WHICH REVISION CORRECT THE ERROR IN THIS SENTENCE A I WOULD HAVE ANSWERED THE PHONE IF I HAD HEARD IT RINGING B HEARING IT RINGING I WOULD OF ANSWERED THE PHONE C I WOULD OF ANSWERED THE PHONE IF I HAD BEEN HEARING IT RINGING D IF I HAD HEARD IT RINGING I,D OF ANSWERED THE PHONE

Answer 1

The correct revision of the sentence would be A: "I would have answered the phone if I had heard it ringing."

The other options contain grammatical errors:

• B: "I would of answered" should be "I would have answered."
• C: "I would of answered" should also be "I would have answered," and "had been hearing" is not appropriate in this context.
• D: "I,D of answered" is a typographical error and should be "I'd have answered."

Thus, option A is the only one that correctly uses the conditional form.