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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Correct option?

Hi there,

Out of America's top ten road trips cited in a magazine ---- are steeped in history while ---- pursue remote, wild beauty.

A) several / a few
B) some / the other

Only one option is correct. According to the official answer key option A is the correcy choice. It's OK. But what makes the option B incorrect in this context?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

B would need to be some / the other s to make sense.

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  • B would need to be some / the other s to make sense.
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B would need to be some / the others to make sense.
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Thank you for your answer but we can use "the other" as a pronoun, can't we?

For example:

She has two kittens, one is black and the other is all white.

Then "the other pursue" makes sense, isn't it?
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AnonymousShe has two kittens, one is black and the other is all white.
That's correct when there are only two things, and you have eliminated one from the equation. But here the 10 trips are divided into two groups, each having more than one item in it.
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You can use the other as a pronoun, but you then have to make the verb match.
Out of America's top ten road trips cited in a magazine some are steeped in history while others pursue remote, wild beauty.

Out of America's top ten road trips cited in a magazine nine are steeped in history while the other pursues remote, wild beauty.
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I got it. Thank you for your explanations. Emotion: smile
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