Hannibal chose to invade Roman territory by the northern route, crossing the Alps doing it, instead of by sea.
A. doing it, instead of
B. to do so, rather than
C. to do it, rather than coming
D. to do so, instead of invading
E. to do it, instead of invading Roman territory
For a discussion of common words in parallel --- what can you drop? what can't you drop? --- as well as three more practice SC questions and the solution to this one, see:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/dropping-c ... -the-gmat/
Mike
A. doing it, instead of
B. to do so, rather than
C. to do it, rather than coming
D. to do so, instead of invading
E. to do it, instead of invading Roman territory
For a discussion of common words in parallel --- what can you drop? what can't you drop? --- as well as three more practice SC questions and the solution to this one, see:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/dropping-c ... -the-gmat/
Mike
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