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Those who enter the Peace Corps with a notion of self-sacrifice will be content to live in a hut or even a tent, and there is no doubt that third-world populations are sometimes better served by volunteers of this kind instead of by people who live in accommodations specially designed for them.
(A) volunteers of this kind instead of by people who live in accommodations specially designed for them
(B) volunteers like these rather than people who live in accommodations specially designed for it
(C) these volunteers instead of by people who live in accommodations specially designed for them
(D) such volunteers than by people who live in accommodations specially designed for them
(E) such volunteers rather than by people who live in accommodations specially designed for it
Since it was indicating preference (better served by), I eliminated options which didn't include 'rather than' and got it wrong.
(A) volunteers of this kind instead of by people who live in accommodations specially designed for them
(B) volunteers like these rather than people who live in accommodations specially designed for it
(C) these volunteers instead of by people who live in accommodations specially designed for them
(D) such volunteers than by people who live in accommodations specially designed for them
(E) such volunteers rather than by people who live in accommodations specially designed for it
Since it was indicating preference (better served by), I eliminated options which didn't include 'rather than' and got it wrong.
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Since it was indicating preference (better served by), I eliminated options which didn't include 'rather than' and got it wrong.
I understand the issue, Target4bschool. Sometimes it can help to lay bare a sentence to avoid getting tangled up in all the "fluff," and here, on a basic level, the idiom we are looking for is better A than B. This understanding alone can help us to eliminate all the other answer choices. Picture a ghost better served by at the head of each of the following options (and for extra credit, notice the parallel by):Target4bschool
better served by (A) volunteers of this kind instead of by people who live in accommodations specially designed for them
better served by (B) volunteers like these rather than people who live in accommodations specially designed for it
better served by (C) these volunteers instead of by people who live in accommodations specially designed for them
better served by (D) such volunteers than by people who live in accommodations specially designed for them
better served by (E) such volunteers rather than by people who live in accommodations specially designed for it
better served by (B) volunteers like these rather than people who live in accommodations specially designed for it
better served by (C) these volunteers instead of by people who live in accommodations specially designed for them
better served by (D) such volunteers than by people who live in accommodations specially designed for them
better served by (E) such volunteers rather than by people who live in accommodations specially designed for it
I hope that helps. Thank you for sharing, and good luck with your studies.
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