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Direction: In the following questions some of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from errors, then your answer is (4) i.e. No error.

  1. Solve the question according to given instruction
    1. The political candidate talked
    2. as if she has already been elected
    3. to the presidency.
    4. No error.
Correct Option: B

had will replace has because –
Use of as if indicates an imaginary situation or a situation that may not be true. The Verb after as if is always in the Past Subjunctive.
Hence, as if she had already been elected is the right usage



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