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Updated on: 04 Mar 2019, 05:24
Originally posted by freetheking on 07 Jul 2006, 09:20.
Last edited by Bunuel on 04 Mar 2019, 05:24, edited 1 time in total.
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Recently physicians have determined that stomach ulcers are not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but a bacterium that dwells in the mucous lining of the stomach.
(A) not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but
(B) not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but are by
(C) caused not by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but by
(D) caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but
(E) caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but are by
(A) not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but
(B) not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but are by
(C) caused not by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but by
(D) caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but
(E) caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but are by
Parallelism; Diction
The formula used in this sentence not this but that requires parallel elements following not and but. This means that not by stress, alcohol, or rich foods must be balanced by but by a bacterium. . . . There is no need to repeat the verb are caused, or even the auxiliary verb are, because the verb precedes the not by … but by … formula. The substitution of the conjunction and for the conjunction or changes the meaning of the sentence: Stress, alcohol and rich foods identifies the combination of these three factors as a suggested cause of stomach ulcers, whereas stress, alcohol, or rich foods offers three individual possibilities. There is no way to tell which one of these is the intended meaning of the sentence.
(A) To preserve parallelism, but should be followed by by.
(B) There is no reason to repeat the auxiliary verb are.
(C) Correct. This sentence correctly uses the not by … but by … formula.
(D) To preserve parallelism, but should be followed by by.
(E) To preserve parallelism, but should be followed by by.
The formula used in this sentence not this but that requires parallel elements following not and but. This means that not by stress, alcohol, or rich foods must be balanced by but by a bacterium. . . . There is no need to repeat the verb are caused, or even the auxiliary verb are, because the verb precedes the not by … but by … formula. The substitution of the conjunction and for the conjunction or changes the meaning of the sentence: Stress, alcohol and rich foods identifies the combination of these three factors as a suggested cause of stomach ulcers, whereas stress, alcohol, or rich foods offers three individual possibilities. There is no way to tell which one of these is the intended meaning of the sentence.
(A) To preserve parallelism, but should be followed by by.
(B) There is no reason to repeat the auxiliary verb are.
(C) Correct. This sentence correctly uses the not by … but by … formula.
(D) To preserve parallelism, but should be followed by by.
(E) To preserve parallelism, but should be followed by by.
09 Sep 2016, 09:45
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iMyself
But, my question is: WHY not B. B makes parallelism to me!
B. NOT (tag)+CAUSED (verb)+by+something....................BUT (tag)+ARE (verb)+by+Something
Indicate parallelism to each other.
Hi iMyself, the short answer is that caused is not used as a verb here, but as a participle.B. NOT (tag)+CAUSED (verb)+by+something....................BUT (tag)+ARE (verb)+by+Something
Indicate parallelism to each other.
An easier way would be to do a XYZ Analysis (as per our book Sentence Correction Nirvana). With B, the structure would be:
Recently physicians have determined that stomach ulcers are not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but are by a bacterium that dwells in the mucous lining of the stomach.
So, the structure is: C Not X but Y, where C is the structure of the sentence outside the XY deconstruct.
C: Recently physicians have determined that stomach ulcers are
X: caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods
Y: are by a bacterium that dwells in the mucous lining of the stomach
Since C is outside the XY deconstruct, C must make sense with both X and Y.
i) Is C making sense with X?
Recently physicians have determined that stomach ulcers are caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods. - Seems fine.
ii) Is C making sense with Y?
Recently physicians have determined that stomach ulcers are are by a bacterium that dwells in the mucous lining of the stomach - Clearly not correct (are is repeated twice).
Since C is not making sense with Y, B is incorrect.
p.s. Our book EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana discusses the framework of XYZ deconstruct, its application and examples in significant detail. If someone is interested, PM me your email-id; I can mail the corresponding section.
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Recently physicians have determined that stomach ulcers are not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but a bacterium that dwells in the mucous lining of the stomach.
A. not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but
B. not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but are by
C. caused not by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but by
D. caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but
E. caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but are by
OA:
Please.explanations.
A. not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but
B. not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but are by
C. caused not by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but by
D. caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but
E. caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but are by
OA:
Please.explanations.
Hi
this question tests your knowledge of parallelism
The correct idiom is "not X but Y". X and Y must be parallel
Note that A and B have a construction "not CAUSED ........ but Y'
If the writer wants to write that way, it should be "not CAUSED X, but CAUSED Y"
In this case, X and Y both have to have a "by" inside them.
The only alternative that has a structure "caused not by X, but by Y" is C
sounds good?
