Whoa, I'm not sure this sentence is correct. The idiom is Not X but Y, and it seems that all of the choices would violate this idiom


Of the choices, I guess B is the "best" but I don't think any of them are correct.

Idiom problem is already there but I see one more problem with options.

Usage of 'it' is incorrect in A,B and C. what exactly 'it' is trying to refer is - the most significant virtue of a popular democracy, which is wrong.

D - Awkward.

E - This could be the only possible answer. I will explain later if the ans is correct.

My pick is C
It could be argued that the most significant virtue of a popular democracy is not the right to participate in the selection of leaders, but rather that it affirms our importance in the scheme of things.

(A) but rather that it affirms
(B) but rather its affirmation of
(C) but rather it's affirmation in terms of
(D) but instead of that, its affirming that
(E) affirming rather

Not X but rather Y

X --> is not the right to participate in the selection of leaders,
Y --> it's affirmation in terms of (should be read as -> it is affirmation in terms of)
popular democracy is not the right to participate in the selection of leaders, but rather it's affirmation in terms of our importance in the scheme of things.

The above sentence fits the bill...
OA pls.

prinit wrote:My pick is C
It could be argued that the most significant virtue of a popular democracy is not the right to participate in the selection of leaders, but rather that it affirms our importance in the scheme of things.

(A) but rather that it affirms
(B) but rather its affirmation of
(C) but rather it's affirmation in terms of
(D) but instead of that, its affirming that
(E) affirming rather

Not X but rather Y

X --> is not the right to participate in the selection of leaders,
Y --> it's affirmation in terms of (should be read as -> it is affirmation in terms of)
popular democracy is not the right to participate in the selection of leaders, but rather it's affirmation in terms of our importance in the scheme of things.

The above sentence fits the bill...
OA pls.

If C is the correct answer then the "it's" means it is. Which I don't think is appropriate here, because the antecedent would have to be virtue and saying virtue is affirmation in terms of doesn't make sense, imo

can we read like this....
popular democracy is not the right to participate in the selection of leaders, but rather popular democracy is affirmation in terms of our importance in the scheme of things.

if yes then C is correct imo...what do u say

osirus0830 wrote:

prinit wrote:My pick is C
It could be argued that the most significant virtue of a popular democracy is not the right to participate in the selection of leaders, but rather that it affirms our importance in the scheme of things.

(A) but rather that it affirms
(B) but rather its affirmation of
(C) but rather it's affirmation in terms of
(D) but instead of that, its affirming that
(E) affirming rather

Not X but rather Y

X --> is not the right to participate in the selection of leaders,
Y --> it's affirmation in terms of (should be read as -> it is affirmation in terms of)
popular democracy is not the right to participate in the selection of leaders, but rather it's affirmation in terms of our importance in the scheme of things.

The above sentence fits the bill...
OA pls.

If C is the correct answer then the "it's" means it is. Which I don't think is appropriate here, because the antecedent would have to be virtue and saying virtue is affirmation in terms of doesn't make sense, imo

"popular democracy" is within a prepositional phrase, so it can't be the antecedent of a pronoun.

osirus0830 wrote:"popular democracy" is within a prepositional phrase, so it can't be the antecedent of a pronoun.

thanks ..can we hv OA pls

imo b
affirms is the verb form, affirmation is the noun form.
the sentence needs a noun form

Although all the choices look odd, I will go with B. It looks like C is unnecessarily long !! OA will help.

OA is B.