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by hemant_rajput » Wed Jul 10, 2013 6:34 am
A recent study, published by the California Bureau of Employment, found that people who sent in resumes with ethnic-sounding names had a much more difficult time getting called back from employers as people who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but white-sounding names.

a. employers as people who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but "white-sounding" names.

b. employers as those who did send in resumes showing similar qualifications but with "white-sounding" names.

c. employers than those who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but "white-sounding" names.

d. employers than those who did send in resumes showing similar qualifications but with "white-sounding" names.

e. employers than people did who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but with "white-sounding" names.


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I really not sure why E is correct and why D is wrong. The OE is as follows - Explanation: This problem requires that you properly frame the comparison: "people who sent in resumes with these characteristics had a more difficult time getting called back than people did who had resumes with these characteristics." In (A) and (B) the "as" is incorrect: you say "more than" not "more as". In (C), you need a "with" after the "but": without it, the sentence means that the resume showed qualifications AND white names, clearly nonsensical. For (D), the "did" is in the wrong place: it seems to indicate that only those who decided to send in resumes were affected. The "did" needs to be before or after people, not after the who. Answer is (E).[/spoiler]
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by faraz_jeddah » Wed Jul 10, 2013 12:18 pm
I got it down to D and E but chose D in the end.

What is the source?

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by melguy » Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:06 pm
D. A recent study, published by the California Bureau of Employment, found that people who sent in resumes with ethnic-sounding names had a much more difficult time getting called back from employers than those who did send in resumes showing similar qualifications but with "white-sounding" names.

The structure of this sentence is x than those y.

E. A recent study, published by the California Bureau of Employment, found that people who sent in resumes with ethnic-sounding names had a much more difficult time getting called back from employers than people did who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but with "white-sounding" names.

The structure of this sentence is x than y.
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by krishnapavan » Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:46 pm
whats wrong with D Please any one Explain



d. employers than those who did send in resumes showing similar qualifications but with "white-sounding" names.

e. employers than people did who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but with "white-sounding" names.






People did who is awkward
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by luckypiscian » Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:19 am
read it like

people X had more/less chances than people Y did
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people who sent X had more/less chances than people did who sent Y

did here is used for "having chances"
sent is for describing peoples action
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by Matt@VeritasPrep » Fri Jul 12, 2013 2:42 pm
I'm not sure any of these answers are correct, and the errors in D and E seem equally grave. Even the original sentence seems to have an unfixable but major error ("called back from employers").

"People did who" is unacceptable - you shouldn't put a verb between a noun ("people") and a relative clause describing that noun ("who ..."). You could also argue that "resumes with ethnic-sounding names" suggests something illogical (naming a resume): I don't know the opinion of the GMAC on this point, but I'd be wary. I'd also be surprised if the GMAC used terms like "ethnic-sounding" and "white-sounding", but I'll keep them in my fix below for want of something better.

A better sentence would be something like

"A recent study published by the California Bureau of Employment found that applicants who submitted resumes under ethnic-sounding names received fewer responses from prospective employers than did applicants who submitted otherwise equivalent resumes under white-sounding names."

You could replace the second "applicants" with "those" and the second "names" with "ones", but the comparison is long enough that you're better off leaving them in for the sake of clarity.
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by hemant_rajput » Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:13 pm
Matt@VeritasPrep wrote:I'm not sure any of these answers are correct, and the errors in D and E seem equally grave. Even the original sentence seems to have an unfixable but major error ("called back from employers").

"People did who" is unacceptable - you shouldn't put a verb between a noun ("people") and a relative clause describing that noun ("who ..."). You could also argue that "resumes with ethnic-sounding names" suggests something illogical (naming a resume): I don't know the opinion of the GMAC on this point, but I'd be wary. I'd also be surprised if the GMAC used terms like "ethnic-sounding" and "white-sounding", but I'll keep them in my fix below for want of something better.

A better sentence would be something like

"A recent study published by the California Bureau of Employment found that applicants who submitted resumes under ethnic-sounding names received fewer responses from prospective employers than did applicants who submitted otherwise equivalent resumes under white-sounding names."

You could replace the second "applicants" with "those" and the second "names" with "ones", but the comparison is long enough that you're better off leaving them in for the sake of clarity.

Hi Matt,

I hate to say that but this question is from the Veritas prep practice quiz.
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by Matt@VeritasPrep » Sat Jul 13, 2013 9:40 am
So it goes!
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