________ the financial auditor to discover even a minor discrepancy in the ledger, the entire corporate merger would be immediately suspended.
Choose the correct word to complete this inverted second conditional sentence.

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A Should
B Had
C Were
D Did

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Answer: C. Were

Correct Answer: c) Were
Explanation: For an inverted second conditional sentence involving a action verb, the structure is Were + subject + to-infinitive ("Were the financial auditor to discover..."). This emphasizes a highly improbable or hypothetical future scenario.

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________ the financial auditor to discover even a minor discrepancy in the ledger, the entire corporate merger would be immediately suspended. Choose the correct word to complete this inverted second conditional sentence.

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