Multiple choice

Among the emotions on display in the negotiating room were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal.

  1. were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal

  2. was anger for repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal

  3. were anger over repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin healing

  4. was anger about the issue, which was raised over and over, and preventing the wounds from earlier battles, still raw, to begin healing

  5. were anger about the issue, which was raised repeatedly, and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin to heal
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Error of subject verb agreement. Here, the subject is singular, so the auxiliary needs to be singular. Now the fact has been properly expressed in option 2, not in option 4.

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