(A) was
(B) to be
(C) of being
(D) should be
(E) had to be
Solution:
Idioms
“Expected X to be Y” is the correct idiom.
Therefore, B is the best choice.
Rest all four are unidiomatic.
Sentence Correction - 1000 Questions with Solution:
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SC-264/1000: During the first one hundred fifty years of the existence of this republic
264. During the first one hundred fifty years of the existence of this republic, no one expected the press was fair; newspapers were mostly shrill, scurrilous, and partisan.
(A) was
(B) to be
(C) of being
(D) should be
(E) had to be
Solution:
Idioms
“Expected X to be Y” is the correct idiom.
Therefore, B is the best choice.
Rest all four are unidiomatic.
Sentence Correction - 1000 Questions with Solution:Last edited by Grammarian Freak; 12-17-2013, 07:47 PM.
