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Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

If you would have taken out a second mortgage to finance your vacation, you would be in trouble now that you are out of work.
  1. Remove the tense shift.
  2. Fix the parallel structure.
  3. Fix subject/verb agreement.
  4. Fix the comma splice.
Explanation
Answer: A - The sentence is most improved by removing the unnecessary tense shift. This is an example of a conditional sentence, and the tenses can get tricky. A possible fix might be, “If you had taken out a second mortgage to finance your vacation, you would be in trouble now that you are out of work.”
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