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.

It was because the framers of the constitution were averse of the kind of unfairness that is built into the two classes of citizens.

  1. were averse of the kind of unfairness that is built into

  2. were averse for the kind of unfairness that is built into

  3. were averse to the kind of unfairness that was built into

  4. were averse to the kind of unfairness that has been built into

  5. were averse at the kind of unfairness that is built into

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The correct prepositional use is 'averse to'. The sentence is in past tense, so the auxiliary verb should be 'was'. And this option rectifies both the errors. 

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