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Indentifying Sentence Errors:
1) Which part (A, B, C, or D) in the below sentence is incorrect? Choose E if there is no error.
If any signer of the Constitution (A) was to return to life (B) for a day, his opinion (C) of our amendments (D) would be interesting.

A)You are right. "If any signer of the Constitution were to return to life…" is correct. The verb in the "if clause" of a present contrary-to-fact conditional statement must have a past subjunctive form (were). See Grammar and Usage Refresher 9d, p. 497.

(B) This part is correct. The part (A) is incorrect. "If any signer of the Constitution were to return to life…" is correct. The verb in the "if clause" of a present contrary-to-fact conditional statement must have a past subjunctive form (were). See Grammar and Usage Refresher 9d, p. 497.

C) This part is correct. The part (A) is incorrect. "If any signer of the Constitution were to return to life…" is correct. The verb in the "if clause" of a present contrary-to-fact conditional statement must have a past subjunctive form (were). See Grammar and Usage Refresher 9d, p. 497.

D) This part is correct. The part (A) is incorrect. "If any signer of the Constitution were to return to life…" is correct. The verb in the "if clause" of a present contrary-to-fact conditional statement must have a past subjunctive form (were). See Grammar and Usage Refresher 9d, p. 497.

E) No. Part (A) is incorrect. "If any signer of the Constitution were to return to life…" is correct. The verb in the "if clause" of a present contrary-to-fact conditional statement must have a past subjunctive form (were). See Grammar and Usage Refresher 9d, p. 497.