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by sameerballani » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:49 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.

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.

[spoiler]OA: Later[/spoiler]
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by Cheers123 » Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:00 am
IMO:A
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by cyrwr1 » Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:30 am
D

Rather than accept, he (must not accept-sailed )--->> C and D remain.

Rather than is preferable to Instead of.

Hence,D
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by Frankenstein » Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:08 am
cyrwr1 wrote:D

Rather than accept, he (must not accept-sailed )--->> C and D remain.

Rather than is preferable to Instead of.

Hence,D
Hi,
Using 'rather than accept' we cannot eliminate A. So, A and D remain.
We can eliminate A because 'whether' should be used in place of 'if'.
Cheers!

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by cyrwr1 » Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:31 am
You CAN eliminate A based on Rather than Accept,

Rather than accept...., Columbus (action here: must be one that is not conforming ---->> can only be a form of travel)

It cannot be
Rather than accept...., Columbus was sent by A and B; the preferred form would be :
Rather than accept..., A and B sent Columbus.


Another approach to this problem is "whether" is preferred to "if" when the question involves a possibility of a Yes or No, leaving C and D.
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by sameerballani » Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:34 am
sameerballani wrote: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.

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.
[spoiler]OA: Later[/spoiler]
OA is D
My understanding why OA is D
1)Accept is parallel to sailed and both are working verb.
2)We need to choose WHETHER over IF, because no conditions are involved here. Its just a case to chek whether or not X is true.
3) Having Been is correct because it represents the completed action, which is in the past of the past action SAILED.

Please guide if I am wrong anywhere or If i am missing anything.

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