Multiple choice

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

Far from protecting the lawful right of adults to marry of their own free will, the tribal Jirgas and feudal leaders pressurized the provincial government to succumb.

  1. the tribal Jirgas and feudal leaders pressurized the provincial government to succumb.

  2. the provincial government was made to succumb under pressure from the tribal Jirgas and feudal leaders.

  3. the provincial government succumbed under the pressure of Jirgas and feudal leaders.

  4. the provincial government succumbed under the pressures of Jirgas and of feudal leaders.

  5. the tribal Jirgas and feudal leaders made the provincial government succumb under pressure.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence structure is clunky and uses 'pressurized' in a way that implies the government was forced to succumb, but Option C is more direct and grammatically idiomatic by stating the government 'succumbed under the pressure'.

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