Recently physicians have determined that stomach ulcers are not caused by stress, alcohol. or rich foods, but a bacterium that dwells in the mucous lining of the stomach.
(A) not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but
(8) not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but are by
(C) caused not by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but by
(D) caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but
(E) caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but are by
OA C
Stomach Ulcers
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for parallelism rule to be maintained, "not..by" should be coupled with "but.. by"
--> Correct Answer is C
parallelism error(A) not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but
parallelism error.. presence of "are"(8) not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but are by
seems ok(C) caused not by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but by
and is wrong. the items in the list should be seperated by or becuase they are independent.(D) caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but
same as D(E) caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but are by
--> Correct Answer is C
The question is totally Parallelism issue. Here the correct answer is C. But, my question is: WHY not B. B makes parallelism to me!komal wrote: Recently physicians have determined that stomach ulcers are not caused by stress, alcohol. or rich foods, but a bacterium that dwells in the mucous lining of the stomach.
(A) not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but
(8) not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but are by
(C) caused not by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but by
(D) caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but
(E) caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but are by
B. NOT (tag)+CAUSED (verb)+by+something....................BUT (tag)+ARE (verb)+by+Something
Indicate parallelism to each other.
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