Nuclear fusion is the force that powers the Sun, the stars, and hydrogen bombs, merging the nuclei of atoms and not splitting them apart, as in nuclear reactors.
(A) merging the nuclei of atoms and not splitting them apart, as in nuclear reactors
(B) merging the nuclei of atoms instead of splitting them apart, like nuclear reactors
(C) merging the nuclei of atoms rather than splitting them apart, as nuclear reactors do
(D) and merges the nuclei of atoms but does not split them apart, as is done in nclear reactors
(E) and merges the nuclei of atoms, unlike atomic reactors that split them apart
Source: GMAT Prep
The OA is E, but I don't like E because 'unlike atomic reactors that split them apart' seems to be a sentence fragment and unlike is comparing Nuclear fusion (a process) with atomic reactors (a thing). I went with c because the participial phrase made sense. Can someone please explain the error of my ways? Thanks.
[Edited by Stacey. The official answer is C, not E. Please read my post below. The nutshell: Do NOT pull questions from other web sites and post here - get them from the actual source only (in this case, GMATPrep).]