GMAT Question of the Day : Sentence Correction

The most favorable locations for the growth of glaciers, rather than being the cold, dry polar regions, would be instead the cool, moist middle latitudes, where there is abundant precipitation and where it is cold enough to allow some snow to accumulate year by year.
(A) glaciers, rather than being the cold, dry polar regions, would be instead the cool, moist middle latitudes
(B) glaciers are not the cold, dry polar regions but the cool, moist middle latitudes
(C) glaciers are the cool, moist middle latitudes rather than the cold, dry polar regions
(D) glaciers, instead of being the cold, dry polar regions, would be the cool, moist middle latitudes
(E) glaciers are, instead of the cold, dry polar regions, rather the cool, moist middle latitudes

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  1. Krishna Mohan says:

    B.

  2. prasanthkara says:

    B

  3. unknown13 says:

    i though the answer is B
    its the case of parallel construction in present tense.

  4. nakul_mukerjee says:

    B

  5. venkata.subramani says:

    C

  6. Rajshree Misra says:

    B

  7. deepakraam says:

    I will go with option B

  8. prashant.misra11@gmail.com says:

    i was also confused between B and C but option B seems to be the correct answer

  9. RS says:

    Option B is correct because “where there is abundant precipitation” which follows the correction must refer to the immediate stuff before it

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