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by Sprite_TM » Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:16 pm
answer is D: but i just don't see how "accept" and "sailed" are parallel in "X Rather than Y" could someone explain how they are parallel? thanks

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.
a) 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 sailing 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.
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by griscomtestprep » Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:24 am
There are two ways to say this idiom: " [subject]X rather than Y" and "rather than Y, [subject] X"

That is, "Christopher sailed rather than accept" is the same as "Rather than accept, Christopher sailed."
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by nitya34 » Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:45 am
Many thanks griscomtestprep
When to uses "Instead" vis a vis "rather"?
pls give one example where instead is used

I know one usage
Instead of: x instead of Y means substitute X for Y
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