smackmartine wrote:IMO C
"coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose" is a plural subject, so the verb should be plural too. Only in option B and C "were" properly refers back to the plural subject "coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose"

In option B "outgrowth" is singular and cannot be used for plural noun "coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose". Instead we need plural noun "outgrowths" (means developments).

This can simply be written as "coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose WERE in fact natural outgrowths(developments)"

So , C

abhishek.pati wrote:Puritan fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose that some writers have though inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it.

(A) but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it
(B) but which were in fact a natural outgrowth of it
(C) but which were in fact natural outgrowths of it
(D) but it was in fact a natural outgrowth of them
(E) which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it
Changes the meaning. It modifies religious zeal but it should exactly modify/describe Plural a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose

Can someone answer the above question......I am confused between B and C.