Sentence Correction

In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.
(A) In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.
(B) The question of whether the rural migrant worker is better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant in assessing the problems that they face.
(C) A question that is irrelevant in assessing the problems that rural migrant workers face is whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor.
(D) In an assessment of the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.
(E) The question of whether the rural migrant worker is better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant in an assessment of the problems that they face.

IMO D.

Can you plz. provide explaination of your answer.
What's wrong with A

"In assessing the problems......" phrase should modify a subject that actually does the assessment. But in the original statement, this phrase modifies the noun "Question".

Mani_mba wrote:"In assessing the problems......" phrase should modify a subject that actually does the assessment. But in the original statement, this phrase modifies the noun "Question".

I am sorry, can you elaborate. Which subject should it modify and when you read and think option A it still makes more sense to me

imo d

stop@800 wrote:imo d

OA is D but my question is why not A.

A) In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.

(D) In an assessment of the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.

In an assessment of the problems is better than In assessing the problems

In assessing the problems is awkward construction
4me...

In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.
(A) In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant. Wrong because "a question" cannot assess a problem
(B) The question of whether the rural migrant worker is better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant in assessing the problems that they face. Wrong because "they" has no referent
(C) A question that is irrelevant in assessing the problems that rural migrant workers face is whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor. Wrong because the comparison of worker to worker is not parallel: they vs an urban working poor
(D) In an assessment of the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.
(E) The question of whether the rural migrant worker is better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant in an assessment of the problems that they face. Wrong because "They" has no referent