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by rajatvmittal » Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:09 am
The reams of studies and drafts documented by Gustave Eiffel indicate that the design of the Eiffel Tower generally emerged not in a rapid manner but developed painstakingly from multiple trial prototypes.

emerged not in a rapid manner but developed painstakingly
emerged not in a rapid manner but was painstakingly developed
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did not emerge in a rapid manner but had painstakingly developed
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by anuprajan5 » Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:52 am
Answer C

Perfect use of not x but y
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by gmat6087 » Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:01 am
anuprajan5 wrote:Answer C

Perfect use of not x but y
confused with A and C.

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Can you let me know why C is be a better choice than A

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by anuprajan5 » Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:10 am
Satya,

emerged not in a rapid manner but developed painstakingly - For this option, there should be a sequence. emerged not in a X but in a Y - as in emerged not in 1 way but in another way. But that is lacking in this choice.

C - not X but Y.

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