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Kaptest- CAT Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 5:40 am
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    In the arena of litigation alternatives, one advantage of "collaborative law" over mediation is that the pre-trial outcome is decided by lawyers and litigants, working together in full participation throughout the process, instead of a mediator.

    A)instead of
    B)in contrast to
    C)rather than by
    D)and not decided by
    E)compared to being done by

    Is rather than an acceptable construction on the GMAT?

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    Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:19 am
    In the arena of litigation alternatives, one advantage of "collaborative law" over mediation is that the pre-trial outcome is decided by lawyers and litigants, working together in full participation throughout the process, instead of a mediator.

    A)instead of
    B)in contrast to
    C)rather than by - concise
    D)and not decided by - ambiguous
    E)compared to being done by - Wordy

    Is rather than an acceptable construction on the GMAT? YES

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    Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:45 pm
    bryan88 wrote:
    In the arena of litigation alternatives, one advantage of "collaborative law" over mediation is that the pre-trial outcome is decided by lawyers and litigants, working together in full participation throughout the process, instead of a mediator.

    A)instead of
    B)in contrast to
    C)rather than by
    D)and not decided by
    E)compared to being done by

    Is rather than an acceptable construction on the GMAT?
    RATHER THEN - used as preference; INSTEAD OF - used when A replaces B; From this we can use both INSTEAD OF and RATHER THAN in the above sentence as we cant say for sure whether sentence talks about a preference or replacement; But,

    ...decided by XX, ..., INSTEAD OF/RATHER THAN a mediator. The presence of BY requires us to use BY BEFOER MEDIATOR and therefore, IMO C correct

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