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by [email protected] » Wed May 09, 2012 6:21 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.

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 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.



The OA is D.


What is the funda for the option C, apart from parallelism, Is anything else being tested???
eg: Option C is not parallel is right, but is there something wrong in the usage of 'instead'???

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by jordan23 » Wed May 09, 2012 6:40 am
There is a slight difference in the use of Rather than and Instead of.
Rather than is used for Verbs and Instead of is used for Nouns.

Here, D is correct because it uses Rather than with the verb accept.
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by spartacus1412 » Wed May 09, 2012 7:03 am
I went with A.

what is wrong with A?
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by jordan23 » Wed May 09, 2012 7:39 am
The use of IF is incorrect here.
IF is correct for more than two options (if she should get ball, television,or a video game).
In this sentence we need just a yes or no answer hence use Whether.
spartacus1412 wrote:I went with A.

what is wrong with A?
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