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English Conditional Sentences

Choose the correct sentence.

A If the data had been backed up, the team wouldn't lose the files now.

B If the data had been backed up, the team wouldn't have lost the files.

C If the data was backed up, the team wouldn't have lost the files.

D If the data had been backed up, the team won't have lost the files.

Explanation

Since both the cause and the result are firmly in the finished past, the sentence needs the full third conditional pattern: "had been backed up" with "wouldn't have lost," not a mixed or shifted tense.

Reference: Skoolyst English Grammar Guide , Page 8

Hint

If both the cause and the consequence happened entirely in the past, don't shift either clause into the present.

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