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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:" 12px;=""><span new="style=font-size:" 10pt;="" font-family:="" arial;="">Directions:<span new="style=font-size:" 10pt;="" font-family:="" arial;=""> This question presents a sentence, all or part 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.

Believing in his client and in the justice of the claim, he pressed the matter in court and was about to obtain a judgment when he had accidentally discovered, among his client's papers, a receipt which the plaintiff had signed for the very claim under consideration.

  1. when he had accidentally discovered, among his client's papers
  2. when he discovered accidentally, amongst his client's papers
  3. when he had accidentally discovered, amongst his client's papers
  4. when he accidentally discovered, among his client's papers