Discussion
Which part of the following sentence has an error in it ?
"Once you have made this decision (a) there would be (b) no going back" (c), Ram warned me (d).
Answer: B
The error is in part (b), 'there would be'.
The sentence is a first conditional about a real future situation: once you have made this decision, a certain result follows. The main clause should use 'will': 'Once you have made this decision there will be no going back.' 'Would' belongs to hypothetical (second conditional) sentences, which pair it with a past tense such as 'Once you made...'.
Part (a), 'Once you have made this decision', correctly uses the present perfect for a completed action in a time clause. Part (c), 'no going back', is an idiomatic expression, and part (d), 'Ram warned me', is a correct reporting clause.
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