Sentence Correction

Women are expected to be the majority of students entering law school this fall, a trend ultimately placing more women in leadership position in politics and business.

A] Women are expected to be the majority of students entering law school this fall, a trend ultimately placing.

B] The majority of students entering law school this fall are expected to be women, a trend that will ultimately place.

C] The majority of students entering law school this fall are expected to be women, which will ultimately place.

D] It is expected that the majority of students entering law school this fall will be women, a trend ultimately placing.

E] It is expected for the women to be the majority of students entering law school this fall, which will ultimately place.

please explain your reasoning ...


According to me it comes down to the options A, B and D. I choose B as the answer. Unfortunately I do not have the OA. Does anyone have the OA for this question???
Experts help required.

a is wrong because of the participle 'placing', which wrongly indicates that this trend is already placing more women in leadership positions.
c is wrong because the relative pronoun 'which' is placed in a position where it must refer to 'women'. this is wrong for 2 different reasons: (a) 'which' can't refer to people, and (b) according to the sentence, women don't place themselves in leadership positions; the trend does.
choice d has the same problem as choice a (the participle 'placing' is used in the same incorrect manner).

the error in choice e is very similar to that in choice c: the pronoun 'which' is used incorrectly again. the noun closest to this relative pronoun - 'this fall' - makes no sense in context.

OA is B

[email protected] wrote:Women are expected to be the majority of students entering law school this fall, a trend ultimately placing more women in leadership position in politics and business.

A] Women are expected to be the majority of students entering law school this fall, a trend ultimately placing.

B] The majority of students entering law school this fall are expected to be women, a trend that will ultimately place.

C] The majority of students entering law school this fall are expected to be women, which will ultimately place.

D] It is expected that the majority of students entering law school this fall will be women, a trend ultimately placing.

E] It is expected for the women to be the majority of students entering law school this fall, which will ultimately place.

please explain your reasoning ...


According to me it comes down to the options A, B and D. I choose B as the answer. Unfortunately I do not have the OA. Does anyone have the OA for this question???
Experts help required.

You're quite right - the OA is B.
In options A and D, the use of 'placing' is incorrect. The trend is only expected - so women entering leadership positions is something that will take place at a later point of time. 'placing' seems to imply that this has already happened. In options C and E, 'which' is incorrectly modifying 'women' and 'fall', neither of which makes any sense. Thus, the right answer is B.

CSASHISHPANDAY wrote:a is wrong because of the participle 'placing', which wrongly indicates that this trend is already placing more women in leadership positions.
c is wrong because the relative pronoun 'which' is placed in a position where it must refer to 'women'. this is wrong for 2 different reasons: (a) 'which' can't refer to people, and (b) according to the sentence, women don't place themselves in leadership positions; the trend does.
choice d has the same problem as choice a (the participle 'placing' is used in the same incorrect manner).

the error in choice e is very similar to that in choice c: the pronoun 'which' is used incorrectly again. the noun closest to this relative pronoun - 'this fall' - makes no sense in context.

This response is exactly the same as Ron's posts here: https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/wom ... t1862.html
If you are using someone else's answer, please give them credit.

Gowry, what is the appropriate way to give the credit? Should I need to learn from you?

I tend to be wary of answer choices that have clauses beginning with which. In English, in general, 'which' is seldom used properly, mostly because it's often substituted with 'that'; that's fine. But on the GMAT, watch out for clauses beginning with which, they might be modifying the wrong word.