Consumer preference survey in four neighborhoods of Radisson

Question

Consumer preference survey in four neighborhoods of Radisson County showed that residents  had chosen IDLA Supermarket rather than face  the long queues at TRAMLAW.

A. had chosen IDLA Supermarket rather than face
B. had chosen IDLA Supermarket instead of facing
C. have chosen IDLA Supermarket instead of facing
D. have chosen IDLA Supermarket rather than facing
E. have chosen IDLA Supermarket rather than face

sandman13 · Accepted Answer

elements on either side of "rather than"/"instead of" need to be parallel

the first element is a verb in all choices, so the second element has to be a verb. this eliminates B, C, D since "facing" is not a verb

Between A and E: we don't need past perfect.

In choice E: have chosen is parallel to face
residents have chosen [bla bla]
residents face [bla bla]
^these two elements are parallel.

Also,

a note on "rather than" vs. "instead of"

"instead of" is followed by a noun
Instead of could only put nouns in parallel

"rather than" can act as either a preposition (taking a noun) or a subordinate conjunction
rather than can put nouns or verbs or entire actions in parallel.
(so in this question we NEED "rather than", eliminate B and C)

For more, read: https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-idio ... omparison/

Answer: E

polpanumas · Answer

Face vs facing parallelism issue

IDLA Supermarket is a noun so facing

Past perfect is not appropriate since there is no other action to compare the timeline

IMO - D

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RaguramanS · Answer

Choice between had chosen and have chosen
Had chosen: The survey will not make any sense if the consumer preference was outdated
So C,D,E
Choice between face, facing and rather than , instead of
*Rather than: Gmat's favourite
Face: Sentence fragment

So option D
Correct me if my thought process is wrong

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stne · Answer

I think arguments can be made in favor of both A and E.

If the choosing happened before the survey we can use " HAD "
on the other hand if the choosing has just finished now and its effect is still continuing then we have to use " HAVE"

is there any way to infer which one is better than the other?

aditya201819 · Answer

GMATNINJA what is wrong with B?

PK32 · Answer

Can some one please explain that why we choose "E" over "D".

Is that because of parallelism ?

dassayantani · Answer

the sentence mentions that the survey 'showed'... will it not be had instead on have?

shekhu · Answer

I was able to eliminate A,B and C but I am wondering why is facing in D wrong?

betorocks · Answer

I would request the experts to please comment on this. The word showed implies that this is reported speech. In reported speech we shift tense back. In the above question the choosing happened before the survey that is why the author was able to report it. I feel that 'had' should be used rather than 'has' in the question. Please help!!

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daniel6a1001 · Answer

I have the same question, the sentence mentions that the survey 'showed', shouldn't we use past perfect here instead of present perfect?

thakurarun85 · Answer

What is compared here :-

1) had chosen......... vs face........

or

2) IDLA Supermarket vs facing

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  thakurarun85 ,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, this sentence is not actually making a comparison, rather it is stating that residents have taken one action - "have chosen IDLA Supermarket" - instead of taking another action - "face the long queues at TRAMLAW".

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

thakurarun85 · Answer

Apologies

I was asking which ||ism we are checking here?

1) had chosen......... || face........

or

2) IDLA Supermarket || facing

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