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English grammar error-spotting (subjunctive after ‘‘If I were you’’ and conditional consistency): Read the sentence split into parts (A–D) and identify the erroneous segment; select ‘‘No error’’ if all parts are correct: ‘‘If I am you / I would have seen to it / that I won the prize. / No error.’’

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: If I am you

Explanation:


Given data

  • A: ‘‘If I am you’’
  • B: ‘‘I would have seen to it’’
  • C: ‘‘that I won the prize.’’
  • D: ‘‘No error.’’


Concept / Approach
For unreal/hypothetical comparisons, English uses the subjunctive ‘‘If I were you …’’. Also, match the conditional type: with a present-time hypothetic advice, the natural main clause is ‘‘I would see to it …’’; with past-time hypothetic, use ‘‘If I had been you, I would have seen …’’


Step-by-step check
Step 1: Replace A with ‘‘If I were you …’’ (subjunctive).Step 2: Keep or adjust B–C depending on intended time: advice (present) → ‘‘would see’’; counterfactual past → ‘‘had been … would have seen’’.


Correction (one natural fix)
‘‘If I were you, I would see to it that I won the prize.’’


Common pitfalls

  • Using ‘‘am’’ after ‘‘If I … you’’.
  • Mixing conditional time frames.


Final Answer
If I am you

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