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[dido4]

I got the question from a test.

1.The telephone can't work normaly.

I couldn't hear voice.

(A)each other's (B) the other's (C) one another's (D) each's

The answer is (A)

Q1: Why we can't choose (B)(C)(D) as the correct answers?

Q2:How do we explain these 4 options or why we choose (A)?

Q3.What different meaning do we have if we choose all the options as an answer?

Thank you

[advoca]

Hi dido4,

This is a strange test, and not a good one! Where did you get it from?

Perhaps it should be: The telephone isn�t working normally. In which case you could add �I couldn�t hear the other�s voice.� (You can hear your own voice but not the other person�s voice.)

I couldn�t hear each other�s voice doesn�t make sense; neither does, �I couldn�t hear one another�s voice,� or �I couldn�t hear each�s voice.