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The state Attorney General announced that although the overall crime rate rose 4.6% during the previous year, surprisingly, the violent crime rate decreased when it might have been expected for it to rise as well.

A. it might have been expected for it to rise as well
B. it might have been expected to rise as well
C. it might have been expected that it should rise as well
D. its rise might have been expected well
E. there might have been an expectation it would rise as well

IMO B

A - no Antecendent for IT
C - Should rise is changing meaning
D - Have Been Expected - wrong use of tense
E - Wrong use of tense
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The state Attorney General announced that although the overall crime rate rose 4.6% during the previous year, surprisingly, the violent crime rate decreased when it might have been expected for it to rise as well.

A. it might have been expected for it to rise as well -> "for it" is incorrect.
B. it might have been expected to rise as well -> It makes sense. "It" refers to "violent crime rate". Let's keep it.
C. it might have been expected that it should rise as well -> "that it should" is incorrect.
D. its rise might have been expected well -> Meaning changed. Incorrect.
E. there might have been an expectation it would rise as well -> Incorrect.

So, I think B. :)
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The answer to this question has to be B. Option A is eliminated because the word "it" lacks an antecedent, Option C is eliminated as the phrase "it should rise" is incorrect, Options D is out as the words "might have been" are in the wrong tense and Option E is eliminated as the tense used is wrong.
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Can someone explain why not E? How does it change the meaning?
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Can someone explain why not E? How does it change the meaning?

I think it is because of the verb “rise” that should be “risen”
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