Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 19, Nov 27th 2010

Scientists who studied the famous gold field known as Serra Pelada concluded that the rich lode was not produced by the accepted methods of ore formation but that swarms of microbes over millions of years concentrated the gold from jungle soils and rivers and rocks.

(A) not produced by the accepted methods of ore formation but that swarms of microbes over millions of years

(B) not produced by the accepted methods of ore formation but instead swarms of microbes over millions of years that

(C) not produced by the accepted methods of ore formation but swarms of microbes over millions of years that

(D) produced not by the accepted methods of ore formation but by swarms of microbes that over millions of years

(E) produced not by the accepted methods of ore formation but that swarms of microbes over millions of years

Solution (Posted on Nov 28th):

D is the answer. Parallel : not by….but by…