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Rather than accept the conventional wisdom that the earth [#permalink]
 12 Feb 2006, 21:59
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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.
a)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 sailing west
b)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
c)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
d)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
e)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
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I'll go with B
cool_jonny009 wrote: 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.
a)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 sailing west
Wrong Modifier, there should be accepting instead of accepting.
b)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
Coorrect!!!
c)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
Ackward
d)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
Ackward
e)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
Change of meaning.
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i dont know if E changes the meaning... but i will pick E in the eexam
but i am confused btw E and B
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Agree with gmat_crack. It should be B.
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where are rest of SC Gurus...!!!
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isn't choice B considered "passive" ?
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A has "accept" incorrectly used.
B sounds funny to me from a tense perspective.
C Tense problem
D sounds the least of all the evils to me, I'd go with D
E Dunno why but this sounds funny.
I would pick D if I had to :(
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I believe E is the right one.
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D.....I know it uses the present perfect but I can justify my answer choice if it is the OA. If not, no point wasting eveyone's time.
OA please ?
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I ll go with B
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cJackSparrow,lhotseface...
you guys got it ..OA is D .
Pls explain your reasoning
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Instead of is used for nouns. Rather than is used for phrases.
Since "accept the conventional.....was flat" is a phrase. C,E are out.
Whether is always prefered by GMAT over "if"....A and B are out.
That leaves us with D....but hey !......that is so wierd. Well, it is not so wierd
if this sentence was spoken in the context of the "present"...columbus is currently on the voyage. Our intelligence pre-supposes that everything about columbus should talk about the past. What if sentence is part of a play narration ?.....ENUFF said..grammar is not my forte'.
cool_jonny009 wrote: 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.
a)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 sailing west
b)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
c)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
d)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
e)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
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wow, D doesnt sound right to me at all .... I would have picked B and clicked confirm 
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lhotseface wrote: Instead of is used for nouns. Rather than is used for phrases.
Since "accept the conventional.....was flat" is a phrase. C,E are out.
Whether is always prefered by GMAT over "if"....A and B are out.
That leaves us with D....but hey !......that is so wierd. Well, it is not so wierd
if this sentence was spoken in the context of the "present"...columbus is currently on the voyage. Our intelligence pre-supposes that everything about columbus should talk about the past. What if sentence is part of a play narration ?.....ENUFF said..grammar is not my forte'.
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Splendidly analyzed hotface!!! 
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the other problem with A and B is...
the modifier is not modifying chris col....it appears to me as if it is modifying King and queen..
I also agree "whether" is preferred to "if"
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lhotseface wrote: Instead of is used for nouns. Rather than is used for phrases.
Since "accept the conventional.....was flat" is a phrase. C, E are out.
Whether is always prefered by GMAT over "if"....A and B are out.
That leaves us with D....but hey !......that is so wierd. Well, it is not so wierd
if this sentence was spoken in the context of the "present"...columbus is currently on the voyage. Our intelligence pre-supposes that everything about columbus should talk about the past. What if sentence is part of a play narration ?.....ENUFF said..grammar is not my forte'.
this is best approach. i also came down to C and D. my approach is whether vs if and we should pick "whether" because columbus had two options to choose. this eliminated A/B/E. between C and D, D is better as explained by ihotface.
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