Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the grammatically correct phrase from the given options for the underlined phrase.

Freud saw the ability to love and the willingness to work to be hallmarks of full maturity.

  1. love and the willingness to work by

  2. love and the willingness to work for

  3. love and the willingness to work as

  4. love, as he did the willingness to work, to be

  5. love, as the willingness to work, as being
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C Correct answer
Explanation

'...to work to be' is incorrect here. The correct phrasal usage is '...the willingness to work as...'. 

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