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 great conflict generated by the debate in urban middle-class homes over love versus arranged marriages is precisely about whether people belong to themselves or to wider communities.

  1. over love versus arranged marriages is precisely about whether people belong

  2. over love versus arranged marriages is precisely whether people belong

  3. over love marriages versus arranged marriages is precisely about whether people belong

  4. over love marriage versus arranged marriages is precisely about whether people belong

  5. over love marriages versus arranged marriages is precisely whether people belong

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence suffers from the error of comparison. The debate is over two types of marriage, not between two types of bonding: marriage and love. This option rectifies the error by adding 'marriages' after 'love'.