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Expression of Ideas practice question

The two manuscripts share hundreds of identical spelling errors, including several that occur nowhere else. ____ the scribes must have copied from the same exemplar.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

  1. A. Evidently,Correct
  2. B. Conversely,
  3. C. Meanwhile,
  4. D. Alternatively,

Answer: A. Evidently,

The shared errors make the conclusion evident.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Conversely,
No reversal.
C. Meanwhile,
No simultaneity.
D. Alternatively,
Not an alternative.

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