wage discirimination

Mclaughlin · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject: wage discirimination

Discrimination in wages paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the predominantly female have given rise to substantial differentials between the wage of housepainters and secretaries and between the wages of parking-lot attendants and library assistants.

(A) paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the predominantly female have
(B) paid in occupations that are predominantly make over those that are predominantly female have
(C) that favors predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female have
(D) that favors predominantly male occupations over those that are predominantly female has
(E) paid in predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female has

OA is E please explain!

loki.gmat · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:00 pm Post subject:

discrimination is singular.
hence "have" in A B n C is incorrect.
D - "that favours ........." incorrectly modifies "wages".

hence IMO E.

Thanks!

Vignesh.4384 · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:36 am Post subject:

I think D can be eliminated cos "THAT" is used 2 introduce a subordinate clause in the sentence.

A clause should have a subject and a verb.
Option D introduces a subordinate clause that does not have a subject or refer to a subject.

Eg : The boy complained that he was ill .

This is a correct eg of subordinate clause introduced by that.
Clearly he refers to the boy(subject) and was is the verb

Please correct me if i am wrong

NSNguyen · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:54 am Post subject:

(A) paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the predominantly female have
(B) paid in occupations that are predominantly make over those that are predominantly female have
(C) that favors predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female have
(D) that favors predominantly male occupations over those that are predominantly female has
(E) paid in predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female has

D is my choice ( parallel " occupation ... those..)
Bold is incorrect

stubbornp · Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject:

i agree with nsguyen....

Gmat guru's,plz help......

raunekk · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:06 am Post subject:

imo:D

dileepsinha · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:13 am Post subject:

D has a fatal error...."prdominantly male occupations over those that are predominantly female".....COMPARING MALE OCCUPATIONS WITH FEMALE!...the correct usage would have been..."over those that are predominatly female's...
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dileepsinha · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:31 am Post subject:

On second thoughts...isn't "discrimination that favours over " redundant in D, using both "discrimination" and "favour" simultaneously !

stubbornp · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject:

anju · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:44 pm Post subject:

IMO: D
that is modifying discrimination in wages.

Can someone explain why OA is E?

ReenaMo · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:53 pm Post subject:

E seemed wrong because it said "...over the predominantly female.." the word THE led me to eliminate that as an option b/c it didn't make sense. ???

duke · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject:

vivek.kapoor83 · Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:13 am Post subject:

IMO D should be the answer coz its comparing male occupation and female occupation by wrting those of, So its comparing occupations. But OA is E ...Pls explain if any1 can.