PQOTD 2/12/09

Which choice would best improve this sentence? If the sentence is fine as is, choose (A).

If I had the address, I would have delivered the package myself.

A. had the address,
B. had the address;
C. had the address-
D. had had the address;
E. had had the address,

“If I had the had address” needs to be followed by “I would deliver. . . .” We can’t change that, though, because it is not underlined. The underlined part needs to be changed to the past perfect tense:  “If I had had the address. . .” That eliminates (A), (B), and (C). (D) will not work because a semi-colon cannot be used to separate a dependent clause from and independent clause. The answer is (E).

source:  testprepreview.com

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