Sentence Correction

The Daughters of the American Revolution, a volunteer service organization, admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution.

admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent

admit as members only women who can prove lineal descent

admits as members women who can prove lineal descent

only admit as members women who can prove lineal descent

admits as members women who can prove lineal descent only

imo:A

IMO A

IMO B

IMO C

the 'only' in A modifies women. Only is an adverb and cannot modify a noun 'women'.

So I guess it should be C.

Plus B&D are clearly out since an organization is a collective noun hence singular and need a singular verb admits and not the plural admit.

E changes the meaning.

IMO C

hmmm this one is cheeky. i was trying to choose between C and E and here is my reasoning -

For E - in the stem, i think the sentence wants to convey the most weight on the condition that a candidate needs to have an appropriate descendant versus being a woman, so E works best here by shifting the placement of "only".

For C - this is the simplest and best sounding between C and E. this choices gives equal weight to both being a woman and having the right lineage, but doesnt focus on over the other.

i guess i would choose C in the end, as E could have a redundancy issue something on the lines like admittance already takes care of the "only" part.

IMO C
What is the OA?

IMO C
What is the OA?

All guys,Kindly explain your answers.....then i ll post OA...Just let me know how you ppl are using SVA for this one.....tnx

IMO C
What is the OA?

imo: A

The Daughters of the American Revolution - is singular
so one must use 'admits' rather than 'admit'.

Choices B and D are out

As Only women can become members of The Daughters of the American Revolution so C and D are out as A specifically mentions that 'only women who can prove lineal descent'

what's the OA?

Only (A)

IMO C

I will go with "C" as well.
as explained by mals24