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Companies are relying more and more on networked computers for such critical tasks as inventory management, electronic funds transfer, and electronic data interchange, in which standard business transactions are handled via computer rather than on paper. (A) in which standard business transactions are handled via computer rather than on paper (B) where computers handle standard business transactions rather than on paper (C) in which computers handle standard business transactions instead of on paper (D) where standard business transactions are handled, not with paper, but instead via computer (E) in which standard business transactions are being handled via computer, in place of on paper
以下是OG的解释 The concluding comparison in this sentence uses the idiom rather than, which requires parallel structures. In this sentence the prepositional phrase via computer parallels on paper. Substituting where for in which creates a nonstandard idiom. A Correct. This sentence uses standard idiomatic constructions and avoids the problems that are found in the other versions. B Where is a nonstandard way to refer to a noun that does not name a location. If electronic data interchange were a location, this version would entail the odd claim that on paper is an alternative location at which computers would be expected to process information. C The comparison of the clause computers handle . . . with the prepositional phrase on paper illogically treats a location (on paper) as an alternative to an activity (computers handle). D As in (B), where is a nonstandard idiom. The commas around not with paper appear to make this phrase parenthetical; thus, it is somewhat unclear what instead via computer is contrasted with. E The pile of prepositions in the phrase in place of on paper is unnecessarily confusing and wordy.
我可以选出正确答案。但是我想知道instead of& in place of的用法，OG没有明确说。另外这里B&C的句意解释不一样，是where&in which造成的还是rather than&in stead of造成的？
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我想问一下关于B选项的这个平行问题，其实我刚开始的想法比较的是where指代的东西和on paper，改正一下原句就是computers handle standard business transactions on electronic data interchange rather than on paper.可以这样理解吧？如果是这样的话，那平行结构就是成立的。你觉得呢？
