In the following question, some part of the sentence is underlined. Which of the options given below the sentence should replace the part underlined to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given, choose option 4 'No correction required' as the answer.
It was quite clear that the judge could be able to declare the final judgement in the subsequent hearing of the case.
The correct answer is option 3.
There is an error in the underlined part of the sentence and it should be replaced with 'would be able' to make it grammatically correct.
As the sentence begins with ‘Past Indefinite Tense’, the subsequent part will be in ‘Past Tense’ as well. Hence, option A and option B are needed to be deducted at the first instance. Also, ‘could be able’ is wrong to use, as ‘can and could’ don’t take ‘able’ with it as they denote an ability by themselves.