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Hi all, Here is a new SC : In the mid-1960’s a newly installed radar warning system mistook the rising of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets. (A) rising of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets (B) rising of the moon for a massive Soviet missile attack (C) moon rising to a massive missile attack by the Soviets (D) moon as it was rising for a massive Soviet missile attack (E) rise of the moon as a massive Soviet missile attack Could someone explain me why OA is not D? Comparison between moon and a missile... that's for me a better comparison than OA
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pierrealexandre77 wrote: Hi all, Here is a new SC : In the mid-1960’s a newly installed radar warning system mistook the rising of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets. (A) rising of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets (B) rising of the moon for a massive Soviet missile attack (C) moon rising to a massive missile attack by the Soviets (D) moon as it was rising for a massive Soviet missile attack (E) rise of the moon as a massive Soviet missile attack Could someone explain me why OA is not D? Comparison between moon and a missile... that's for me a better comparison than OA The correct idiom tested here is "mistake/mistook X for Y". This immediately rules out A, C and E. B is correct because the comparison is between the event - rising of the moon - and -massive Soviet missile attack". The comparison is not between the moon and the missile attack or the moon and a missile.
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Correct idiom is Mistook X for Y so IMO B is ans
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Well seen! I didn't catch this additional meaning...
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B all the way (idiomatic usage - Mistook X for Y)
Easy one!
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zaarathelab wrote: B all the way (idiomatic usage - Mistook X for Y)
Easy one! This idomatic form is also in D ! It's easy to say it's easy... 
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pierrealexandre77 wrote: Hi all, Here is a new SC : In the mid-1960’s a newly installed radar warning system mistook the rising of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets. (A) rising of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets (B) rising of the moon for a massive Soviet missile attack (C) moon rising to a massive missile attack by the Soviets (D) moon as it was rising for a massive Soviet missile attack (E) rise of the moon as a massive Soviet missile attack Could someone explain me why OA is not D? Comparison between moon and a missile... that's for me a better comparison than OA I agree B. The reason why D is wrong is that "moon as it was rising for" suggests that the moon was rising for the sake of "massive Soviet missile attack". For example: Tom would do anything for her-----> the "for" here has the same logic as that in option D
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mistook x for y is correct ans!!!
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mistook X for Y -- correct idiom
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B; D sounds as if MOON was rising to do massive soviet attack, Though quicker way is to eliminate option - D sounds awkward
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sentence D is also awkward as if when the moon was rising then they mistook it for attack
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Very easy question B is the answer
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reatsaint wrote: I chose B. Is there a OA ? pretty sure that OA is B
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pierrealexandre77 wrote: Hi all, Here is a new SC : In the mid-1960’s a newly installed radar warning system mistook the rising of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets. (A) rising of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets (B) rising of the moon for a massive Soviet missile attack (C) moon rising to a massive missile attack by the Soviets (D) moon as it was rising for a massive Soviet missile attack (E) rise of the moon as a massive Soviet missile attack Could someone explain me why OA is not D? Comparison between moon and a missile... that's for me a better comparison than OA B. Use of idiom - mistook for is a correct idiom. D. "Mistook ... as" is wrong idiom and usage.
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Mistake X for Y D is wrong in usage of "for".
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B .. mistook X for Y Not D because it changes meaning
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B is correct - uses correct idiom
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Option b to keep true to the idiom
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