Rather than
accept the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat, Christopher Columbus was sent by the king and queen of Spain to see
if he could reach India by traveling west.
Rather than
accept the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat, Christopher Columbus was sent by the king and queen of Spain to see
if he could reach India by traveling west.
Rather than accepting the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat, Christopher Columbus was sent by the king and queen of Spain to see
if he could reach India by sailing west.
Instead of accepting the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat, Christopher Columbus sailed west to see whether he could reach India
, having been sent by the king and queen of Spain.
Awkward modifier with “having”; Changes the meaning in my opinion. Whether is better than “If”Rather than
accept the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat, Christopher Columbus sailed west to see whether he could reach India
, having been sent by the king and queen of Spain.
Awkward modifier with “having”; Changes the meaning in my opinion. Whether is better than “If”Instead of accepting the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat, Christopher Columbus was sent by the king and queen of Spain
to sail west to see
if he could reach India.
In my opinion, B is the one with least problems, but I am not sure how awkward is the modifier with “having” in C and D. B is economically better than E. Also IMO "to sail west" construction in E changes meaning of the sentence a bit.
Can someone shed some light on the idiomatic construction of “Rather than accept” and “Instead of accepting”? “Rather than accept” just doesn’t sound correct to me.
Although I know "If" is a problem too, but I am not sure how big is it in terms of weighing against awkwardly placed modifier with "having".
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