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

Difficulty: Medium

Correct Answer: were banded

Explanation:


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


Concept/Approach
This 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 …'


Correction
were banded (not 'is banded')


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


Final Answer
were banded

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