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Meaning - 1

by guerrero » Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:54 am
On any city street in today's world one will encounter more women who wear pants than skirts, yet, just two or three generations ago, when police forced actress Marlene Dietrich to leave Paris in 1945, for she had dared to wear pants on the street.


a)one will encounter more women who wear pants than skirts, yet, just two or three generations ago, when police forced actress Marlene Dietrich to leave Paris in 1945, for she had dared to wear

b)more women have been encountered wearing pants than skirts, yet it was only in 1945, just two or three generations ago, when police forced actress Marlene Dietrich to leave Paris to dare wearing

c)one has encountered more women wearing pants than skirts, yet, only two or three generations ago, it was in 1945 that Marlene Dietrich, the actress, was forced to leave Paris by police because she dared to wear

d)more women who wear pants than women who wear skirts will be encountered, yet in 1945, just two or three generations ago, when actress Marlene Dietrich was forced by police to leave Paris to dare wearing

e)one will encounter more women wearing pants than wearing skirts, yet it was only two or three generations ago, in 1945, that actress Marlene Dietrich was forced by police to leave Paris for daring to wear


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by Lifetron » Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:31 am
IMO E !

A - "when" + "for" - doesn't give the intended meaning

B & C - "encountered" is wrong. Changes the meaning of the original sentence. The future sense is missing, we may or may not encounter. However, the original statement says that "One will encounter"

D - "when" - is wrong & "more women who wear pants than women who wear skirts will be encountered" - Passive @ its worst !

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