Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of the sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined part. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A. If not, select one of the other choices. The President announced that the unemployment rate increased much less in the third quarter of the year than had been feared and that the nation’s economy will recover in the last quarter of the year.

  1. had been feared and that the nation’s economy will recover in

  2. had been expected and that the nation’s economy will recover

  3. was feared and that the nation’s economy would recover

  4. it had been feared and that the nation’s economy will recover

  5. was expected and that the nation’s economy will recover
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. The sentence contains no error.

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