Multiple choice

Jobs broke with the management at Apple in a bitter dispute over the control of the company.

  1. in a bitter dispute over

  2. over bitterly disputing

  3. after there was a bitter dispute over

  4. after having bitterly disputed about

  5. over a bitter dispute about
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The correct usage is ‘a dispute over’. Option (3) by using ‘after there was ....’ changes the very meaning by implying that the break-up happened after the dispute which is clearly not the sense implied. Hence (1).

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