Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Below are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of the substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (4) as your answer.

He threatened that he would shoot me unless I didn't give him the money.

  1. if

  2. whether

  3. if not

  4. No improvement
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A Correct answer
Explanation

'Unless' means 'if not', so using 'unless' with 'didn't' creates an incorrect double negative. Changing 'unless' to 'if' results in 'if I didn't give him the money', which is grammatically sound.

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