Had OR Had+Noun is same.
Regards,
mayank Dubey
Asitha said:   1 decade ago
Why not D?
Nitin said:   1 decade ago
The question is choose the alternative so that we can improve. So we have to choose the answer if given. Both are correct.
Raghul said:   1 decade ago
Why not option A? Its past tense. Its correct.
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