* setting up

[swapna.rajanish7]

Setting up a corporation requires more paperwork and legal provision than to establish either a proprietorship or a partnership.

a.than to establish either a proprietorship or a partnership.

b.than what it requires to establish either a proprietorship or a partnership.

c.than to either establish a proprietorship or a partnership.

d.than establishing either a proprietorship or a partnership.

e.than establishing proprietorships and partnerships.

ans is d. Can some one tell me wats the difference between option d and e or rather how to eliminate e???

[rajkapoor]

Your company can either be a partnership as "Swapana & GMAT Co." .. or a proprietorship Swapana Inc. , but not both at the same time

Answer (E) implies illogical scenario wherein a company's entity is both partnership and proprietorship.

additional consideration
what i am not sure about is this -

if there was an answer choice "than establishing proprietorships OR partnerships"
would that be a correct answer choice - or would it break the parallel structure.
In the main clause, there is setting up of a company (singlular), while this answer choice talks about proprietorships (plural)

any suggestions ?

[Ben Ku]

Please cite the source (author) of this problem. We cannot reply unless a source is cited (and, if no source is cited, we will have to delete the post!). Thanks.