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.

They might have been a trifle stunned at first, but all would soon have come round, and all would have been joy.

  1. but all would soon have come round, and all would have been joy

  2. but would soon have come round, and all would have been joy

  3. but they would soon have come around, and all would have been joy

  4. but they would soon come round, and all would be joy

  5. but would soon have come round, and all might have been joy
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Explanation for (1): The sentence involves a shift in the subject from 'they' to 'all' and does not even use 'all of them'.

Justification for (2): Although we could use 'they' a second time, a better option is to skip the repetitive pronoun altogether. Hence, (2) is the best option.

Explanation for (3): This option incorrectly replaces 'come round' with 'come around'. 
Explanation for (4): This option uses the simple present 'come' instead of the present perfect 'have come' and results in inconsistency of tense. Explanation for (5): This option incorrectly replaces 'would' with 'might'.

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