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plz explain answer choices..



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I would choose A. However, the 'are descended' sounds horrible.

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They have common ancestry
They had common ancetor

I would go with B.
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A should be ok.

because one ..... another is correct expressions to express the difference among more than 2 items....

1. if there are two items/nouns/things in the list-------- one ... other.
2. if there are more than two items/nouns/things in the list-------- one ... another.
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I'll go with A. There's no problem with the sentence. We need 'different from one another". A and B have that, but B sounds very awkward in the later part of the sentence.
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IMO - should be C

It is easy to narrow down b/w A and C - one another is correct

C correctly refers to plural - various breeds of dogs.

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IMO, A is the best answer.

'their having...' in C is awakard.
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OA is A...as usual Hima's explanation is right on...

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A should be ok.

because one ..... another is correct expressions to express the difference among more than 2 items....

1. if there are two items/nouns/things in the list-------- one ... other.
2. if there are more than two items/nouns/things in the list-------- one ... another.
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I would choose A. One another is the correct usage
B) it is flawed because of usage of each other..Each other is used between 2 things...
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I would choose A simply because,

The first part of the sentence is decended (simple past) so the last part needs to be They had common ancetor, it is refering to a past statement. so A is correct.
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******************General ***********specific*********
singular---adj --------another+sing. noun ----the other+ sing. count noun
singular---pronoun --another------------------ the other

plural-----adj----------other+plural noun------the other+plural count noun
plural-----pronoun----others-------------------the others
Hum....i try to make spraed sheet,but i can't no matter how hard i try

2. each other and one another --describes actions in which two or more people or things do the same thing to the other.
ex John and marry love each othe/ one other
ex We write to each other/one another every week.
(!! HIMALAYA and fresinha12 please suggest me, if i wrong)

3. structure One...singCN......, Another....singCN.., The other..singCN..
ex One movie starts at five, another movie starts at seven, and the other movie starts at nine.
explanaion** ONE means the first one mentiones. ANOTHER means one more in addition to the first one mentioned. THE OTHER means the one remaining.

4. structure Some...plCN......., Other.....plCN....., The other...plCN...
ex Some houses are for rent, other houses are for sale , and the other/the rest of the houses are empty.
ex Some schools are universities, others are colleages, and the other/the rest are junior colleage.[/img]



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