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by Jatinder » Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:50 am
The nations with nuclear capabilities have
restrained the proliferation of nuclear weapons
less by reaching military understandings than by
the refusal to sell associated technologies.

(A) by the refusal to sell
(B) not selling
(C) the refusal to sell
(D) refusing to sell
(E) by refusing to sell
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IMO E

by iamcste » Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:56 am
Only option E

less by reaching military understandings than

by refusing to sell associated technologies.



Less X than Y and X, Y are parallel
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:58 am
IMO E...this is one which maintains parallelism.
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by stop@800 » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:04 am
One more for E

by refusing is needed
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by mals24 » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:39 am
One more vote for E.

We need a 'by' so that leaves only A&E

by reaching military understandings - is a participial phrase
by the refusal to sell - is a noun phrase
Hence not parallel.

by reaching and by refusing in E are both participial phrases and are hence parallel.
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by niraj_a » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:53 am
word
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by ranmun » Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:18 am
IMO E,
Correct Idiom & Parallelism
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by shiraj » Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:42 am
IMO E (Parallel)

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by Bidisha800 » Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:43 pm
(E)
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by Jatinder » Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:04 pm
OA is E
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by nervesofsteel » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:23 am
Its E only

as we need a "by" and E maintains parallelism
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