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English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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According to the theory of natural selection, the man who was able to use the hands and feet most freely to walk and grasp was the one who survived and evolved
(A) the hands and feet
(B) freely
© to walk and grasp
(D) who

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(A) the his hands and feet

I take it that there is no answer key at the back of the book so that you can check your answers? Hmm… How annoying is that?! Well, while I’m feeling in a chatty mood – I’d like to add my own question here:

According to the theory of natural selection, the man who was able to use the hands and feet most freely…

Is ‘the’ necessary?

Thanks

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Tiendung - I agree with Cristina

Cristina - yes. It is talking about a specific ‘man’ who used his hands and feet and so was better able to survive and pass on DNA, rather than man in general.
The clue is with the commas. Your sentence would be - According to the theory of natural selection, man, who was able to use his hands and feet most freely to walk and grasp, was the one who survived and evolved.

See the difference? (but anyway, logically it is talking about the man, rather that man as a species).

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Please i got stuck with this Question please help me.
(1) when did the incidents_______?
a Occured
b Occur
c Occurs
d Occuring
I got stuck and i am confused i must i am thinking of chosing option (a or b).
Please help me.

My second question is that what is the rule that govern did do and does and which one is singular which is plural. Thanks.

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Thanks Thredder,

I thought the theory told about man as a species, rather than man as a separate individual.

And yes, I would have preceded and followed the word ‘man’ with commas (I was not so sure about the one after ‘grasp’), but, as I usually don’t fuss too much about punctuation (although I do realize its importance), I wrote nothing about those.