As U.S. nuclear attack submarines prowl their familiar haunt

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As U.S. nuclear attack submarines prowl their familiar haunts deep within the oceans of the world these days, they increasingly are engaged in missions far different from the tasks for which they were built and for which their crews were trained over the last forty years.
(A) they increasingly are engaged in missions far different from the tasks for which they were built
(B) the missions they increasingly engage in are far different than the tasks they were built for
(C) they engage increasingly in missions that differ significantly from the tasks they were built for
(D) the missions they engage in are increasingly different than the tasks for which they were built
(E) they increasingly engage in missions far different than the tasks for which they were built

[spoiler]I have one doubt i.e is "different from" the correct usage of "different than" the correct usage????[/spoiler]
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by HSPA » Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:20 am
IMO E

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by aspirant2011 » Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:37 am
Nopes the answer is not E.................i have one doubt i,e is "different from" the correct idiom or "different than" the correct idiom.............

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by nikhilsrl » Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:29 am
IMO C

different from is the correct idiom.

So that leaves us with A & C. "they engage increasingly in missions" is better than "they increasingly are engaged in missions"

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by Fatehdeep Singh » Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:38 pm
As U.S. nuclear attack submarines prowl their familiar haunts deep within the oceans of the world these days, they increasingly are engaged in missions far different from the tasks for which they were built and for which their crews were trained over the last forty years.
(A) they increasingly are engaged in missions far different from the tasks for which they were built --Correct
(B) the missions they increasingly engage in are far different than the tasks they were built for --Incorrect Idiom
(C) they engage increasingly in missions that differ significantly from the tasks they were built for --Not parallel
(D) the missions they engage in are increasingly different than the tasks for which they were built--Incorrect Idiom
(E) they increasingly engage in missions far different than the tasks for which they were built --Incorrect Idiom
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