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Choose the part of the sentence that contains a grammatical error. Ignore errors in punctuation. Choose option 5 if there is no error.

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Choose the part of the sentence that contains a grammatical error. Ignore errors in punctuation. Choose option 5 if there is no error.


Had she started (1) / from home an hour earlier, (2) / she will have reached the (3) / convention centre on time. (4) / No Error (5)
1). 1
2). 2
3). 3
4). 4

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There is a tense consistency error in the sentence. It should have been “Had she started from home an hour earlier, she would have reached the convention centre on time.”

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