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.

Some analysts of democracy feel that true democracy exists only when the liberty of both personal expression and unrestricted protesting against elected government are accepted as inviolate rights of the citizens.

  1. both personal expression and unrestricted protesting against elected government are accepted as inviolate rights of the citizens

  2. both personal expression and unrestricted protest against elected government are accepted as inviolate rights of the citizens

  3. both personal expression and unrestricted protest against elected government is accepted as an inviolate right of the citizens

  4. personal expression and unrestricted protest against the government are accepted as inviolate rights of the citizens

  5. personal expression and unrestricted protest by the citizens against the government is accepted as their inviolate right

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. The option removes subject-verb agreement error by using singular verb 'is' for singular subject - liberty. Also, the option corrects unidiomatic usage by changing 'protesting' to 'protest'.