Multiple choice

For all his avowed contempt of such pursuits, the scholar was quite a resolute Hollywood aficionado.

  1. For all his avowed contempt of such pursuits

  2. Having always avowed contempt for such pursuits

  3. All such pursuits were, he avowed, held in contempt, and

  4. Avowing that all such pursuits were held in contempt

  5. In spite of avowals of holding in contempt all such pursuits
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Explanation

‘For all’ in option (1) means ‘despite’ which makes the sentence meaningful with the contrast following the comma. All other options are either not structured correct grammatically or alter the very meaning of the sentence. Hence (1)

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