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Option 3 : She told him that if he had been more vigilant, the breach would not have occurred.
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सही उत्तर She told him that if he had been more vigilant, the breach would not have occurred. है।
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Choose the correct indirect speech of: She said to him, "Had you been more vigilant, the breach would not have occurred."
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She told him that had he been more vigilant, the breach would not have been occurred.
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She told him that if he was more vigilant, the breach would not occur.
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She told him that if he had been more vigilant, the breach would not have occurred.
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She asked him if he had been more vigilant, the breach would not have occurred.
Correct Answer: She told him that if he had been more vigilant, the breach would not have occurred.
Third conditionals do not shift tense in indirect speech. Option (a) adds a spurious "been", (b) flattens it to the first conditional, and (d) wrongly converts it into a question.
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