Sentence Correction

According to Henry David Thoreau, the reason a majority is allowed to rule is not that it is more likely to be right but because it is stronger.

A.the reason a majority is allowed to rule is not that it is more likely to be right, but because it is stronger

B.a majority is allowed to rule not because it is more likely to be right, but because it is stronger

C.the reason for majority rule is not because they are more likely to be right, they are stronger

D.the majority is allowed to rule because of its strength, not because it is more likely to be right

E.the reason why the majority rules is that it is strong, not because it is likely to be right

IMO 'B'. correctly uses 'not X but Y' construction. what is OA.

B.
Parallelism - ' Not because' and 'but because'.

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When we see 'reason' and 'because' in one sentence - i guess we need to be a little cautious.

(B)

I find all the options incorrect

It is always :

a majority rule
the majority rules

so a majority are is correct

ronniecoleman wrote:I find all the options incorrect

It is always :

a majority rule
the majority rules

so a majority are is correct

I didn't get u...
Wats wrong with choice B??
it is saying a majority is...and also parallelism seems to be correct..

'reason ' and 'because' used in same sentence leads to redundancy --

Leads to ANs B

Not always the majority is plural....
The kids majority IS
The majority of the documents ARE

A majority is always singular

What's wrong with A itself?

According to Henry David Thoreau, the reason a majority is allowed to rule is not that it is more likely to be right but because it is stronger.

A.the reason a majority is allowed to rule is not that it is more likely to be right, but because it is stronger

"the reason.... is not that..., but because" awkward construction and not parallel.

B.a majority is allowed to rule not because it is more likely to be right, but because it is stronger

Correct answer. Has proper parrallel structure within the "not x, but Y". "... not because [[it is likely to be right]], but because [[it is stronger]]."

C.the reason for majority rule is not because they are more likely to be right, they are stronger
"they" is plural the subject "the reason" is singular. "they" is trying to refer to majority rule, which is also singular and not the subject.

D.the majority is allowed to rule because of its strength, not because it is more likely to be right

Has faulty parallelism but its faulty. For this choice to be correct it should be modified to "According to Henry, the majority is allowed to rule because of X, not because [[of]] Y." The omission of the "of" is errorneous. Also notice, X="strength" is an adjective used as a possessive , and Y="right" is an adjective but not used in the possessive. If the sentence had read "According to Henry, the majority is allowed to rule because of [[its strength]], not because of [[its intelligence]], then sentence would have been correct.



E.the reason why the majority rules is that it is strong, not because it is likely to be right

Lacks parallelism, the construction of the first clause is incorrect, and we are missing a "but" after the "not". "the reason .. is that it is strong"?? Awkward and incorrect.

I shall go with B.

Reason1: A majority
Reason 2: Parellalism ---Because

vaishalijain7 wrote:IMO 'B'. correctly uses 'not X but Y' construction. what is OA.

just because an option uses an idiom that you know is right doesn't prove that other options are wrong