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Although the turtle has been toothless for more than 150 million years, in some contemporary turtle species the moderately sharp and jagged edges of
their horny jaws function for teeth.
(A) their horny jaws function for teeth
(B) its horny jaws function for teeth
(C) its horny jaws function as do teeth
(D) the horny jaws function as teeth do
(E) the horny jaws function as teeth
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica - Volume 4 - Page 72
https://books.google.com.my/books?isbn=085229400X1983
Turtles have been toothless for more than 150,000,000 years, but in some modern types the moderately sharp and jagged edges of
the horny jaws function as teeth. Food is chewed, the claws of the forelimbs often assisting in manipulation, until it is reduced to fragments that can be swallowed.
Main Issue:
1) Meaning: There is no comparison between jaws and teeth.
(A)
their horny jaws function
for teeth
- Wrong: 1) Pronoun issue 2) Idiom(B) its horny jaws function
for teeth
- Wrong: 1) Idiom (C) its horny jaws function
as do teeth - Wrong: 1) Meaning (D) the horny jaws function
as teeth do - Wrong: 1) Meaning (E) the horny jaws function as teeth
- Correct