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31 Aug 2019, 04:43
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C
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Arguably, the Charles Dickens' current popular fame is not owed to A Tale of Two Cities, or Great Expectations, but A Christmas Carol, thanks to the many TV and movie adaptations of that story.
A. not owed to A Tale of Two Cities, or Great Expectations, but
B. not owed to A Tale of Two Cities, or Great Expectations, but is to
C. owed not to A Tale of Two Cities, or Great Expectations, but to
D. owed not to A Tale of Two Cities, or Great Expectations, but
E. owed not to A Tale of Two Cities, or Great Expectations, but is to
A. not owed to A Tale of Two Cities, or Great Expectations, but
B. not owed to A Tale of Two Cities, or Great Expectations, but is to
C. owed not to A Tale of Two Cities, or Great Expectations, but to
D. owed not to A Tale of Two Cities, or Great Expectations, but
E. owed not to A Tale of Two Cities, or Great Expectations, but is to
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02 Sep 2019, 01:18
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IMO c
Not ..but correct usage
Verb + not +prep phrase + but+ prep phrase
Or
Not +verb + but+ verb
Only C follows the correct structure
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Not ..but correct usage
Verb + not +prep phrase + but+ prep phrase
Or
Not +verb + but+ verb
Only C follows the correct structure
Posted from my mobile device
03 Sep 2019, 05:43
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SajjadAhmad
Official Explanation
Creating a filter: in this question, the words "not owed" are in the wrong order. The fame is indeed owed to something; what we are negating is what it's owed to, and so the "not" should come after the verb and modify Two Cities.
Applying the filter: we eliminate (B) also, so we're left with (C) through (E).
Finding objective defects: parallelism further dictates that (C) is the correct answer. The fame is owed to the book A Christmas Carol. Note also that including a verb such as "is," as (B) and (E) do, creates an ungrammatical structure, a phrase with a conjunction and a verb but no grammatical subject.
The correct answer is (C).
