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by das.ashmita » Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:51 am
Rather than accept the conventional wisdom that the earth was
flat, Christopher Columbus was sent by the king and queen of Spain
to see if he could reach India by traveling west.

A Rather than accept the conventional wisdom that the earth
was flat, Christopher Columbus was sent by the king and
queen of Spain to see if he could reach India by sailing west
B Rather than accepting the conventional wisdom that the earth
was flat, Christopher Columbus was sent by the king and
queen of Spain to see if he could reach India by sailing west
C Instead of accepting the conventional wisdom that the earth
was flat, Christopher Columbus sailed west to see whether he
could reach India, having been sent by the king and queen of
Spain
D Rather than accept the conventional wisdom that the earth
was flat, Christopher Columbus sailed west to see whether he
could reach India, having been sent by the king and queen of
Spain
E Instead of accepting the conventional wisdom that the earth
was flat, Christopher Columbus was sent by the king and
queen of Spain to sail west to see if he could reach India

OA : D

I am still confused why rather is preferred over Instead here. :(
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by kanwar86 » Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:40 am
I will go with option B)
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by avinashrao9 » Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:53 am
Even I'm confused.
Experts, could you provide your valuable inputs.
But going by the choices, only B seems to be perfect. Rest of the sentences are wrong.
May be that is the reason to prefer 'Rather' over 'Instead'
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by zorroprateek » Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:26 am
this is a really nice explanation: https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/ins ... t7242.html
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