Standard English ConventionsHardParallelism in a comparison with 'rather than'
Standard English Conventions practice question
The council chose to widen the footpath rather than ____ the road.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. narrowCorrect
- B. narrowing
- C. to be narrowing
- D. narrowed
Answer: A. narrow
'Chose to widen … rather than narrow': parallel base forms after 'to'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. narrowing
- 'Narrowing' breaks the parallel with 'widen'.
- C. to be narrowing
- 'To be narrowing' is not parallel and is unidiomatic.
- D. narrowed
- 'Narrowed' is past tense, not an infinitive.
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