Quick Writing question on subjunctive/conditional?

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<p>I looked around silverturtle's guide and Google CC but couldn't figure it out.</p>

<p>[If she would have been offered] an internship in Atlanta, Tamika would have to rent out her apartment in Chicago.</p>

<p>A)If she would have been offered
B)Were she to be offered</p>

<p>The explanation on CB didn't really help. Why can't Choice A be right? </p>

<p>Thanks CC</p>

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<p>Is this a common type of question on the SAT?</p>

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<p>I think for choice A to be right the second part of the sentence would have to read “Tamika would have had to rent out her apartment in Chicago.”</p>

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<p>The correct answer is B. This is considered with the if clause rule !!</p>

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<p>answer choice a doesn’t exist in english…since that is the past unreal condition, the first part, the if clause, must be in past perfect</p>

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<p>The Si (if) clause rules in French work really well in English, as far as I can tell:</p>

<ol>
<li>If+present tense=Present, Future, Imperative</li>
</ol>

<p>-If I hit him, he will kill me.
-If you hire me, I make money.
-If he touches you, hit him.</p>

<ol>
<li>If+imparfait in French (was/were verbing)=Conditional</li>
</ol>

<p>-If she really were hitting on you, you would be dating by now.</p>

<ol>
<li>If+plus-que-parfait in French (had been verbing)=Past conditional</li>
</ol>

<p>-If she had been hitting on you, you would have been dating by now.</p>

<p>Subjunctive only shows up with stuff like importance, necessity, fear, wishing, wanting, etc. It rarely shows up with “if.”</p>

<p>-It’s important that he take out the trash.</p>

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<p>I agree with mcamp78; “If she were to be offered” is in the past tense, and “would have to” (which appears later in the sentence) doesn’t match up. This is from the PSAT right?</p>

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<p>Lol yeah it was from the PSAT.</p>

<p>So the rule of if then sentences is that the if part has to be in the past tense. Whew I need to brush up on grammar</p>

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<p>no…ok so there are 6 types of conditional sentences. The past, present, future real conditional and the past, present, future unreal conditional. For each conditional there exists a verb order. In this case, the sentence is past unreal, so the if clause must be in past perfect. </p>

<p>A good example of when the if clause isn’t in past tense is the present real conditional.
If water heats to 100c, it boils.</p>