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Multiple Choice

Directions: The following question presents a sentence, part of which or all of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Machines replacing human labor, there was wide anticipation that the workweek would continue to become shorter.

  1. Machines replacing human labor, there was wide anticipation that
  2. When machines replaced human labor, there was wide anticipation
  3. As machines replaced human labor, it was widely anticipated that
  4. Insofar as machines replaced human labor, it was widely anticipated
  5. Human labor being replaced by machines, there was wide anticipation that
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