Both Uses of
alternative
in
Gone with the Wind
- Well, did you have any alternative except marrying Frank?†
Chpt 4.47 *
- Certainly in those black days after the war when Pitty was faced with the alternative of Brother Henry or starvation, Scarlett had kept her home for her, fed her, clothed her and enabled her to hold up her head in Atlanta society.†
Chpt 5.55
Definition:
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(alternative as in: an alternative plan) something available as another possibility