Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad,farmers sold them at a low price

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Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad,farmers sold them at a low price
rathen than这里做连词,连接两个并列的成分,即“平行结构”,那么allow应该跟sold同时态（就像and连接的前后两个动作时态一致一样）,也用一般过去式allowed才对啊,那么这里为什么要用省略了to的不定时呢?

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rather than 是一个并列连词,用法比较复杂,现归纳如下：1.rather than 与would 连用时,构成“would rather...than...”句式,意思是“宁愿……而不愿……”,表示主观愿望,即在两者之中选择其一.例如：She'd rather di...