Question

Language Development: Conventions
Identify the choice that best answers the question.

One of the underlined verbs in this pair of sentences is written in the wrong tense.

In The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne says that she longs for fame. She probably never imagined that millions of people now will know her story.

How should the error be corrected?

A. Change longs to will long.
B. Change will know to knew.
C. Change will know to would know.
D. Change imagined to will imagine.

Answer 1

The best choice to correct the error in the sentence is:

**C. Change will know to would know.**

This change ensures that the verb tenses are consistent, as the first part of the sentence is in the past tense ("she longs") and the second part should reflect the same perspective by using "would know" instead of "will know."