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Qingqing Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

About "rather than" and "before"

She was such a proud person that she would die ____ she would admit she was wrong.

A. rather than B.until C.after D.before

Key: D

Is it right? What about A? I know the phrase "would rather...than" or "would...rather than".
  

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"Rater than" requires the same construction as the other term. "

  • "Rater than" requires the same construction as the other term.
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"Rater than" requires the same construction as the other term. So it should be "rather than admit (like "die") etc..."
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QingqingShe was such a proud person that she would die ____ she would admit she was wrong.

A. rather than B.until C.after D.before

Key: D

Is it right? What about A? I know the phrase "would rather...than" or "would...rather than".

D is the correct choice if you want to keep the pronoun + modal "she would" in th

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