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Experienced employers recognize that business students who can assimilate different points of view are more effective as managers rather than the brilliant and original students that dogmatically adhere to their formulations.
A) rather than the brilliant and original students that
B) rather than are the brilliant and original students who
C) instead of the brilliant and original students who
D) than are the brilliant and original students, who
E) as compared to the brilliant and original students, who
13 May 2020, 00:09
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Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC1)
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Experienced employers recognize that business students who can assimilate different points of view are more effective as managers rather than the brilliant and original students that dogmatically adhere to their formulations.
A) rather than the brilliant and original students that
B) rather than are the brilliant and original students who
C) instead of the brilliant and original students who
D) than are the brilliant and original students, who
E) as compared to the brilliant and original students, who
A) rather than the brilliant and original students that
B) rather than are the brilliant and original students who
C) instead of the brilliant and original students who
D) than are the brilliant and original students, who
E) as compared to the brilliant and original students, who
THE PROMPT
Quote:
Experienced employers recognize that business students who can assimilate different points of view are more effective as managers rather than the brilliant and original students that dogmatically adhere to their formulations.
This question contains a red herring.
Whether to choose rather than or instead of is not being tested.
A comparison is being tested.
The rule is that more requires than
THE OPTIONS (in a shortened sentence)
Quote:
A) Business students who can assimilate different points of view are more effective as managers rather than the brilliant and original students that are stubborn.
• people take the pronoun who, not that• More . . . than is correct. More . . . rather than is ear splittingly wrong.
Correct: I have more chocolates than you have.
Wrong: I have more chocolates rather than you have.
→ Correct: More X than Y
→ only than works.
Wrong: More X . . . AS Y
Wrong: More X . . . rather than Y
Eliminate A
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B) Business students who can assimilate different points of view are more effective as managers color=#ff0000]rather[/color] than are the brilliant and original students who are stubborn.
• just as in option A, Option B erroneously includes more without than• more . . . rather than is not correct
Eliminate B
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C) Business students who can assimilate different points of view are more effective as managers C) instead of the brilliant and original students who are stubborn.
• More . . . instead of is also not a thing. Native speakers erroneously use this construction.The idiomatic phrase is more . . . than.
The difference between rather than and instead of is not is not being tested in this question.
Both phrases are wrong. GMAC wants you to waste time pondering this split.
Don't fall for the trap. Just remember that More X ... requires THAN Y.
Eliminate C
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D) Business students who can assimilate different points of view are more effective as managers than are the brilliant and original students, who are stubborn.
assimilate different points of view are more effective as managers than are the brilliant and • Bingo.
→ We have the explicit word than, so the more . . . than requirement is meant.
→ Students are correctly referred to by the pronoun who (Only people take who.)
KEEP.
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E) Business students who can assimilate different points of view are more effective as managers as compared to the brilliant and original students, who are stubborn.
• this option is still missing a than.• and GMAC really does not like comparative words such as more in the same sentence as any phrase such as "compared to."
Do not say, for example, He likes chocolate cookies compared to oatmeal raising cookies.
The word more already suggests comparison.
The correct answer is D.
NOTES
In option D, the subject and verb are switched in the second clause, a fairly common practice.
Xs are more ABC than Ys are ABC.
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Xs are more ABC than are Ys
Business students who can assimilate different points of view are more effective as managers than are the brilliant and original students, who are stubborn
COMMENTS
NiftyNiffler (interesting username) , apoorvsingh , and GT1944 , welcome to SC Butler.
As always, it's good to see the rest of you all, too.
Many of these answers do a very good job of explaining why options are eliminated.
If you're a little bit new here (or on your way here, hint, hint), please know that I want you to explain so that someone just starting could follow.
I am falling asleep as I type.
This thread is good -- nice work.
Kudos to all. Stay safe.
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13 May 2020, 00:21
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Experienced employers recognize that business students who can assimilate different points of view are more effective as managers rather than the brilliant and original students that dogmatically adhere to their formulations.
The non-underlines portion already contains the comparator "more" ... so the organic follow-up is "than". more X than Y . D is the clear winner
The non-underlines portion already contains the comparator "more" ... so the organic follow-up is "than". more X than Y . D is the clear winner
