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Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Not one of the potential investors is expected to make an offer to buy

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himanshu0123 wrote:

in choice A]

''that includes a provision for penalties if the deal were''

when if conditional is used in past tense, should not we say 'included' instead of includes?

isn't this arule?


First of all, nothing in this sentence is in the past, because the sentence describes hypothetical future possibilities: ("Not one investor isexpected to make an offeruntil ...")
The past tense, therefore, would just be wrong.



"If the dealwere ..." is called the subjunctive. It's used
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