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Retirement

by fighting_cax » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:13 pm
To force a person to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like denying a person a job because of GMAT, race, or religion.
(A) To force a person to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like denying a person a job
(B) Forcing a person to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like denying a person a job
(C) Forcing people to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like to deny a person a job
(D) Forcing people to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like denying people jobs
(E) To force people to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like denying people jobs

Please explain.
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by sjd00d » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:17 pm
IMO D.

A, B out coz "person...they", person is not plural

C&E out because of parallelism..

C. Forcing ....like to deny is not parallel
D. To force ...like denying not parallel either.
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by mjjking » Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:02 pm
D because of parallelism
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by umaa » Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:19 pm
IMO D.
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by avonmore » Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:52 pm
D i think
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Re: Retirement

by nervesofsteel » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:00 am
fighting_cax wrote:To force a person to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like denying a person a job because of GMAT, race, or religion.
(A) To force a person to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like denying a person a job
(B) Forcing a person to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like denying a person a job
(C) Forcing people to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like to deny a person a job
(D) Forcing people to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like denying people jobs
(E) To force people to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like denying people jobs

Please explain.
(D) Forcing people to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like denying people jobs < - correct
(E) To force people to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like denying people jobs <- Incorrect as Parallelism is lost....
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