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As well as getting away unscathed, Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens, compliments of Brazilian environmentalists.


A. As well as getting away unscathed, Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

B. Besides getting away unscathed, Kim also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

C. Besides getting away unscathed, also Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

D. Kim not only got away unscathed, but also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

E. Kim got away not only unscathed, but also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens
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Option D

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A. As well as getting away unscathed, Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens
Incorrect
"As well as getting away unscathed" is unidiomatic.

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B. Besides getting away unscathed, Kim also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens
Incorrect.
The use of the words "besides" and "also" is redundant.

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C. Besides getting away unscathed, also Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens
Incorrect.
Same as B)

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D. Kim not only got away unscathed, but also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens
Correct

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E. Kim got away not only unscathed, but also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens
Incorrect.
Lacks parallelism within "not only... but also"
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A. As well as getting away unscathed, Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens
- not definitely wrong (IMHO), so let's keep and search for a better option

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B. Besides getting away unscathed, Kim also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens
- "also" leads to redundancy, as we've already had "besides"

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C. Besides getting away unscathed, also Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens
- wrong for the same reason as B

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D. Kim not only got away unscathed, but also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens
- nice, concise way to present sme meaning as in original sentence. I'll vote for D

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E. Kim got away not only unscathed, but also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens
- not only X but also Y construction requires X || Y; not the case in E, so eliminate

D is a correct choice
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As well as getting away unscathed, Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens, compliments of Brazilian environmentalists.


A. As well as getting away unscathed, Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

B. Besides getting away unscathed, Kim also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

C. Besides getting away unscathed, also Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

D. Kim not only got away unscathed, but also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

E. Kim got away not only unscathed, but also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

NOTES: Idiom "not only X but also Y"

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D is the best answer.

As well as getting away unscathed, Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens, compliments of Brazilian environmentalists.

The use of as well as is incorrect in A. The use of also in B and C creates redundancy in the sentence. Besides already signals that Kim performs some other actions, hence there is no need to introduce also to modify Kim as such modifications create redundancies in the sentence.
In E, there is a parallelism error. unscathed, a verbed modifier, is not parallel to managed to gather valuable knowledge, a verb and its predicate.
We are left with D as the correct answer that is parallel. got away unscathed is parallel to managed to gather valuable knowledge.

A. As well as getting away unscathed, Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

B. Besides getting away unscathed, Kim also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

C. Besides getting away unscathed, also Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

D. Kim not only got away unscathed, but also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

E. Kim got away not only unscathed, but also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens
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Ans:D
No modification error in option D & uses correct construction of not only...but also.
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As well as getting away unscathed, Kim managed to gather valuable know 09 Jan 2020, 21:04
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IMO D

Kim not only got away unscathed, but also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

Co relative conjunction not only X but also Y.. and idiom usage is correct..



As well as getting away unscathed, Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens, compliments of Brazilian environmentalists.


A. As well as getting away unscathed, Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

B. Besides getting away unscathed, Kim also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

C. Besides getting away unscathed, also Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

D. Kim not only got away unscathed, but also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

E. Kim got away not only unscathed, but also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens

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As well as getting away unscathed, Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens, compliments of Brazilian environmentalists.

A. As well as getting away unscathed, Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens - WRONG. Sentence structure is not correct. Incorrect idiom. 'Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens' is okay.

B. Besides getting away unscathed, Kim also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens - WRONG. 'Besides' and 'also' are redundant.

C. Besides getting away unscathed, also Kim managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens - WRONG. Incorrect placement of 'also' besides redundancy.

D. Kim not only got away unscathed, but also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens - CORRECT. Proper idiom - 'got' and 'managed'. 'Gather' and 'bring' are parallel for verb 'managed'.

E. Kim got away not only unscathed, but also managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens - WRONG. Idiom issue - 'Got away' is common to both 'not only' and 'but also' thus improperly put together.

The part 'managed to gather valuable knowledge about orchids and bring home scores of rare specimens' is correct in all the option.

IMO Answer D.
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