If a latter-day Robinson Crusoe was marooned on an island with an eclectic mix of palms,he could eat dates and coconut meat, relax in a palm recliner in his palm-post bungalow under a palm-thatch roof, buff his palm-plank surfboard with carnauba palm wax and watch a palm-fringed sunset.
A. If a latter-day Robinson Crusoe was marooned on an island with an eclectic mix of palms, he could eat dates and coconut meat, relax in a palm recliner in his palm-post bungalow under a palm-thatch roof,
B. If a latter-day Robinson Crusoe was marooned on an island with an eclectic mix of palms,he could eat dates and coconut meat, relaxing in a palm recliner in his palm-post bungalow under a palm-thatch roof,
C. If a latter-day Robinson Crusoe were marooned on an island with an eclectic mix of palms,he could eat dates and coconut meat, relax in a palm recliner in his palm-post bungalow under a palm-thatch roof,
D. If a latter-day Robinson Crusoe were marooned on an island with an eclectic mix of palms,he could eat dates and coconut meat, relaxing in a palm recliner in his palm-post bungalow under a palm-thatch roof,
E. If a latter-day Robinson Crusoe was marooned on an island with an eclectic mix of palms, he could eat dates and coconut meat, to relax in a palm recliner in his palm-post bungalow under a palm-thatch roof,
Solution (Posted on Dec 10th):
The best answer is C. The sentence starts with the word if setting up a conditional situation. The correct form of to be with a conditional is were.
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