randarth wrote:
Although it covers the entire planet, Earth's crust is neither seamless nor stationary, but ratherIS fragmented into mobile semirigid plates.
The verb after the but is missing in the option D. How is the part after but rather a clause? SHouldnt it be aclause?
The structure is:
Earth's crust is -
i) neither seamless nor stationary
but rather
ii) fragmented into mobile semirigid plates
seamless/stationary/fragmented are all adjectives and hence, D presents a parallel structure.
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