Multiple choice general knowledge

Not until a monkey is several years old …………to exhibit signs of independence from its mother.

  1. it begins

  2. does it begin

  3. beginning

  4. and begins
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Not until at the beginning of a sentence requires subject-auxiliary inversion (does it begin). This is a negative inversion structure for emphasis. It begins lacks the auxiliary, beginning is a fragment, and and begins doesn't create proper inversion.

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