Target Test Prep 20% Off Flash Sale is on! Code: FLASH20

Redeem
Target Test Prep Flash Sale
Target Test Prep is 20% off right now!
Use code FLASH20

Available with Beat the GMAT members only code

MORE DETAILS
Magoosh
Magoosh
Study with Magoosh GMAT prep

Available with Beat the GMAT members only code

MORE DETAILS
Magoosh

Veritas SC

This topic has expert replies
Post new topic Post Reply
Previous Topic Next Topic
Legendary Member
Posts: 544
Joined: Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:14 am
Location: Pune, India
Thanked: 31 times
Followed by:2 members

Veritas SC

by adi_800 » Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:47 am
I think we have a similar Sc in OG...
Attachments
Veritas.jpg
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 146
Joined: Sun Jun 13, 2010 5:05 am
Thanked: 7 times

by BastiG » Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:50 am
I would go for a. You can't really use a semicolon, so C,D and E are out and the correct idiom usage is not...but rather . The original sentence from OG was in this article https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/26/us/vo ... ttery.html. Just search for "but rather".
Top
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 1083
Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:38 pm
Thanked: 127 times
Followed by:14 members

by gmat_perfect » Mon Aug 30, 2010 5:33 am
Yes, it is.

Not X, but rather

Again:

COMMA + FANBOYS (FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO)--IS THE CORRECT FORM.

We should not use "semicolon + FANBOYS"

Thanks.
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 364
Joined: Tue Apr 20, 2010 5:13 am
Thanked: 31 times
Followed by:3 members

by FightWithGMAT » Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:49 am
adi_800 wrote:I think we have a similar Sc in OG...

IMO C

A violates parallelism, a concept most commonly tested.

Not X, but rather Y

X and Y are not parallel.

X=driven (participle)
Y= High pressure fluids (Noun)

Can never be parallel. Just looking at NOT X, but rather Y would not help :(
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 146
Joined: Sun Jun 13, 2010 5:05 am
Thanked: 7 times

by BastiG » Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:24 pm
C is an run-on sentence.
Top
Post new topic Post Reply
• Page 1 of 1