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Many people mistakenly believe that the potato is a food that is unhea [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 28 Aug 2019, 10:40
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Many people mistakenly believe that the potato is a food that is unhealthy and fattening rather than being both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates.

A. rather than being

B. rather than one that is

C. rather than one that has

D. instead of being one that is

E. instead of one that has
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Originally posted by g.matter on 10 Nov 2006, 10:29.
Last edited by Sajjad1994 on 28 Aug 2019, 10:40, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: Many people mistakenly believe that the potato is a food that is unhea [#permalink] New post   23 Jan 2012, 12:09
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@g.matter, mohan514: You ask a very valid question. Here is the difference in the usage of “rather than” and “instead of”.

“Rather than” is generally used to show the preference for one thing over the other. Commonly, we see this expression used in sentences that pertains to parallelism (for example in the original sentence).

For example:

a. I will buy the blue tie rather than the red.

b. She decided to stay home rather than going out in the snow.

“Instead of” is used to denote a substitute for the other. Also use of verbs is considered incorrect after “instead of”.

For example:

a. I bought the blue tie instead of the red.

b. She ate popcorn instead of marshmallows.

In the original sentence, use of “instead of” is incorrect because here one quality of potato is not a substitute for another quality of the vegetable. The sentence talks about a wrong notion prevalent among people. People believe in one quality of potato rather than the other quality of it. The intended meaning of the sentence makes the use of “instead of” incorrect here.

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Re: Many people mistakenly believe that the potato is a food that is unhea [#permalink] New post   29 Aug 2013, 02:53
aren't the use of ONE THAT together is redundant ??
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Re: Many people mistakenly believe that the potato is a food that is unhea [#permalink] New post   29 Aug 2013, 04:08
blueseas wrote:
aren't the use of ONE THAT together is redundant ??

Many people mistakenly believe that the potato is a food that is unhealthy and fattening rather than being both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates.
The correct parallel marker is X rather than Y, wherein both X & Y must be logically as well as grammatically parallel
If we simplify the original sentence we get
Potato is X (a food that is unhealthy and fattening) rather than Y -----Pattern (1)
or
Potato is a food that is X (unhealthy and fattening) rather than Y-----Pattern (2)


If we fill the parallel parts, we get
Potato is X (a food that is unhealthy and fattening) rather than Y (a food that is both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates)-----Pattern (1)
or
Potato is a food that is X (unhealthy and fattening) rather than Y (both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates)-----Pattern (2)


As we can see that no option matches the pattern (2), the answer must be Pattern (1)
Potato is X (a food that is unhealthy and fattening) rather than Y (a food that is both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates)-----Pattern (1)
Potato is X (a food that is unhealthy and fattening) rather than Y (ONE that is both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates)-----Pattern (1)



What if we remove "A food that or one that"?
Potato is X (a food that is unhealthy and fattening) rather than Y (is both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates)-----Pattern (1)
What is the subject of the 2nd clause? We don't know. Subject can be anything and thus renders the meaning & comparison incomplete

Potato is X (a food that is unhealthy and fattening) rather than Y (is both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates)-----Pattern (1)
What is the subject of the 2nd clause? We don't know. Subject can be anything and thus renders the meaning & comparison incomplete

Thus only option B makes sense.
Answer B
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Re: Many people mistakenly believe that the potato is a food that is unhea [#permalink] New post   15 Nov 2018, 06:26
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Many people mistakenly believe that the potato is a food that is unhealthy and fattening rather than being both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates.

A. rather than being

B. rather than one that is

C. rather than one that has

D. instead of being one that is

E. instead of one that has

Question Explanation:


Since the underlined portion of the sentence contains the subordinating conjunction rather than, check to see whether the items joined by this conjunction are parallel. In this case, a food that is is not parallel to being. This is a parallel construction error, so eliminate choice A and look for any obvious repeaters. There are no obvious repeaters because none of the answer choices repeat the same structure, so evaluate the remaining answer choices individually, looking for reasons to eliminate each.

