seekmba wrote:
I am still confused about what is wrong in A and B....
...can someone please explain
Does the word 'other' and 'each other' in option A and B refer to third parties?...also is the word 'both' referred incorrectly in both A and B?...are these the reasons for A and B to be wrong?
The complex tax dispute between the Covered Bridge Mall and Harris Township is not likely to be adjudicated for several years, and, in the meantime,
both sides are intent on creating difficulties for the other.
A. both sides are intent on creating difficulties for the other
B. both sides are intent on creating difficulties for each other
C. each side is intent on creating difficulties for the other
D. each side is intent on creating difficulties for
one another - one another should be used for a group of more than 2 people or things
E. the sides are both intent on creating difficulties for each other - awkward
see my post
The intendent meaning i
s to contrast two disputing parties with the actions of each of them in the meantime. I mean that first part of the sentence describes the dispute between two parties, second part says [intends to contrast] that each of them intent on creating difficulties.
Both is wrong here because:
both (Cambridge Dictionary) - (referring to) two people or things
together! Here they compete against each other.
each other - used to show that each person in a group of two people does something to the other
other - refers to 3rd parties outside the group.
gimme kudos ))