Question

    Find out the error according to the grammar

    and context of the given sentences. If there is no error, mark option 5 as the answer, i.e. No error. (Ignore the punctuation errors, if any.) If the government took stricter measures against illegal mining, it would have prevented the severe environmental degradation we see today.
    A If the government took stricter measures Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B against illegal mining Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C it would have prevented Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D the severe environmental degradation Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    This is a mixed conditional error. For a past action (preventing degradation) affecting the present, the correct phrase is "If the government had taken stricter measures." The past perfect "had taken" aligns with the conditional form "would have prevented."

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