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Despite being rivals on the cricket field, Andrew regarded Brett not as an adversary but a friend , a fact that was obvious in the historic Ashes test match between their respective teams in 2005

a) not as an adversary but a friend , a fact that was obvious

b) not as an adversary but as a friend ; a fact that was obvious

c) as not an adversary but as a friend , a fact that was obvious

d) as a friend not as an adversary, an obvious fact

e) not as an adversary but as a friend , a fact that was obvious
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Originally posted by aashu4uiit on 29 Oct 2014, 02:10.
Last edited by Gnpth on 29 Oct 2014, 02:48, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Despite being rivals on the cricket field, Andrew regarded Brett [#permalink] New post   29 Oct 2014, 02:46
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aashu4uiit wrote:

Can you suggest why use of semicolon is not correct in option B ?


Hi,

Normally Semicolon is used to connect two independent clauses. The sentence which starts after the semicolon is not a independent clause.

a fact that was obvious in the historic Ashes test match between their respective teams in 2005-- "A fact" denotes what??

This sentence cannot stand on its own. So it's a dependent clause. It depends on that fact that Andrew considers Brett has his friend and it was proven in this line.

So use semicolon to connect two independent clause.

In this case this line is not a independent clause. So it is wrong.
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Re: Despite being rivals on the cricket field, Andrew regarded Brett [#permalink] New post   23 Jan 2018, 07:35
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Can someone explain why D is incorrect?

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not as X but as Y is correct idiomatically and as per parallelism, which is missing in (D)
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Re: Despite being rivals on the cricket field, Andrew regarded Brett [#permalink] New post   31 Jan 2018, 13:22
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Hi aashu4uiit,

Thank you for your question. Let's look the clear differences between each answer, and tackle them one at a time:

1. Parallel structure in the "not X, but Y" idiom
2. Use of comma versus semicolon

Let's start with parallel structure because it should narrow down the most answers. For the idiom to work, it needs to be structure "not as an X, but as a Y."

a) not as an adversary but a friend , a fact that was obvious (NOT PARALLEL)
b) not as an adversary but as a friend ; a fact that was obvious (PARALLEL)
c) as not an adversary but as a friend , a fact that was obvious (NOT PARALLEL)
d) as a friend not as an adversary, an obvious fact (NOT PARALLEL/WRONG STRUCTURE)
e) not as an adversary but as a friend , a fact that was obvious (PARALLEL)

Based on using parallel structure, we can eliminate answers A, C, & D. Now that we're left with answers B & E, let's look at #2 on the list: punctuation.

b) not as an adversary but as a friend; a fact that was obvious
This is WRONG because it uses a semicolon incorrectly. Semicolons can only be used when there are independent clauses before and after the semicolon. In this case, the clause after the semicolon can't stand alone and is dependent.

e) not as an adversary but as a friend, a fact that was obvious
This is the CORRECT answer because it uses proper parallel structure AND uses a comma, which is the correct punctuation for an independent clause + dependent clause.
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Re: Despite being rivals on the cricket field, Andrew regarded Brett [#permalink] New post   29 Oct 2014, 02:20
aashu4uiit wrote:
Despite being rivals on the cricket field, Andrew regarded Brett not as an adversary but a friend , a fact that was obvious in the historic Ashes test match between their respective teams in 2005

a) not as an adversary but a friend , a fact that was obvious

b) not as an adversary but as a friend ; a fact that was obvious

c) as not an adversary but as a friend , a fact that was obvious

d) as a friend not as an adversary, an obvious fact

e) not as an adversary but as a friend , a fact that was obvious


Proper idiom is Not X but Y. So eliminate A, & C.

The use of semicolon is not correct in option B. so eliminate B.

And option D is redundant. So correct option is E.

Hope it helps
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Re: Despite being rivals on the cricket field, Andrew regarded Brett [#permalink] New post   29 Oct 2014, 02:32
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aashu4uiit wrote:
Despite being rivals on the cricket field, Andrew regarded Brett not as an adversary but a friend , a fact that was obvious in the historic Ashes test match between their respective teams in 2005

a) not as an adversary but a friend , a fact that was obvious

b) not as an adversary but as a friend ; a fact that was obvious

c) as not an adversary but as a friend , a fact that was obvious

d) as a friend not as an adversary, an obvious fact

e) not as an adversary but as a friend , a fact that was obvious


Proper idiom is Not X but Y. So eliminate A, & C.

The use of semicolon is not correct in option B. so eliminate B.

And option D is redundant. So correct option is E.

Hope it helps


Can you suggest why use of semicolon is not correct in option B ?
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Re: Despite being rivals on the cricket field, Andrew regarded Brett [#permalink] New post   23 Jan 2018, 02:38
Can someone explain why D is incorrect?

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Re: Despite being rivals on the cricket field, Andrew regarded Brett [#permalink] New post   23 Jan 2018, 08:53
Abhishek009 wrote:
Sasindran wrote:
Can someone explain why D is incorrect?

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not as X but as Y is correct idiomatically and as per parallelism, which is missing in (D)


Thanks Abhishek009. I missed the Idiom part. Kudos to you
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Re: Despite being rivals on the cricket field, Andrew regarded Brett [#permalink] New post   11 Nov 2020, 10:21
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aashu4uiit wrote:
Despite being rivals on the cricket field, Andrew regarded Brett not as an adversary but a friend , a fact that was obvious in the historic Ashes test match between their respective teams in 2005

a) not as an adversary but a friend , a fact that was obvious

b) not as an adversary but as a friend ; a fact that was obvious

c) as not an adversary but as a friend , a fact that was obvious

d) as a friend not as an adversary, an obvious fact

e) not as an adversary but as a friend , a fact that was obvious


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Answer: E

(A) The use of not as necessitates the use of but as.
(B) The semicolon is not needed because the part after the comma is an appositive phrase
(C) Since as comes before not, it does not need to be repeated after but.
(D) The use of the phrase an obvious fact distorts the meaning of the sentence.
(E) The correct sentence.
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