Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Nov 2007:30 AM PST
-08:30 AM PST
Learn what truly sets the UC Riverside MBA apart and how it helps in your professional growth
Nov 2211:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Do RC/MSR passages scare you? e-GMAT is conducting a masterclass to help you learn – Learn effective reading strategies Tackle difficult RC & MSR with confidence Excel in timed test environment- Nov 23
11:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Attend this free GMAT Algebra Webinar and learn how to master the most challenging Inequalities and Absolute Value problems with ease. 
Nov 2510:00 AM EST
-11:00 AM EST
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors.
sanathadiga
Joined: 15 Jan 2014
Last visit: 22 Jul 2019
Posts: 60
Given Kudos: 31
Location: India
Schools: Foster '21 (I) Krannert '21 (A) Smeal'21 (A$)
GMAT 1: 680 Q48 V35
GPA: 3.79
Updated on: 19 Aug 2018, 20:20
Originally posted by sanathadiga on 19 Aug 2018, 13:46.
Last edited by Bunuel on 19 Aug 2018, 20:20, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by Bunuel on 19 Aug 2018, 20:20, edited 1 time in total.
EDITED.
Kudos
Bookmarks
E
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
45%
(medium)
Question Stats:
59% (01:10) correct
41%
(01:15)
wrong
based on 540
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
After losing his right arm to an injury sustained in World War I, the Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein decided to focus on pieces written for the left hand instead of to quit his professional piano-playing career.
a) decided to focus on pieces written for the left hand instead of to quit
b) decided to focus on pieces written for the left hand instead of quitting
c) decided he ought to focus on pieces written for the left hand as opposed to quitting
d) decided to focus on pieces written for the left hand rather than quitting
e) decided to focus on pieces written for the left hand rather than quit
a) decided to focus on pieces written for the left hand instead of to quit
b) decided to focus on pieces written for the left hand instead of quitting
c) decided he ought to focus on pieces written for the left hand as opposed to quitting
d) decided to focus on pieces written for the left hand rather than quitting
e) decided to focus on pieces written for the left hand rather than quit
sanathadiga
Joined: 15 Jan 2014
Last visit: 22 Jul 2019
Posts: 60
Given Kudos: 31
Location: India
Schools: Foster '21 (I) Krannert '21 (A) Smeal'21 (A$)
GMAT 1: 680 Q48 V35
GPA: 3.79
Updated on: 19 Aug 2018, 23:51
Originally posted by sanathadiga on 19 Aug 2018, 13:49.
Last edited by sanathadiga on 19 Aug 2018, 23:51, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by sanathadiga on 19 Aug 2018, 23:51, edited 1 time in total.
Kudos
Bookmarks
i Chose a) as the answer. I want to know why the other answer(e) as suggested by Kaplan is right.
Difference b/w "instead of" and "rather than" is that instead of simply chooses an option over other and in case of rather than it prefers an option over another.
So, I felt a) is the right answer
Difference b/w "instead of" and "rather than" is that instead of simply chooses an option over other and in case of rather than it prefers an option over another.
So, I felt a) is the right answer
19 Aug 2018, 18:14
Kudos
Bookmarks
sanathadiga
Paul Wittgenstein had 2 options:
1. To continiue his piano-playing career (to focus on pieces written for the left hand)
2. To quit his career
These two have to be parallel.
In B, C, D there is no parallelism at all (to focus vs quitting) ----> out.
A imo sounds awful. It can not be the right construction. Moreover, "written for the left hand instead of to quit" - it seems a little like "to quit" does not go parallel to "to focus", but something like "focus on left hand instead of right hand" for example.
E sounds nice. "Decided to continue (to focus) rather than quit".
