Understanding OCH- Lewis Structures

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Homework Statement


Assign formal charges to the possible lewis structures of the following and decide which structure is the most important:

[tex]OCH^{-}[/tex]

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I'm wondering how can i come up with all possiblities..
 

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O is more electronegative and O deserves the negative charge. Yup i got that (OCH)-1