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by sulabh » Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:49 pm
The voluminous personal papers of Thomas Alva Edison reveal that his inventions typically sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly from previous works.
(A) sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly
(B) sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but were slowly evolved
(C) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly
(D) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but had slowly evolved
(E) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but they were slowly evolved.
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by punit.kaur.mba » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:26 am
I am confused between A and C. I might opt for C. Whats the OA?
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by pinktiger » Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:14 am
I pick C.

A is awkward
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by ektamatta » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:01 pm
i go with c too
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by MBAboy » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:26 pm
C looks right
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by Vignesh.4384 » Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:54 pm
IMO A
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by piyush_nitt » Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:23 am
Can anyone pls explain why C not A?

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by maihuna » Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:21 am
(A) sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly
(C) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly

note the parallel for two option:

not only but also
A in a flash of inspiration spring to life
C evolved evolved

See for A the two parallels are: preposition vs verb or particple
C verb vs verb

So is C
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by logitech » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:34 am
maihuna wrote:(A) sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly
(C) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly

note the parallel for two option:

not only but also
A in a flash of inspiration spring to life
C evolved evolved

See for A the two parallels are: preposition vs verb or particple
C verb vs verb

So is C
Good catch,

we also need NOT X BUT Y , which eliminates A
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