Discussion
The Bible preaches (A) that we should (B) love each other. (C) No error (D)
Answer: C
The keyed error is in part (C), love each other; by the rule the paper follows it should read love one another.
Traditional grammar books teach that each other is used of two persons and one another of more than two. The Bible's teaching here concerns all people, not a pair, so by that rule the sentence should say that we should love one another.
Parts (A) and (B) are correct: preaches agrees with the singular subject The Bible, and that we should correctly introduces the reported teaching. Modern usage often treats the two reciprocal pronouns as interchangeable, but the examiners apply the classroom rule, so the answer is not 'No error'.
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