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by subgeeth » Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:45 am
Despite the fact that it has a duck shaped bill and lays ges,the playtypus is not a bird ; rather the most unique mamal in Australia and Quite possibly the World

A) Bird;rather
B)bird,but rather
c) bird ;rather that of
D)bird;it is that of
E)bird,but that of

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IMO B can any one explain what was wrong with E eventhough I chose B[/spoiler]
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by gmat800_ » Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:59 pm
My answer: E

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by outreach » Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:14 pm
we need contrast so we need to use BUT.

If we use semicolon ,we have to make sure that the sentence stands by itself

E is incorrect comparison. Without that presence in the first part of sentence, second that does not compare
subgeeth wrote:Despite the fact that it has a duck shaped bill and lays ges,the playtypus is not a bird ; rather the most unique mamal in Australia and Quite possibly the World

A) Bird;rather
B)bird,but rather
c) bird ;rather that of
D)bird;it is that of
E)bird,but that of

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IMO B can any one explain what was wrong with E eventhough I chose B[/spoiler]
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by akahuja143 » Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:17 pm
After the semicolon, we need a independent clause that of... does not make the second part independent.

Also not....but rather is a idiom

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by Fiver » Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:37 am
subgeeth wrote: [spoiler]
IMO B can any one explain what was wrong with E eventhough I chose B[/spoiler]
'that of' in option E is absurd.
'that' in a 'that of' construction usually stands the thing being possessed by another entity.

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by akhpad » Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:49 am
The correct Idioms are

Not X, but Y
Not X, but rather Y

Here X is "the playtypus".
Y is "the most unique mamal"

I believe X and Y are parallel.

Why do you need "that of"?

I believe B is correct.

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