Sentence Correction

By the mid-seventeenth century, Amsterdam had
built a new town hall so large that only St. Peter’s in
Rome, the Escorial in Spain, and the Palazza Ducale
in Venice could rival it for scale or magnificence.
(A) could rival it for
(B) were the rivals of it in their
(C) were its rival as to
(D) could be its rivals in their
(E) were rivaling its


OA:A
why not:D

Please explain, thank
SC 1000 Q192

imo: A
sounds correct

nh8404052006 wrote:By the mid-seventeenth century, Amsterdam had
built a new town hall so large that only St. Peter’s in
Rome, the Escorial in Spain, and the Palazza Ducale
in Venice could rival it for scale or magnificence.
(A) could rival it for
(B) were the rivals of it in their
(C) were its rival as to
(D) could be its rivals in their
(E) were rivaling its


OA:A
why not:D

Please explain, thank
SC 1000 Q192

I would suggest you ditch the SC1000. If you search through this forum, you can come across several errors in that question bank. Given how hard SC is .. it would be prudent not to get misled by wrong answers.

That being said, D is wrong in all possible ways.

"Could be it's rivals in their" - rivals is plural and it has to be singular.
What does 'in their' refer to here ? So both logically and gramatically this option is flawed.

'A' sounds correct. Others are victims of unecessary words and incorrect usage.

Rohan H.
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