In 1850 Lucretia Mott published her Discourse on Women, arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights and for changes in the married women's property laws.
A.arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights
B.arguing in a treatise for equal political and legal rights for women
C.a treatise that advocates women's equal political and legal rights
D.a treatise advocating women's equal political and legal rights
E.a treatise that argued for equal political and legal rights for women
[spoiler]source OG 12; OA - E; pls explain D vs E[/spoiler]
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pradeepkaushal9518
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in D advocating is not parallel with for changes in the married women's property laws
in E treatise that argued for is parallel with for changes in the married......
hence E
in E treatise that argued for is parallel with for changes in the married......
hence E
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Its really tough for me, tough the only possible explanation that I can think of is the Parallelism issue.pnk wrote:In 1850 Lucretia Mott published her Discourse on Women, arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights and for changes in the married women's property laws.
A.arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights
B.arguing in a treatise for equal political and legal rights for women
C.a treatise that advocates women's equal political and legal rights
D.a treatise advocating women's equal political and legal rights
E.a treatise that argued for equal political and legal rights for women
[spoiler]source OG 12; OA - E; pls explain D vs E[/spoiler]
...a treatise that argued for X ...and for Y..." -- making E the right pick
A treatise cannot advocate by itself (treatise means written material), it can only argue.
I am on a break !!
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Discourse on Women, a treatise that argued for XXX and for YYY.pnk wrote:In 1850 Lucretia Mott published her Discourse on Women, arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights and for changes in the married women's property laws.
A.arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights
B.arguing in a treatise for equal political and legal rights for women
C.a treatise that advocates women's equal political and legal rights
D.a treatise advocating women's equal political and legal rights
E.a treatise that argued for equal political and legal rights for women
[spoiler]source OG 12; OA - E; pls explain D vs E[/spoiler]
=> Only E fits this structure.
For D:
=> D lacks a verb.
=> Treatise advocating=> Means a continuous action and "treatise itself can not advocate".
=> D lacks parallelism. In the non-underline portion of the sentence, "AND FOR YY" should have a parallel portion in the underline portion as it has been demanded by the structure.
Answer is E.
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pnk
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pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:in D advocating is not parallel with for changes in the married women's property laws
in E treatise that argued for is parallel with for changes in the married......
hence E[/quote] thanks Pradeep
-sumanr84: A treatise cannot advocate by itself (treatise means written material), it can only argue.
great point Suman
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=> D lacks a verb.
thought published playing t role of verb in D...is that correct
