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As Charles Darwin

by sparsh.21 » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:43 pm
As Charles Darwin observed, natural selection operates whenever individuals of one genetic composition are better at reproducing than that of others.

A. that of others
B. the other
C. another
D. those of another
E. that of the next


OA is D

please explain the answer...

whats the difference between "other" and "another" in this sentence
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by techwiz » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:38 pm
'those' is the keyword to match with 'individuals'
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Re: As Charles Darwin

by satish.nagdev » Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:54 am
sparsh.21 wrote:As Charles Darwin observed, natural selection operates whenever individuals of one genetic composition are better at reproducing than that of others.

A. that of others
B. the other
C. another
D. those of another
E. that of the next


OA is D

please explain the answer...

whats the difference between "other" and "another" in this sentence
individuals[of one genetic composition] is the main subject its plural so those correctly pairs with it.
that of others - singular
the other [genetic composition] instead of its individuals
that of the next again singular

hope i'm correct if not rectify please
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Re: As Charles Darwin

by El Cucu » Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:57 am
sparsh.21 wrote:As Charles Darwin observed, natural selection operates whenever individuals of one genetic composition are better at reproducing than that of others.

A. that of others
B. the other
C. another
D. those of another
E. that of the next


OA is D

please explain the answer...

whats the difference between "other" and "another" in this sentence
Other is an adjective meaning 'different'.
Another expresses quantity, something extra or additional.


Another: Give me another cup of tea ( I 've already drank one cup or more)Placed before a singular noun. (in the sentence .... another)

Other: Is this your dog? No, is the other behind it. Singular or pluar nouns.


The Comparison: match individuals with those and composition with another.
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by dubeystuts » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:14 am
i would go with D.

What is the correct answer?
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by welcome » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:22 am
individuals of one genetic composition are better at reproducing than .......

First observation is the plural individualS and ARE(helping verb), so the choice should be parallal to this...

A. that of others - Singulat that - Wrong
B. the other - Wrong comparision of other
C. another - Wrong comparision of another
D. those of another - Plural and parallal - Right
E. that of the next - STRIGHT WRONG CONSTRUCTION.

Answer : D
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by manoj0609 » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:27 am
dubeystuts wrote:i would go with D.

What is the correct answer?
Definetly the correct answer shd be D .
coz here clear comparision shd made between individuals (plural) of one genetic
with those(plural) of another.
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