rather than后面的动词是否一定要用原形？

redstonecheers

记得以前英语老师说过rather than后面的动词常为原形，不过在prep老版语法笔记中看到一道题，希望能和大家讨论一下，谢谢~~
Gone are the sharp edges and jutting planes of styles from former eras; instead, designers of
everything from cars to computer monitors have adopted a cornerless style of smooth surfaces and
curves that is more ergonomic, conforming to the shape of the body rather than flaunting shape for
its own sake.

(A) more ergonomic, conforming to the shape of the body rather than flaunting shape
(B) more ergonomic, conformed to the body's shape and not to flaunting shape
(C) ergonomic, more conformed to the shape of the body and not to shape flaunted
(D) ergonomic, conforming more to the body's shape rather than shape flaunted
(E) ergonomic, conforming more to the shape of the body than flaunting shape
这道题目正确答案为A，使用了donging。。。rather than doing的平行，我想问一下rather than后跟动词的用法，谢谢啦！

redstonecheers

顶一下~~请教高手啊~~
难道rather than和or，and等词一样，只是附和平行规则的么？多谢~~

suomiliisa

貌似这个题主要考得就是conforming和flaunting 的平行

redstonecheers

看来的确如此，多谢啦~

tintinc

继续提问，rather than就遵照and一样的平行原则吗？那比如I choose to do A rather than (to) do B

to是否optional?谢谢！

2017

choose to do A rather to do B.
manhattan 对rather than正确举例是：He wrote with pencils rather than with pens. 没有省略第二个with

AMBER513

看一下！               

sherry1208

OG21的878题的解析里写了

the phrase "rather than ignoring" is correct and accepted in some usages, where rather than functions prepositionally, as here.

意思是此时rather than是介词...所以后面用ing

另外这道题的另一个选项的解析说

rather than does not function as a preposition here. Its function is to coordinate two verbs, in parallel form, that indicate actions compared in the sentence.

意思是OG认为rather than do和rather than doing都是对的，做的时候不能把rather than do当作hard rule来排除