when to use "of them" and would

[amitk.rules]

hi

i have been solving some sentence correction questions and i find that many questions want "to them" removes attached to the underlined portion . say q) I inspect schools and i found unsafe conditions in 76% of them .

In answer chioce that was correct saiid : I found 76% had unsafe conditions .

I felt of them is important . and answer is wrong . please guide .



2) what is the meaning of would . if would exists in answer choice , can i drop it from a tentative answer ?
Q) i am sure this is to happen on 10th january and the name would later be known as paradoxilla.
ans) the name later to be known as paradoxilla

can we drop would like this ?

[esledge]

It sounds like you thought the "of them" made the 76% unambiguous: 76% of the schools had unsafe conditions.
But the other sentence is not only more concise but also unambiguous: 76% can't be taken out of anything else in the sentence (in fact, the only other noun is I), so it must mean the percent of schools.

I hesitate to make a blanket statement about dropping "would," as it probably depends on many other things happening in a sentence, as well as the intended meaning.

"Would" is used for unlikely/tentative cases in the future:
If Luke ran the marathon tomorrow, then he would aggravate his ankle injury.

"Would" is also used for cases that never actually happened in the past:
If Luke had run the marathon yesterday, then he would have aggravated his ankle injury.

In your example, I think "would" works because the event has yet to be named (thus is tentative).