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Digital ACT English Practice Question #1353

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Choose the best option for the underlined portion: If the paleoclimatologist was able to extract uncompressed ice from the deepest core layer, she could reconstruct atmospheric carbon levels from 800,000 years ago.
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In hypothetical 'If' statements with 'would' or 'could' in the result clause, use 'were', never 'was' ('If I were you...').

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The conditional sentence expresses a hypothetical, counterfactual condition ('could reconstruct'). In formal standard English, contrary-to-fact conditional clauses require the subjunctive 'were' rather than the indicative 'was'....

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