After many years of feeling separated by a great divide, the doctor now finds himself
besides the lawyer, working with one another against HMOs and big tobacco.
a) besides the lawyer, working with one another
b) besides the lawyer, working with each other
c) beside the lawyer, working with each other
d) beside the lawyer, working with him
e) beside the lawyer, working with one another.
Here there are two splits among the asnwer choices.
1. beside vs besides
2. one another vs each other
I took B because of a stupid logic thinking that since there are two persons, they work with each other
When I referred my flashcards then I got the difference between beside and besides, So i decided to penn down my analysis here. Correct me if I am wrong.
Beside means
next to Besides means
In addition toThe intended meaning is the Doctor felt separated from the lawyer for several years but now he is next to the same lawyer, working with him(lawyer) against HMOs and big tobacco.
so here
beside makes more sense. Definitely not
Besides.A,B options are thus out.
Here the subject, Doctor is next to lawyer and lawyer is working with Doctor.
He cant work with each other or one another.
Answering one more question above,
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But doesn't the use of "him" lead to pronoun ambiguity? "Him" could refer to the doctor or the lawyer.
Or are there special cases where the ambiguity of "him" isn't really a problem??
first him in himself clearly refers to doctor and him in "beside the lawyer, working with him " is also correct. This is because here the lawyer is working with him(doctor).
So D is the right choice. I want some expert to confirm my analysis.