________ the legal counsel reviewed the contractual terms more thoroughly last week, they would not be scrambling to fix this loophole right now.
Choose the correct word to complete the inverted conditional sentence.

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A Had not
B Hadn't
C Had
D If

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Answer: C. Had

Correct Answer: c) Had
Explanation: This is an inverted mixed conditional: 'Had the legal counsel reviewed...' means 'If the legal counsel had reviewed...'. 'If' would need 'had' after the subject, and 'Had not'/'Hadn't' would reverse the meaning.

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