She telephoned rather than wrote.

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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  1. She telephoned rather than wrote.
  2. She telephoned rather than write.
  3. She telephoned rather than to write.
  4. She telephoned rather than writing.

#1 is quoted from A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language.
Are #2, #3 and #4 also acceptable?

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Hi Sitifan,

From the point of view of balance (as in 1) it would be better to make both verbs have the same tense - past tense in your examples. I would not use 3 and 4 but 2 is acceptable.

Alan