Choice B fixes the original parallel construction error by replacing being with one that is which is parallel to a food that is, and it introduces no new errors, so keep choice B. Choice C uses the phrase one that has, which is not parallel to a food that is, so eliminate choice C. Choice D uses the phrase being one that is, which is not parallel to a food that is, so eliminate choice D. Choice E uses the phrase one that has, which is not parallel to a food that is, so eliminate choice E.

Choice A: No. A food that is is not parallel to being. Parallel construction.

Choice B: Correct.

Choice C: No. A food that is is not parallel to one that has. Parallel construction.

Choice D: No. A food that is is not parallel to being one that is. Parallel construction.

Choice E: No. A food that is is not parallel to one that has. Parallel construction.

The correct answer is choice B.
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Re: Many people mistakenly believe that the potato is a food that is unhea [#permalink] New post   22 Dec 2022, 03:15
fameatop wrote:
blueseas wrote:
aren't the use of ONE THAT together is redundant ??

Many people mistakenly believe that the potato is a food that is unhealthy and fattening rather than being both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates.
The correct parallel marker is X rather than Y, wherein both X & Y must be logically as well as grammatically parallel
If we simplify the original sentence we get
Potato is X (a food that is unhealthy and fattening) rather than Y -----Pattern (1)
or
Potato is a food that is X (unhealthy and fattening) rather than Y-----Pattern (2)


If we fill the parallel parts, we get
Potato is X (a food that is unhealthy and fattening) rather than Y (a food that is both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates)-----Pattern (1)
or
Potato is a food that is X (unhealthy and fattening) rather than Y (both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates)-----Pattern (2)


As we can see that no option matches the pattern (2), the answer must be Pattern (1)
Potato is X (a food that is unhealthy and fattening) rather than Y (a food that is both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates)-----Pattern (1)
Potato is X (a food that is unhealthy and fattening) rather than Y (ONE that is both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates)-----Pattern (1)



What if we remove "A food that or one that"?
Potato is X (a food that is unhealthy and fattening) rather than Y (is both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates)-----Pattern (1)
What is the subject of the 2nd clause? We don't know. Subject can be anything and thus renders the meaning & comparison incomplete

Potato is X (a food that is unhealthy and fattening) rather than Y (is both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates)-----Pattern (1)
What is the subject of the 2nd clause? We don't know. Subject can be anything and thus renders the meaning & comparison incomplete

Thus only option B makes sense.
Answer B


what do you mean by "As we can see that no option matches the pattern (2)"?
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Re: Many people mistakenly believe that the potato is a food that is unhea [#permalink] New post   22 Dec 2022, 03:16
aragonn wrote:
g.matter wrote:
Many people mistakenly believe that the potato is a food that is unhealthy and fattening rather than being both low in calories and high in necessary carbohydrates.

A. rather than being

B. rather than one that is

C. rather than one that has

D. instead of being one that is

E. instead of one that has

Question Explanation:


Since the underlined portion of the sentence contains the subordinating conjunction rather than, check to see whether the items joined by this conjunction are parallel. In this case, a food that is is not parallel to being. This is a parallel construction error, so eliminate choice A and look for any obvious repeaters. There are no obvious repeaters because none of the answer choices repeat the same structure, so evaluate the remaining answer choices individually, looking for reasons to eliminate each.

Choice B fixes the original parallel construction error by replacing being with one that is which is parallel to a food that is, and it introduces no new errors, so keep choice B. Choice C uses the phrase one that has, which is not parallel to a food that is, so eliminate choice C. Choice D uses the phrase being one that is, which is not parallel to a food that is, so eliminate choice D. Choice E uses the phrase one that has, which is not parallel to a food that is, so eliminate choice E.

Choice A: No. A food that is is not parallel to being. Parallel construction.

Choice B: Correct.

Choice C: No. A food that is is not parallel to one that has. Parallel construction.

Choice D: No. A food that is is not parallel to being one that is. Parallel construction.

Choice E: No. A food that is is not parallel to one that has. Parallel construction.

The correct answer is choice B.


my problem is that I didn't know that "a food that is" is element x
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