Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The Civil war in Bosnia made it unavoidable that the UN would intervene to prevent a humanitarian crisis.

  1. it unavoidable that the UN would intervene

  2. it unavoidable that the UN intervene in order

  3. the intervention of the UN unavoidable in order

  4. it unavoidable that the UN intervened

  5. it unavoidable that the UN intervene
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E Correct answer
Explanation

The option corrects error of the subjunctive/importance; if the modifying clause emphasizes the importance of an action in the subjunctive, the latter does not take any helping verb (would, in this case).

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