Slips of the tongue

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kyabe: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 82; Joined: Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:03 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 2 times

by kyabe » Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:18 am

Slips of the tongue do not necessarily reveal concealed beliefs or intentions but rather are the result from the competition between various processing mechanisms in the brain.
(A) but rather are the result from
(B) and instead are the result from
(C) being rather the result of
(D) and rather result from
(E) but rather result from

What is the difference between A and E? How does "are" makes a difference??

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madhur_ahuja: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 435; Joined: Sat May 02, 2009 3:55 am; Thanked: 17 times

Re: Slips of the tongue

by madhur_ahuja » Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:33 am

kyabe wrote:Slips of the tongue do not necessarily reveal concealed beliefs or intentions but rather are the result from the competition between various processing mechanisms in the brain.
(A) but rather are the result from
(B) and instead are the result from
(C) being rather the result of
(D) and rather result from
(E) but rather result from

What is the difference between A and E? How does "are" makes a difference??

In E result is itself acting as a verb. So you do not need are.

A would have been correct:
but rather are the result of

Here result is acting as noun. And Result of is correct idiom when result is a noun.

Due to brevity, E wins.

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Re: Slips of the tongue

by ketkoag » Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:33 am

kyabe wrote:Slips of the tongue do not necessarily reveal concealed beliefs or intentions but rather are the result from the competition between various processing mechanisms in the brain.
(A) but rather are the result from
(B) and instead are the result from
(C) being rather the result of
(D) and rather result from
(E) but rather result from

What is the difference between A and E? How does "are" makes a difference??

A means that "they are result of something.. " but instead of "of" it uses from and that is incorrect..
eg: these are the results of the experiments done previously.. (it is a fact)

E means that these result from something.. (it has causal relationship..)
i think E is better than A..
please correct me if i am wrong anywhere..

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by mehravikas » Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:58 pm

Just to add on - "not x but rather y" is the correct idiom.

E should be correct.

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