The human nervous system and a telephone system superficially resemble

Question

The human nervous system and a telephone system superficially resemble each other, not only because the former carries  information in the form of electrical impulses and because all of its neural pathways converge in the brain and spinal cord, which together form a kind of central exchange.

(A) The human nervous system and a telephone system superficially resemble each other, not only because the former carries
(B) The human nervous system and a telephone system bear a superficial resemblance because they both carry
(C) The human nervous system bears a superficial resemblance to a telephone system both because the former carries
(D) Superficially, a telephone system resembles the human nervous system both because they carry
(E) There is a superficial resemblance between a telephone system and the human nervous system, not only because they both carry

pqhai · Accepted Answer

KEY word is " its " in the non-underlined part. Thus, B, D, E are out immediately because of " they ". Only A and C left.

A is wrong because of wrong idiom  "Not only.... and........"

Hence, C is correct.

The human nervous system and a telephone system superficially resemble each other, not only because the former carries  information in the form of electrical impulses and because all of  its  neural pathways converge in the brain and spinal cord, which together form a kind of central exchange.

(A) The human nervous system and a telephone system superficially resemble each other,  not only  because the former carries
(B) The human nervous system and a telephone system bear a superficial resemblance because  they  both carry
(C) The human nervous system bears a superficial resemblance to a telephone system both because the former carries  --> CORRECT. 
(D) Superficially, a telephone system resembles the human nervous system both because  they  carry
(E) There is a superficial resemblance between a telephone system and the human nervous system, not only because  they  both carry

Hope it helps.

smit29may · Answer

I would go with C. Obviously 'Not only ' is a flawed sentence as we do not have a 'but also' twin completing the sentence (non-underlined). So, we can eliminate A and E. Changing the decision point now, the sentence D, has a minor change in meaning (According to me!). Hence B and D remain. I prefer C because both the reasons talk about why the Nervous system resembles the telephone system rather than using "they" as in B.

So, C.

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So, C.

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Temurkhon · Answer

A is wrong  not only

both because........and because...... is correct. So, C

unuk50 · Answer

(A) The human nervous system and a telephone system superficially resemble each other,  not only  because the former carries...  requires but also at the end 
(B) The human nervous system and a telephone system bear a superficial resemblance because  they both carry   they both .... and all of its.... Not parallel , because a and b should be parallel 
(C) The human nervous system bears a superficial resemblance to a telephone system both because the former carries.  both because a and because b. Correct 
(D) Superficially, a telephone system resembles the human nervous system both because  they  carry.  they carry is incorrect 
(E) There is a superficial resemblance between a telephone system and  the  human nervous system,  not only  because they both carry   between a and b is correct. Not only requires but also

carcass · Answer

Added OA. Thanks for discussion

Abhishek009 · Answer

Resemblance to someone / something   is the correct idiomatic usage , none but (C) resolves the issue.

D3N0 · Answer

(A) The human nervous system and a telephone system superficially resemble each other,  not only  because the former carries
 There is no but also in the non underlined part of the sentence.... also the intended meaning 
(B) The human nervous system and a telephone system bear a superficial resemblance because  they both carry 
 and its neural pathways... clearly indicate that sentence is more concerned about explaining similarity by discussing one.. so they is wrong  
(C) The human nervous system bears a superficial resemblance to a telephone system both because the former carries
 correct 
(D)  Superficially,  a telephone system resembles the human nervous system both because  they carry 
 same as above mentioned 
(E) There is a superficial resemblance between a telephone system and the human nervous system,  not only  because  they both carry

Rashed12 · Answer

I know that "resemblance to" is not correct phrase. After resemblance, no preposition is added. Pls make sure on the regard.

LoneSurvivor · Answer

T he human nervous system and a telephone system superficially resemble each other, not only because the former carries  information in the form of electrical impulses and because all of its neural pathways converge in the brain and spinal cord, which together form a kind of central exchange.

(A) The human nervous system and a telephone system superficially resemble each other, not only because the former carries

not parallel_______Not only because_____________but because

(B) The human nervous system and a telephone system bear a superficial resemblance because they both carry

Not parallel , And triggers a parallelism

(C) The human nervous system bears a superficial resemblance to a telephone system both because the former carries
Correct
1) Non underline part contains because ll of its so we need singular subject
2) Maintains Parallelism

(D) Superficially, a telephone system resembles the human nervous system both because they carry

1) They should not be used mentioned in C
2) Superficially misplaced

(E) There is a superficial resemblance between a telephone system and the human nervous system, not only because they both carry

Not only because ________________but because (Not ||)

daagh · Answer

The human nervous system and a telephone system superficially resemble each other, not only because the former carries  information in the form of electrical impulses and because all of its neural pathways converge in the brain and spinal cord, which together form a kind of central exchange.

(A) The human nervous system and a telephone system superficially resemble each other, not only because the former carries --- '  Not only because' cannot be idiomatic with 'and because' in the non-underlined portion. 'And' will pair only with 'both' correlatively.

(B) The human nervous system and a telephone system bear a superficial resemblance because they both carry -- T his point is a critical factor. The plural 'they' does not gel with the singular its in the non underlined part.

(C) The human nervous system bears a superficial resemblance to a telephone system both because the former carries--  The only correct choice that jumps the pronoun trap.

(D) Superficially, a telephone system resembles the human nervous system both because they carry ---  The pronoun trap

(E) There is a superficial resemblance between a telephone system and the human nervous system, not only because they both carry --  suffers from both the correlative conjunction error and the pronoun trap.

However, for a quick fix, the pronoun trap alone can help eliminate three choices in a stroke.

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