Question

The following question presents a sentence, part or all of which is underlined. Select the answer that produces the most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

One of the primary distinctions between our intelligence with that of other primates may lay not so much in any specific skill but in our ability to extend knowledge gained in one context to new and different ones.

• A. Between our intelligence with that of other primates may lay not so much in any specific skill but
• B. Between our intelligence with that of other primates may lie not so much in any specific skill but instead
• C. Between our intelligence and that of other primates may lie not so much in any specific skill as
• D. Our intelligence has from that of other primates may lie not in any specific skill as
• E. Of our intelligence to that of other primates may lay not in any specific skill but

Answer 1

The correct option is C Between our intelligence and that of other primates may lie not so much in any specific skill as

Option 'A' and 'B' are not correct options for using 'Lay' instead of 'Lie'. Option 'B' is also the wrong answer as wrong conjunctions are used because comparing two things where between is used 'with' is the wrong word instead of with 'And' is the right word.

D is also the wrong option as the whole meaning is changed in this option than actually what is meant to be.

Option C is the correct answer as the comparison is made between two things 'And' is correct conjunction for joining two sentences, correctly the usage of tense here in C option.