Mistake X for Y is the correct IDIOM. Choose B.

btg760 wrote:Mistake X for Y is the correct IDIOM. Choose B.

Can you please tell what is the problem with D...looks like D also following the same idiom.

i chose massive missile attack by soviets over massive soviet missile attack.

is there a difference in the two forms

rah_pandey wrote:i chose massive missile attack by soviets over massive soviet missile attack.

is there a difference in the two forms

active voice is always preffered over passive.

IMO:B

Idiom: Mistake X for Y

B)....mistook "the rising of the moon" for "a massive soviet missile attack"

"the rising of the moon" (noun in the form of complex gerund)
"a massive soviet missle attack" (noun)

The reason why D is wrong
D)...mistook "moon as it was rising" for "a massive Soviet missle attack"

moon as it was rising (noun + noun modifying clause)
a massive soviet missle attack (noun)

D is not parallel

freshy wrote:IMO:B

Idiom: Mistake X for Y

B)....mistook "the rising of the moon" for "a massive soviet missile attack"

"the rising of the moon" (noun in the form of complex gerund)
"a massive soviet missle attack" (noun)

The reason why D is wrong
D)...mistook "moon as it was rising" for "a massive Soviet missle attack"

moon as it was rising (noun + noun modifying clause)
a massive soviet missle attack (noun)

D is not parallel

For kicking out D....OG says the following...can someone please help me decrypt what OG mean here:

"Though choice D manages the correct preposition, for, the phrase the moon as it was rising for is less efficient and precise than the phrasing
of choice B: since rising functions as a verb in D, the phrase for a massive... attack now seems to modify rising rather than mistook."