Select the appropriate option to complete the following sentence with the correct pair of preposition and pronoun:
The three sarees on the counter look alike at first, but they differ ________ in the design of the border.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → from one another
Complete sentence: The three sarees on the counter look alike at first, but they differ from one another in the design of the border. Here the sarees are being compared, and there are three of them.
| Option | Form and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) with one another | “differ with” means to disagree; used for people with opinions | The committee members differ with one another on the budget. |
| (2) from one another (answer) | “differ from” means to be unlike | The four brothers differ from one another in their tastes. |
| (3) to one another | shows an action directed at each of the others, as in talking or writing | The cousins write to one another every Diwali. |
| (4) about themselves | means on the subject of their own selves; used after verbs like talk, write or worry | The new students wrote a few lines about themselves. |