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Updated on: 11 Oct 2018, 03:54
Originally posted by Kevalkhanna on 18 Oct 2016, 02:38.
Last edited by Bunuel on 11 Oct 2018, 03:54, edited 2 times in total.
Last edited by Bunuel on 11 Oct 2018, 03:54, edited 2 times in total.
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Contrary to popular opinion, the war on terrorism is leading neither to better times for investing, more of a relaxed sense of national security, or actually destroying the terrorists.
(A) leading neither to better times for investing, more of a relaxed sense of national security, or
(B) leading neither to better times for investing nor a more relaxed sense of national security, or
(C) not leading to either better times for investing nor to more of a relaxed sense of national security, and neither is it
(D) not leading to better times for investing, more of a relaxed sense of national security, and it is not
(E) not leading to better times for investing or to a more relaxed sense of national security, nor is it
(A) leading neither to better times for investing, more of a relaxed sense of national security, or
(B) leading neither to better times for investing nor a more relaxed sense of national security, or
(C) not leading to either better times for investing nor to more of a relaxed sense of national security, and neither is it
(D) not leading to better times for investing, more of a relaxed sense of national security, and it is not
(E) not leading to better times for investing or to a more relaxed sense of national security, nor is it
Updated on: 03 Jan 2019, 21:27
Originally posted by shubhraghosh on 21 Oct 2016, 19:53.
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RatneshS
Ratnesh,
E is indeed the correct answer
. There are two things at play here that you need to understand. Neither...nor trap and a cleverly disguised parallelism is..is
Let's first understand the meaning here. The sentence is trying to link 3 things together. The fact that war on terrorism is not leading to better time for investing, it is not leading to a sense of national security and it is not actually destroying the terrorists.
Structure
As per the sentence and the answer choices, the 3 things are not included at the same level (Eg. not leading to X,Y and Z). Instead, the question clubs two of the three aspects inside one fragment (starting with not) and the other fragment (starting with nor). These two fragments however must be parallel -> as highlighted by the is..is construct. So this is correct.
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(A) leading neither to better times for investing, more of a relaxed sense of national security, or -> Neither must be succeeded by nor, hence incorrect
(B) leading neither to better times for investing nor a more relaxed sense of national security, or -> The fragments within the neither..nor construct must be parallel. Here neither to.. not to, the 'to' part is missing, hence incorrect. This sentence also convolutes the meaning and hence can be eliminated.
(C) not leading to either better times for investing nor to more of a relaxed sense of national security, and neither is it -> Either..nor..Neither is seriously flawed, only allowable structures are Either..or, Neither..nor, Not..nor
(D) not leading to better times for investing, more of a relaxed sense of national security, and it is not -> It is the only choice that attempts to connect X,Y, Z parallely. The 'it is not' portion breaks the parallelism.
(E) not leading to better times for investing or to a more relaxed sense of national security, nor is it -> The correct answer
. It maintains the parallelism through is..is construct and also maintains the not..nor structure. Hence the best option and the correct one.Hope this helps.
Cheers!
27 Feb 2018, 01:22
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This is actually a pretty common English structure: "X is not A, nor is it B." "The hotel is not beautiful, nor is it affordable." The fact that the "A" in this case has its own conjunction ("or") has no bearing on that overall structure.
So, big picture: "The war is not leading to ___, nor is it destroying __."
Now, within that first blank, we have "better times OR a more relaxed sense." That's fine, too.
So, big picture: "The war is not leading to ___, nor is it destroying __."
Now, within that first blank, we have "better times OR a more relaxed sense." That's fine, too.
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