hardwritingquestion

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  1. Not two weeks following Juliana’s retirement from teaching for thirty-three years but the doctors diagnosed her with cancer. A. but the doctors diagnosed her with cancer. B. but the doctors had her diagnosed with cancer. C. than she has been diagnosed by the doctors that she had cancer. D. but cancer had been diagnosed in her by doctors. E. than doctors diagnosed her cancer.

why is E answer?

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@dwleihgldf , could you please tell me where you got the question from?

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“Not two weeks following Juliana retirement from teaching for thirty-three years than doctors diagnosed her cancer.”

@dwleihgldf I’m not an expert at English grammar (even though English is my first language and I scored ~700 on writing), but I honestly have never seen this sentence pattern before. Furthermore, I’ve only seen “than” in the context of comparing two objects. Where is this question from?