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The Immigration Service now has the discretionary power to keep families united even though all their members do not meet the five-year residency requirement.
(A) all their members do not meet the five-year residency requirement
(B) not all their members meet the five-year residency requirement
(C) all their members have not met the requirement for a five-year residency
(D) not all their members have resided for five years, a requirement
(E) all their members have not resided for five years, as required

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IMO B

singhag wrote:The Immigration Service now has the discretionary power to keep families united even though all their members do not meet the five-year residency requirement.
(A) all their members do not meet the five-year residency requirement-it should be "all of their members"
(B) not all their members meet the five-year residency requirement-Though and not are used together.
(C) all their members have not met the requirement for a five-year residency-Most appropriate.
(D) not all their members have resided for five years, a requirement-"a requirement" at the end is not appropriate,Though and not are used together.
(E) all their members have not resided for five years, as required-Wrong framing

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IMO C should be the answer.

even though not all the members meet the 5 year blah blah , the immigration service wants to keep blah blah ..

hence only B and D remain

ELIMINATE A , C and E

b/w B and D , b is correct. D is awkward and dangling.

Hence i'd go with B

Hope this helps

singhag wrote:The Immigration Service now has the discretionary power to keep families united even though all their members do not meet the five-year residency requirement.
(A) all their members do not meet the five-year residency requirement
(B) not all their members meet the five-year residency requirement
(C) all their members have not met the requirement for a five-year residency
(D) not all their members have resided for five years, a requirement
(E) all their members have not resided for five years, as required

Kindly post your answer with an explanation...OA after some discussion

bhumika.k.shah wrote:even though not all the members meet the 5 year blah blah , the immigration service wants to keep blah blah ..

hence only B and D remain

ELIMINATE A , C and E

b/w B and D , b is correct. D is awkward and dangling.

Hence i'd go with B

Hope this helps

singhag wrote:The Immigration Service now has the discretionary power to keep families united even though all their members do not meet the five-year residency requirement.
(A) all their members do not meet the five-year residency requirement
(B) not all their members meet the five-year residency requirement
(C) all their members have not met the requirement for a five-year residency
(D) not all their members have resided for five years, a requirement
(E) all their members have not resided for five years, as required

Kindly post your answer with an explanation...OA after some discussion

Hey bhumika,
Shouldn't "though" and "not " be used together. -

hence only B and D remain

I ruled out B and D because of this.

Look carefully at option C .It meets the criteria-"even though not all the members meet the 5 year blah blah , the immigration service wants to keep blah blah .."

Can we have the OA pls singhag??

OA B