«No se trata de criticar la propuesta ajena, _____ de aportar alternativas constructivas».

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B. sino

Analysis: 'No se trata de X, sino de Y' is the standard contrastive construction. Answer: sino. Why not the others: 'pero', 'aunque', and 'porque' do not fit the contrastive syntactic frame.

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