Multiple choice

Directions: The 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 federal circuit found that the Jury’s verdict on obviousness were plainly affected by their conclusion.

  1. were plainly affected by their conclusion.

  2. was plainly affected by its conclusion.

  3. were plainly affected by its conclusion.

  4. were plainly affected by his conclusion.

  5. was plainly affected by their conclusion.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Option (2) is grammatically the mot correct option. (1), (3) and (4) are incorrect because the subject (the Jury’s verdict) is singular and will take a singular helping verb (was). (5) is incorrect because of usage of wrong pronoun (their) which could have been used if the subject was a plural.

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