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Wangqh2696122 Posted 14 years ago
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Are both "each" and "none" possible answers in this context?

My neighbor's house has been broken into three times in the last two years, ____ resulting in great loss. A. each B. none
  

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wangqh2696122 My neighbor's house has been broken into three times in the last two years, ____ resulting in great loss. A. each B.

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  • wangqh2696122 My neighbor's house has been broken into three times in the last two years, ____ resulting in great loss.
  • A.
  • each B.
  • none My initial feeling was, yes, both do seem possible.
  • But if we look deeper into the context, especially the participial ending, B (none) sounds to me is the correct answer.
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wangqh2696122My neighbor's house has been broken into three times in the last two years, ____ resulting in great loss. A. each B. none
My initial feeling was, yes, both do seem possible. But if we look deeper into the context, especially the participial ending, B (none) sounds to me is the correct answer. Otherwise the sentence would have read something like:
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