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11 Dec 2021, 07:39
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Hello,
My query may appear silly, but just want to know there are two parallelism triggers in this sentence, 'rather than' and 'and'
How do we understand which needs to be made parallel. I chose D considering that facing and rising is parallel as 'and' is a parallelism trigger between them, however in doing that ,'rather than' becomes unparallel.
Please advise what should be the approach in such sentences containing apparently dual parallelism triggers.
My query may appear silly, but just want to know there are two parallelism triggers in this sentence, 'rather than' and 'and'
How do we understand which needs to be made parallel. I chose D considering that facing and rising is parallel as 'and' is a parallelism trigger between them, however in doing that ,'rather than' becomes unparallel.
Please advise what should be the approach in such sentences containing apparently dual parallelism triggers.
11 Dec 2021, 14:34
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VIGHNESHKAMATH
Good question, VIGHNESHKAMATH. You want to prioritize like elements in a comparison ahead of other concerns regarding parallelism. In this case, one element within the comparison, the second, simply branches, adding extra information about that particular element. Take a look at the options again in the context of the sentence:
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Since rather than or instead of is our comparison trigger, we can look to each side for like elements.
(A) retirement (noun) rather than face (noun—infinitive) X
(B) retirement (noun) instead of facing (noun—gerund) X
(C) retiring (noun—gerund) instead of facing (noun—gerund) (strictly in terms of comparing like elements, and ignoring the usage of instead of, this option is better than (B)) √
(D) to retire (noun—infinitive) rather than facing (noun—gerund) X
(E) to retire (noun—infinitive) rather than face (noun—infinitive, with an ellipsis for to) √
After round one, with an eye on exactly what is being compared, only (C) and (E) hold up. Notice that the latter half of each answer choice branches: rather than face the threats... and [face] the rising costs. There is no need to seek parallelism between facing and rising, since facing would carry over as an understood element ahead of the rising costs anyway:
(D) rather than facing the threats... and [facing] the rising costs
You have to be careful not to chase the wrong targets in SC. Comparisons are heavily tested, and they are also tightly governed. If you have any doubts about an answer choice that contains a comparison, look to that part first and consider other issues thereafter.
Good luck with your studies.
- Andrew
22 Dec 2021, 13:28
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This is a 700Q in my view.
(A) had elected early retirement rather than face => comparing “early retirement” vs “face”, noun vs action = wrong
Many people claimed past participate is wrong, it is not determining factor, the study conclusion can be referencing the doctor’s decision in the past.
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(B) had elected early retirement instead of facing => similar to above but subtly different.
Here facing is gerund, so effectively elected applies to both retirement and facing. So you are saying doctor had elected to retire instead of elected to facing the threats of lawsuits…; elected to facing lawsuits = wrong
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(C) have elected retiring early instead of facing; as above doctors don’t elect to face law suit
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(D) have elected to retire early rather than facing; between D and E, D lacks parallelism “to retire” vs “facing”
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(E) have elected to retire early rather than face -> no issues as listed above
As you can see, all options do not eliminate based on the simple rule of “instead of” vs “rather than”. You need to focus on meaning instead of rules
(A) had elected early retirement rather than face => comparing “early retirement” vs “face”, noun vs action = wrong
Many people claimed past participate is wrong, it is not determining factor, the study conclusion can be referencing the doctor’s decision in the past.
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(B) had elected early retirement instead of facing => similar to above but subtly different.
Here facing is gerund, so effectively elected applies to both retirement and facing. So you are saying doctor had elected to retire instead of elected to facing the threats of lawsuits…; elected to facing lawsuits = wrong
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(C) have elected retiring early instead of facing; as above doctors don’t elect to face law suit
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(D) have elected to retire early rather than facing; between D and E, D lacks parallelism “to retire” vs “facing”
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(E) have elected to retire early rather than face -> no issues as listed above
As you can see, all options do not eliminate based on the simple rule of “instead of” vs “rather than”. You need to focus on meaning instead of rules
