请教：GWD-18-29

sprite112

The contractor and the engineer agree on the cause of the bridge failure, but both blame the other.

 

1. both blame the other
2. each blames the other
3. each blame the other person
4. both are blaming the other
5. each blames one another

答案：B

知道的是：the other是两个之间，one another是三个及三个以上。可以排除E；

 

不明白为什么A不能选？

谢谢NN指教！       

sprite112

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Mayanist

这是相互代词的习惯用法 -- 只有两种形式：each other, one another.

A both blame the other -- 逻辑上有问题，自己可以体会一下，假设有N M两个人: N blames M and M blames N. In the given context, it is not right to say that both N and M blame N (or M).