That the new managing editor rose from the publication's " soft" new sections to a leadership position is more of a landmark in the industry than her being a woman.
A.) her being a woman
B.) being a woman is
C.) her womanhood
D.) that she was a woman
E.) that she is a woman
why is " that " needed can someone please explain the rule with " that"
E
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Can you pl tell why the the choice is E not D? D, unlike E, is in past tense while the main sentence (That the new managing editor rose from the publication's " soft" new sections to a leadership position) is also in past tense......Claret wrote:THAT is needed for making the statement parallel.
X more than Y
X and Y should be parallel..
sq720 wrote:That the new managing editor rose from the publication's " soft" new sections to a leadership position is more of a landmark in the industry than her being a woman.
position is more of a landmark than that she is a woman
the tenses should be simple present as emphasized above..
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I agree with the OA.
Here's why:
[spoiler]We need a 'that' to make the sentence parallel; choices A, B, C don't have this, so we can take these out. Answer choice D is not correct either... this suggests that she changed her gender during some point of time, which isn't implied anywhere in the original sentence (tenses can do this sometimes...). So, the answer is E.[/spoiler]
Here's why:
[spoiler]We need a 'that' to make the sentence parallel; choices A, B, C don't have this, so we can take these out. Answer choice D is not correct either... this suggests that she changed her gender during some point of time, which isn't implied anywhere in the original sentence (tenses can do this sometimes...). So, the answer is E.[/spoiler]
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