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ratio women vs men

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by lukaswelker » Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:50 am
Small doubt

Although women's wages are improving, Department of Labour statistics show that the ratio of earnings
with that of men have been roughly static since 1960.

- with that of men have been
- to that of men are
- to those of men have been
- with those of men is
- to those of men has been

Ratio with does not exist correct? It must be ratio to. And as the subject is singular a plural verb tense is incorrect.

Am I missing anything in my reasoning?
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by theCodeToGMAT » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:06 pm
"ratio" is singular... So, ignore A,B,C

Ratio of X to Y is correct usage..

Also, in the non-underlined part we use "since 1960", so we need to use Perfect Tense.

So, ignore D

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by aditya8062 » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:08 pm
Although women's wages are improving, Department of Labour statistics show that the ratio of earnings
with that of men have been roughly static since 1960.

- with that of men have been
- to that of men are
- to those of men have been
- with those of men is
- to those of men has been
the question as it stands now is wrong
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