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by kediakrishna » Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:15 pm
pls advise the answer choice with reasoning

Despite the increasing number of women graduating from law school and passing bar examinations, the proportion of judges and partners at major law firms who are women have not risen to a comparable extent.
(A) the proportion of judges and partners at major law firms who are women have not risen to a comparable extent
(B) the proportion of women judges and partners at major law firms have not risen comparably
(C) the proportion of judges and partners at major law firms who are women has not risen comparably
(D) yet the proportion of women judges and partners at major law firms has not risen to a comparable extent
(E) yet the proportion of judges and partners at major law firms who are women has not risen comparably
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by this_time_i_will » Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:06 pm
Should be C.
kediakrishna wrote:pls advise the answer choice with reasoning

Despite the increasing number of women graduating from law school and passing bar examinations, the proportion of judges and partners at major law firms who are women have not risen to a comparable extent.
(A) the proportion of judges and partners at major law firms who are women have not risen to a comparable extent
(B) the proportion of women judges and partners at major law firms have not risen comparably
(C) the proportion of judges and partners at major law firms who are women has not risen comparably(D) yet the proportion of women judges and partners at major law firms has not risen to a comparable extent
(E) yet the proportion of judges and partners at major law firms who are women has not risen comparably
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by selango » Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:09 pm
"The proportion of " is singular.So the verb must be has.

Narrows down to C,D and E

Despite is subordinator conjunction.Yet is coordinator conjunction.Both wont appear in same sentence.

Option C is correct.
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by kvcpk » Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:26 am
C seems to be the better among the lot.

But, "...major law firms who are women.." looks skeptic to me.
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by paes » Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:51 am
Nothing is looking perfect.
what is the source ?
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by selango » Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:56 am
This is from OG12.

OA C
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by paes » Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:01 am
selango wrote:This is from OG12.

OA C
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No doubt, C is better than others, but somehow it is looking bizarre : firms who are .... .
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by kediakrishna » Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:09 am
the source is OG 12 and the answer is C but I too had the same doubts as Paes had and thats why I posted this.

Also, if "proportion" is to have a singular verb, then why women should not have a plural verb.

Pls explain
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by paes » Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:24 pm
kediakrishna wrote:the source is OG 12 and the answer is C but I too had the same doubts as Paes had and thats why I posted this.

Also, if "proportion" is to have a singular verb, then why women should not have a plural verb.

Pls explain
Actually who is modifying to 'judges and partners'' .
Accordingly 'are' is used .

The point taken is : who can modify to a noun which is not closest to it.
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by neha.patni » Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:57 am
paes wrote:
kediakrishna wrote:the source is OG 12 and the answer is C but I too had the same doubts as Paes had and thats why I posted this.

Also, if "proportion" is to have a singular verb, then why women should not have a plural verb.

Pls explain
Actually who is modifying to 'judges and partners'' .
Accordingly 'are' is used .

The point taken is : who can modify to a noun which is not closest to it.
is it only in the case of "who"? or any other modifier?
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by paes » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:18 am
You are asking a very general question Neha.

I will reply as mush as I know.

1. 'that' : definitely Yes. we can use for a non-closest noun . we can see many examples in OG.
2. which : only for closest noun OR
noun before the preposition of the closest noun
3. who/whom : Yes
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by minhchau1986 » Tue May 01, 2012 5:51 am
A, B: eliminated because " have not " should follow with plural. The proportion of ....is singular.
D, E: "Despite....., ....." and "yet" is coordinating conjunction. Eliminated because the sentence does not follow the correct "despite" form
Coming to C
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