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 full House were unanimous in their approval for the bill.

  1. The full House were unanimous in their approval for the bill.

  2. The full House was unanimous in its approval for the bill.

  3. The full House was unanimous in their approval for the bill.

  4. The full House were unanimous in approval for the bill.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The subject of the sentence is the collective “full House” and the action is unanimous; so the verb should be the singular “was”. The pronoun “their” is also incorrect and needs to be rectified. So any choice that fails to correct both the errors is incorrect. Option (2) rectifies both.

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