Sentence improvement — unreal present with subjunctive 'were': write 'the whole world were banded' to match 'If I stood … I would …' structure.

Given sentenceIf I stood alone in defence of truth, and the whole world is banded against me and against truth, I would fight them all.

Concept/ApproachThis is a hypothetical (unreal present) structure. Use past forms or the subjunctive were in the condition to match 'would' in the result: 'If I stood … and the whole world were banded …, I would …'

Correctionwere banded (not 'is banded')

Option check'will be banded' → real future, not hypothetical.'banded' → fragment; missing auxiliary.'No improvement' → tense mismatch persists.

Final Answerwere banded