Question

Rewrite the sentence making an inversion in the conditional clause.

If Ramesh hadn’t squandered all his savings, he wouldn’t be poor now.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The inversion of conditional sentence for the given statement in question can be written as;

If Ramesh had squandered all his savings, then he would be poor now.​  

A complete conditional sentence contain two major portions, one a conditional clause which is normally used with If statements. The other portion is the consequence phrase that a certain event would occur if first condition is found true.

Answer 2

Rewrite the sentence making an inversion in the conditional clause.

Explanation:

• Inversion is used in conditional sentences where 'if' is replaced by 'had,' 'were,' and 'should.'

• The inversion is made in a conditional clause to make the sentence formal.

• The sentence can be changed as:

Original - If Ramesh hadn’t squandered all his savings, he wouldn’t be poor now.​

Rewritten - Had Ramesh not squandered all his savings, he wouldn’t be poor now.​