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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alternatives were" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing different options or choices that existed in the past.
Example: "In the meeting, we discussed the various alternatives that were available to us before making a decision."
Alternatives: "options were" or "choices were".
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"The alternatives were inappropriate.
Yet alternatives were in the air.
The alternatives were chaos, colonization, or slaughter.
Both alternatives were deemed to be impossible.
No alternatives were considered," the report concludes.
The alternatives were "frankly … disastrous", he said.
Perfectly reasonable and even preferable alternatives were devised.
Mainly, though, the alternatives were a sixties phenomenon.
This week, Mr. Bloomberg acknowledged that some alternatives were worse.
What alternatives were considered and why were they abandoned?
Discussion narrowed and all alternatives were declared null and void.
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