In 1850 Lucretia Mott published her Discourse

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by pnk » Sun Jun 20, 2010 7:52 am

In 1850 Lucretia Mott published her Discourse on Women, arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights and for changes in the married women's property laws.

A.arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights
B.arguing in a treatise for equal political and legal rights for women
C.a treatise that advocates women's equal political and legal rights
D.a treatise advocating women's equal political and legal rights
E.a treatise that argued for equal political and legal rights for women

[spoiler]source OG 12; OA - E; pls explain D vs E[/spoiler]

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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Sun Jun 20, 2010 8:10 am

in D advocating is not parallel with for changes in the married women's property laws

in E treatise that argued for is parallel with for changes in the married......

hence E

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by sumanr84 » Sun Jun 20, 2010 8:10 am

pnk wrote:In 1850 Lucretia Mott published her Discourse on Women, arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights and for changes in the married women's property laws.

A.arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights
B.arguing in a treatise for equal political and legal rights for women
C.a treatise that advocates women's equal political and legal rights
D.a treatise advocating women's equal political and legal rights
E.a treatise that argued for equal political and legal rights for women

[spoiler]source OG 12; OA - E; pls explain D vs E[/spoiler]

Its really tough for me, tough the only possible explanation that I can think of is the Parallelism issue.
...a treatise that argued for X ...and for Y..." -- making E the right pick

A treatise cannot advocate by itself (treatise means written material), it can only argue.

I am on a break !!

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by gmat_perfect » Sun Jun 20, 2010 8:44 am

pnk wrote:In 1850 Lucretia Mott published her Discourse on Women, arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights and for changes in the married women's property laws.

A.arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights
B.arguing in a treatise for equal political and legal rights for women
C.a treatise that advocates women's equal political and legal rights
D.a treatise advocating women's equal political and legal rights
E.a treatise that argued for equal political and legal rights for women

[spoiler]source OG 12; OA - E; pls explain D vs E[/spoiler]

Discourse on Women, a treatise that argued for XXX and for YYY.
=> Only E fits this structure.

For D:

=> D lacks a verb.
=> Treatise advocating=> Means a continuous action and "treatise itself can not advocate".
=> D lacks parallelism. In the non-underline portion of the sentence, "AND FOR YY" should have a parallel portion in the underline portion as it has been demanded by the structure.

Answer is E.

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by pnk » Sun Jun 20, 2010 9:18 am

pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:in D advocating is not parallel with for changes in the married women's property laws

in E treatise that argued for is parallel with for changes in the married......

hence E[/quote] thanks Pradeep

sumanr84: A treatise cannot advocate by itself (treatise means written material), it can only argue.
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great point Suman

gmat_perfect

=> D lacks a verb.
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thought published playing t role of verb in D...is that correct

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