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GATE Overflow Test Series | Verbal Aptitude | Test 1 | Question: 12

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In the following sentence certain parts are underlined and marked P, Q, and R. One of the parts may contain certain error or may not be acceptable in standard written communication. Select the part containing an error. Choose D as your answer if there is no error.

During an epidemic, if organizations provide $\underbrace{\underline{\text{flexibility to employees to work from}}}_{P}$  $\underbrace{\underline{\text{home, it would}}}_{Q}$ $\underbrace{\underline{\text{make them more comfortable}}}_{R}$.
 

  1. P
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  3. R
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"home, it will"
This is First Conditional form - Unreal (has not happened yet) but likely. It has present tense in the conditional clause and "will"+verb in the main clause.
https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/conditionals-verb-tense-in-if-clauses/
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