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Each of Joe Kennedy's sons—Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—were competitive and confident boys, very different from the shy, demure women they fancied.

A. Each of Joe Kennedy's sons—Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—were competitive and confident boys,
B. Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—each of them Joe Kennedy's sons—were competitive and confident boys,
C. Joe Kennedy's sons—Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—were all competitive and confident boys,
D. Competitive and confident boys—Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—each a son of Joe Kennedy, was
E. Competitive and confident boys—Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—every one of Joe Kennedy's sons were
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I think its C. I would request an expert to validate.

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I think its C. I would request an expert to validate.

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Each of Joe Kennedy's sons—Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—were competitive and confident boys, very different from the shy, demure women they fancied.

A. Each of Joe Kennedy's sons—Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—were competitive and confident boys,
B. Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—each of them Joe Kennedy's sons—were competitive and confident boys,
C. Joe Kennedy's sons—Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—were all competitive and confident boys,
D. Competitive and confident boys—Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—each a son of Joe Kennedy, was
E. Competitive and confident boys—Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—every one of Joe Kennedy's sons were

Option (A) – WRONG.

Each of Joe Kennedy's sons were competitive and confident boys

Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy were competitive and confident boys

Option (B) – WRONG

Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy were competitive and confident boys

each of them Joe Kennedy's sons was competitive and confident boys

Option (C) – CORRECT

Joe Kennedy's sons were all competitive and confident boys

Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy were all competitive and confident boys

Option (D) – WRONG

Sentence formation Error if “Competitive and confident boys” is the subject then “was” isn’t inline

Option (E) – WRONG

every one of Joe Kennedy's sons were
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I think its C. I would request an expert to validate.

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Each of Joe Kennedy's sons—Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—were competitive and confident boys, very different from the shy, demure women they fancied.

A. Each of Joe Kennedy's sons—Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—were competitive and confident boys,
B. Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—each of them Joe Kennedy's sons—were competitive and confident boys,
C. Joe Kennedy's sons—Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—were all competitive and confident boys,
D. Competitive and confident boys—Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—each a son of Joe Kennedy, was
E. Competitive and confident boys—Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy—every one of Joe Kennedy's sons were

Option (A) – WRONG.

Each of Joe Kennedy's sons were competitive and confident boys

Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy were competitive and confident boys

Option (B) – WRONG

Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy were competitive and confident boys

each of them Joe Kennedy's sons was competitive and confident boys

Option (C) – CORRECT

Joe Kennedy's sons were all competitive and confident boys

Joe Jr., Jack, Robert, and Teddy were all competitive and confident boys

Option (D) – WRONG

Sentence formation Error if “Competitive and confident boys” is the subject then “was” isn’t inline

Option (E) – WRONG

every one of Joe Kennedy's sons were
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Actually I do not totally agree with you.
I think that the mistake in option B is not the verb ''were'' that is correct. The mistake relies in —each of them Joe Kennedy's sons— This is a very important info, necessary to fully understand the meaning of the sentence, hence it should not be within --.

The correct option is C but the mistake in option B is not the verb
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