An increased level of entrepreneurship in the metropolitan area was br

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An increased level of entrepreneurship in the metropolitan area was  brought about not by immigrants who arrived in a substantial influx, which was the case in cities several decades ago, but  adjustments to the federal tax code that heavily favor the self-employed.

(A) brought about not by immigrants who arrived in a substantial influx, which was the case in cities several decades ago, but

(B) brought about not by a substantial influx of immigrants, the case in cities several decades ago, but

(C) brought about not by a substantial influx of immigrants, as was the case in cities several decades ago, but by

(D) not brought about by a substantial influx of immigrants, which was the case in cities several decades ago, but was brought about by

(E) not brought about by immigrants who arrived in a substantial influx, the case in cities several decades ago, but by

Bunuel · Accepted Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

Answer: C

This question tests a common comparison idiom: "not by...but by...." When the first is present, the second must be, as well. That eliminates (A) and (B), both of which use "but" instead. Purely for style reasons, (C) is preferable to (D) and (E). The latter two choices restate the words "brought about," which is superfluous when compared to the construction used in (C). In addition, (D) is wrong because "as was" (in (C)) is more accurate than "which was." "As was the case" is referring to an action, while "which was" refers to a thing. The substantial influx was an occurrence, not a thing. (E) is wrong because it compares "immigrants" (as opposed to "a substantial influx") to "adjustments to the federal tax code." In (C) and (D), the comparison is between social phenomena.

Aswin12 · Answer

An increased level of entrepreneurship in the metropolitan area was brought about not by immigrants who arrived in a substantial influx, which was the case in cities several decades ago, but adjustments to the federal tax code that heavily favor the self-employed.

(A) brought about not by immigrants who arrived in a substantial influx, which was the case in cities several decades ago, but -  Parallelism error it should be "not by X but by Y" . the use of pronoun which is also wrong "which" cannot be used to refer to an entire condition

(B) brought about not by a substantial influx of immigrants, the case in cities several decades ago, but - Parallelism error same as in option A

(C) brought about not by a substantial influx of immigrants, as was the case in cities several decades ago, but by -  Correct Option

(D) not brought about by a substantial influx of immigrants, which was the case in cities several decades ago, but was brought about by - similar pronoun error as option A

(E) not  brought about  by immigrants who arrived in a substantial influx, the case in cities several decades ago, but by -  Parallelism error

ManyataM · Answer

IMO the answer is option C using correct parallelism i.e.,not by a substantial .... but by

winterschool · Answer

An increased level of entrepreneurship in the metropolitan area was brought about not by immigrants who arrived in a substantial influx, which was the case in cities several decades ago, but adjustments to the federal tax code that heavily favor the self-employed.

(A) brought about  not by  immigrants who arrived in a substantial influx, which was the case in cities several decades ago,  but   Incorrect

parallelism error - ..........not by..................., but...........

(B) brought about  not by  a substantial influx of immigrants, the case in cities several decades ago,  but   Incorrect

parallelism error - ..........not by............., but ..............

(C)  brought about not by a substantial influx of immigrants, as was the case in cities several decades ago, but by   Correct

(D)  not brought about by  a substantial influx of immigrants, which was the case in cities several decades ago,  but was brought about by   Incorrect

parallelism error - .............not brought about by................., but was brought about by...............

(E)  not brought about by  immigrants who arrived in a substantial influx, the case in cities several decades ago,  but by   Incorrect

parallelism error - .................not brought about by............, but by ................

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