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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rahulg83
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I feel B is the best. Most concise, going by my instinctsmaihuna 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
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IMO - B
A ,C , E- it is saying that none of the members meet the requirement
D is awkward. Hence B
A ,C , E- it is saying that none of the members meet the requirement
D is awkward. Hence B
IMO B
five yr residency is the requirement here...
C,D,E - ackward.
btween A and B.
The sentence is tryin to make the meaning "not all members" - means there could be few members nt eligible but not all.
A - is not expressing the same.
five yr residency is the requirement here...
C,D,E - ackward.
btween A and B.
The sentence is tryin to make the meaning "not all members" - means there could be few members nt eligible but not all.
A - is not expressing the same.
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IMO - Bmaihuna 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
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. - Barry Goldwater
(Inspired by Thomas Paine in The Rights of Man).
(Inspired by Thomas Paine in The Rights of Man).
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