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Sentence Correction

by Sahil_Talwar » Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:25 am

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A recently published report indicates that the salaries of teachers continue to lag far behind other college-educated professionals, because they make an average of nearly $8,000 a year less at the start of their careers and almost $24,000 less a year by the time they reach the age of 50.

A. other college-educated professionals, because they make an average of nearly $8,000 a year less at the start of their careers and almost $24,000 less

B. other college-educated professionals, by an average of up to nearly $8,000 a year at the start of their careers, to almost $24,000

C. what other college-educated professionals are paid—making an average of nearly $8,000 a year less at the start of their careers and almost $24,000 less

D. those of other college-educated professionals—by an average of up to nearly $8,000 a year at the start of their careers to almost $24,000 less

E. those of other college-educated professionals—by an average of nearly $8,000 a year at the start of their careers, and by almost $24,000

I understood the split between by an average…. and by to be logical. From a comparison perspective we don’t have to mention “those of” right? Since, “salaries of” is already present in the sentence?
Am I correct in my understanding or do we need to explicitly mention those of?
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Re: Sentence Correction

by sahilaro23 » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:33 am

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The comparison in between salaries. and 'by' is parallel in E.

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Re: Sentence Correction

by dashingnightmare » Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:39 pm

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Re: Sentence Correction

by Srishtim23 » Sat Jul 25, 2020 6:30 am

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In option A,B, and C salaries are being compared to person , hence incorrect comparison
In option D and E salaries of teachers lag behind salaries of other (here those refer to salaries )
Hope this helps :)

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