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In her presentation, the head of the Better Business Bureau emphasized that companies should think of the cost of conventions and other similar gatherings as not an expense, but as an investment in networking that will pay dividends.
A) as not an expense,but as
B) as not expense,but
C) not an expense,rather
D) not as an expense,but as
E) not in terms of expense,but
Choice A: In this answer choice, the phrase "as not an expense" breaks parallelism with the phrase "but as an investment". Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
Choice B: In this answer choice, the phrase "as not expense" breaks parallelism with the phrase "but as an investment". Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
Choice C: In this answer choice, the construction "think of ... an" is incorrect; the word "as" must precede the word "an". Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
Choice D: In this answer choice, parallelism and proper idiom construction are maintained throughout the sentence. Thus, this answer choice is correct.
Choice E: This answer choice repeats the error seen in Option C. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
Hence, D is the best answer choice.All the best!
Experts' Global Team