AjiteshArun mikemcgarry GMATNinja MartyTargetTestPrep abhimahnaHi, I got option D right, but I can't put my finger on some solid reasoning. One of the explanations said that this construction is right: "Confinement buildings must be adapted to animals, rather than animals adapted to buildings." But the doubt I have here is that as "rather than" demands parallelism, we have a clause before rather than, and on the other side, isn't it "animals adapted to buildings" a noun phrase? Or if I am missing any verb before the verbal "adapted." Or the right construction is "Confinement buildings must be adapted to animals, rather than animals be adapted to buildings" or "Confinement buildings must be adapted to animals, rather than animals must be adapted to buildings." Sorry, I am sharing some stupid constructions, but some expert opinions will help me clear my thought process to avoid these silly mistakes. Also, I'm just sharing how I eliminated my other options so that you can comment if I eliminated them for the wrong reason.
A. "adapting animals" is ING verbal and not parallel to the clause before rather than.
2. We are not looking here for substituting one option over the other. Here, we are showing a preference between the two options, so it is better to use "rather than"
3. "to be adapted" something yet to happen?
5. Same reasoning as for B to eliminate Instead of.
Appreciate your support in advance.