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Updated on: 07 Sep 2020, 14:11
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Pack 18, Question 5 of 5:
Although snakes are legless, carnivorous reptiles, people should think of non-venomous snakes as not scary, forked-tongued creatures, but as useful animals that eat disease-carrying rodents.
A. as not scary, forked-tongued creatures, but as
B. as not scary, forked-tongued creatures, but
C. not as scary, forked-tongued creatures, but as
D. not as scary, forked-tongued creatures, rather
E. not in terms of scary, forked-tongued creatures, but
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Although snakes are legless, carnivorous reptiles, people should think of non-venomous snakes as not scary, forked-tongued creatures, but as useful animals that eat disease-carrying rodents.
A. as not scary, forked-tongued creatures, but as
B. as not scary, forked-tongued creatures, but
C. not as scary, forked-tongued creatures, but as
D. not as scary, forked-tongued creatures, rather
E. not in terms of scary, forked-tongued creatures, but
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02 Sep 2020, 16:39
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imo C .
Idiom Tested : not X , but Y -- Where X and Y must be logically as well as grammatically parallel .
Meaning :
Although snakes are legless,
people should think of non-venomous snakes not as scary, forked-tongued creatures,
but as useful animals
that eat disease-carrying rodents.
Error Analysis :
The idiom not x , but y is used incorrectly. The way choice A is written structurally, it is not parallel.
Instead of not scary ... But as useful animals ..
It should be not as scary... But as useful animals
A. as not scary, forked-tongued creatures, but as
--Parallelism issue in the idiom not .. But... As discussed above
B. as not scary, forked-tongued creatures, but
--Omission of as doesn't convey the meaning properly . We need ..not as .. But as
C. not as scary, forked-tongued creatures, but as
-- Seems Correct .. This choice corrected the the errors of choice a and b . Meaning is also clear ..
D. not as scary, forked-tongued creatures, rather
-- Incorrect use of idiom ..we need . not .. But... As discussed above
E. not in terms of scary, forked-tongued creatures, but
-- Omission of as .. Doesn't convey the meaning properly .
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Although snakes are legless, carnivorous reptiles, people should think of non-venomous snakes as not scary, forked-tongued creatures, but as useful animals that eat disease-carrying rodents.
The correct idiom in use here is "not as X, but as Y" in which X and Y are parallel elements.
A. as not scary, forked-tongued creatures, but as -- wrong as mentioned above
B. as not scary, forked-tongued creatures, but -- same as A
C. not as scary, forked-tongued creatures, but as -- CORRECT
D. not as scary, forked-tongued creatures, rather -- "as" is not used after rather. Not parallel
E. not in terms of scary, forked-tongued creatures, but -- wordy and colloquial(not very GMAT-like)
The answer should be C
The correct idiom in use here is "not as X, but as Y" in which X and Y are parallel elements.
A. as not scary, forked-tongued creatures, but as -- wrong as mentioned above
B. as not scary, forked-tongued creatures, but -- same as A
C. not as scary, forked-tongued creatures, but as -- CORRECT
D. not as scary, forked-tongued creatures, rather -- "as" is not used after rather. Not parallel
E. not in terms of scary, forked-tongued creatures, but -- wordy and colloquial(not very GMAT-like)
The answer should be C
