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The mathematical concept of "zero" was born not in a single moment of revelation but evolved independently in several ancient cultures, including India, Babylonia, and the Maya Empire.
born not in a single moment of revelation but
born not in a single moment of revelation but was
not born in a single moment of revelation but
not born in a single moment of revelation but it
not born in a single moment of revelation but had
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Hi, I thought parallel structure means if one of the verb is passive, another one must be passive.
Can anyone explain this for me, please.
born not in a single moment of revelation but
born not in a single moment of revelation but was
not born in a single moment of revelation but
not born in a single moment of revelation but it
not born in a single moment of revelation but had
OE
A quick scan of the answer choices reveals two basic alternatives—"was born not" and "was not born." We eliminate (A) and (B) because "was born not" is not parallel to but evolved. The two verbs are being balanced by not and but. (B) also uses the passive "was evolved" which is an incorrect use of the word "evolve".
(D) unnecessarily adds the word "it." This could only be correct if the form of the sentence were ". . . was not born in a sudden moment of revelation; rather, it evolved slowly . . ." Since that is not the form used here, the word "it" is not needed.
(E) incorrectly uses the past perfect tense "had evolved" because the past perfect is only necessary to compare a sequence of events in which one event precedes another event in the past. Here, there is no sequence of time—the whole sentence is in the same past time.
(C) uses the proper "was not born" parallel to "but evolved" and the proper simple past, active form "evolved".
(D) unnecessarily adds the word "it." This could only be correct if the form of the sentence were ". . . was not born in a sudden moment of revelation; rather, it evolved slowly . . ." Since that is not the form used here, the word "it" is not needed.
(E) incorrectly uses the past perfect tense "had evolved" because the past perfect is only necessary to compare a sequence of events in which one event precedes another event in the past. Here, there is no sequence of time—the whole sentence is in the same past time.
(C) uses the proper "was not born" parallel to "but evolved" and the proper simple past, active form "evolved".
Hi, I thought parallel structure means if one of the verb is passive, another one must be passive.
Can anyone explain this for me, please.
02 Jun 2015, 07:42
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Correct idiomatic expression is - Not X but Y ( Parallel Markers)
From the given options (A) and (B) can straigtaway be rejected
born not in a single moment of revelation but
born not in a single moment of revelation but was
Options which looks close
not born in a single moment of revelation but verb+ed = Looks correct
not born in a single moment of revelation but it - It has no clear (Unambiguous antecedent)
not born in a single moment of revelation but had - Had used incorrectly, hence rejected.
Hence IMHO (C) looks the best.
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31 Jan 2014, 00:54
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When it comes to the question of weighing parallelism, correlative conjunction parallelism rides over voice parallelism;
