Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 5)
Directions to Solve

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).


5.

(solve as per the direction given above)

If I had known
this yesterday
I will have helped him.
No error.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
I would have helped him
Discussion:
78 comments Page 6 of 8.

Anil kumar said:   1 decade ago
It is one of the conditional clause. So according it "ayinatlithe ani vasta" we need to use would, could, should, might.

Dhananjay said:   1 decade ago
Its a rule, If + past perfect, would have + 3rd form.

Shikha said:   1 decade ago
Thanks Sundar.

Tibin said:   1 decade ago
'this yesterday' is that correct??

Srishailam said:   1 decade ago
Thanks sruthika.

Shyamal said:   1 decade ago
Shruthika is right.

Ramesh said:   1 decade ago
Here if has special behavior i.e, if clause is perfect tense ,after the "then" clause we should write future perfect tense... am i right?

Darshan said:   1 decade ago
I go with shru's answer.

Fatal said:   1 decade ago
Shruthika is correct.

Shruthika said:   1 decade ago
"I will have helped him" its coming like presentence okay.

But they have mentioned it as yesterday, so its pastence so we are using "would". I hope Im correct.


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