Question

In the following questions, a sentence is divided into four parts in which two parts contain errors. Find out the erroneous parts and choose the combination that represents the parts with errors. If all parts are free from error, choose option E as your answer. Had the authorities acted (

Q: Answer-In the following questions, a sentence is divided into four parts in which two parts contain errors....

Part C The sentence refers to a hypothetical past situation using Had the authorities acted. The corresponding result clause should use would have past participle. Here, would had received is incorrect. Part D could prevents is incorrect because a modal auxiliary such as could must be followed by the base form of the verb. Therefore, could prevents should be changed to could prevent. Correct Sentence Had the authorities acted promptly, the affected communities would have received the relief before the situation became more serious and the authorities could prevent further losses.