A student is revising a story for the school newspaper that includes the following sentence: Student groups at Drew University were angered this week when university officials announced a ban on large soft drinks on campus. What phrase could be substituted for were angered to indicate that the students' reaction was more organized?

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Abbigail Brock

18 February, 21:09

A student is revising a story for the school newspaper that includes the following sentence: Student groups at Drew University were angered this week when university officials announced a ban on large soft drinks on campus. What phrase could be substituted for were angered to indicate that the students' reaction was more organized?

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Jaslyn Haas · Answer 1

To say students were angered sounds like it was a general reaction with little action in response to the policy. In order to display an organized effort by the students against the policy a better way to say it would be that students protested the ban on large soft drinks.