size difference between males and females

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size difference between males and females

by Needgmat » Sat Aug 27, 2016 11:01 pm
The typical size difference between males and females has lessened since the origins of the human species because the size increase in males has been slight while the size increase in females has been great.

A) the size increase in males has been slight while the size increase in females has been great

B) the male size increase has been slight and because it has been great in females

C) the size increase had been slight for males but great for females

D) of the size increase being slight for males while for females it was great

E) of slightly increasing the male size while greatly increasing it in females

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Please explain.

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by Gaurav Mittal » Sun Aug 28, 2016 4:54 pm
Option B: while 'it' has been..it refers to the complete phrase 'the male size increase' - not the intention here

Option C: no need of 'had' here as we are not talking about anything that happened before a certain point in time

Option D: no need of it in the second part, in fact 'it' leads to parallelism error

Option E: seems as if somebody is increasing and decreasing the sizes- not the intended meaning as this sentence explains a phenomenon
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by Needgmat » Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:18 am
Hi Experts ,

Your thoughts on this.

Many thanks in advance.

Kavin