Captain Matthew Webb achieved fame in 1875 by being the first man to swim unaided across the English channel; eight year

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Captain Matthew Webb achieved fame in 1875 by being the first man to swim unaided across the English channel; eight years later, as he attempted to garner more acclaim, swimming across Niagara Falls was to cost him his life.

A)swimming across Niagara Falls was to cost him
B)swimming across the Niagara Falls were to cost
C)by swimming across the Niagara Falls he had cost
D)a swim across the Niagara Falls was costing him
E)during a swim across the Niagara Falls, came at a cost to


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Choice A is correct.

B. Were is wrong as it is plural verb referring to swimming.
C.He had cost is wrong as it says he had deliberately cost.
D.Was costing is again wrong tense.
E.came at a cost is a wrong way to state something. rather it has to be costed or was to cost

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