Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

In this he attempts to teach the distinction among quantity and accent in the Greek language, but more particularly to describe the position and physiological action of the organs of speech in producing the elementary sounds in the languages referred to.

  1. In this he attempts to teach the distinction among quantity and accent

  2. In this he attempts to teach the distinction between quantity and accent

  3. In this he attempts to teach the distinction between the quantity and the accent

  4. In this he attempts to teach the distinction amongst quantity and accent

  5. In this he attempts to teach the distinction about the quantity and the accent
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence bears prepositional error. When comparison is drawn, 'between' is used for two and 'among' is used for more than two. This option rectifies the prepositional error and replaces 'among' by 'between'.

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