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 is like the passion of love that lends beauties and graces to the object, and makes those who are caught by it consider the thing which they love other and more perfect than it is.

  1. It is like the passion of love that lends beauties and graces to the object, and makes those

  2. It is like the passion of love that lends beauty and grace to the object and makes those

  3. It is like the passion of love that lends beauty and grace to the object, and make those

  4. It is compared to the passion of love that lends beauty and grace to the object and makes those

  5. It is much the passion of love that lends beauty and grace to the object and makes those
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Explanation for (1): The original sentence incorrectly uses the plural forms 'beauties' and 'graces'. 

Justification for (2): The option correctly uses the singular form of the abstract nouns 'beauty' and 'grace'.

Explanation for (3): The correct form of the verb is 'makes' as it agrees with 'passion of love'. 
Explanation for (4): The option changes the import of the sentence by changing the preposition 'like' to 'compared to'.  Explanation for (5): The option changes the preposition 'like' to 'much' and changes the intent of the sentence.

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