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by grandh01 » Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:03 pm
Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and private
employers that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring
comparable skill that are
usually held by men.
(A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring
comparable skill that are
(B) that pay for jobs historically held by women should be the same as for a job
requiring comparable skills
(C) to pay the same in jobs historically held by women as in jobs of comparable skill
that are
(D) to pay the same regardless of whether a job was historically held by women or is one
demanding comparable skills
(E) to pay as much for jobs historically held by women as for a job demanding
comparable skills

OA is A
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by vk_vinayak » Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:25 pm
grandh01 wrote:Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and private
employers that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring
comparable skill that are
usually held by men.
(A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring
comparable skill that are
(B) that pay for jobs historically held by women should be the same as for a job
requiring comparable skills
(C) to pay the same in jobs historically held by women as in jobs of comparable skill that are
(D) to pay the same regardless of whether a job was historically held by women or is one demanding comparable skills
(E) to pay as much for jobs historically held by women as for a job demanding
comparable skills

OA is A
Usage of 'require' in idiomatic expressions:

1. Require X to Y (not subjunctive)
2. Require that X (subjunctive)
3. Require of X that (subjunctive)

In the above sentence non-underlined part contains 'require of X'. So, we use the 3rd case mentioned above, and we can rule out [spoiler]C/D/E[/spoiler]. Note that [spoiler]C/D/E[/spoiler] also contain other grammatical errors.

B. In subjunctive case, 'should' should not be used.
Also in B, for a job requiring comparable skills usually held by men, Here 'held' refers to 'skills' while it should refer to 'jobs'.

A is the correct answer.
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