Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: Had he been knowing (1)/ about the regulatory changes (2)/ he would not have proceeded (3)/ with the merger deal. (4)
(1)
'Know' is a stative verb (a verb of mental state), and stative verbs are not normally used in continuous forms; we say 'I know', not 'I am knowing'.
The sentence is an unreal past condition with the result 'he would not have proceeded', so the if-clause needs the past perfect: 'If he had known', or with inversion, 'Had he known'.
So 'Had he been knowing' must be 'Had he known'.
'About the regulatory changes' uses the correct preposition after 'know', 'he would not have proceeded' is the correct result clause, and 'proceed with the merger deal' is the correct collocation.
Hence, (1).
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