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by maihuna » Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:45 am
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.

(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
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by kc_raj » Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:52 am
IMO D

c like should be followed by noun

A a person (singular) does not match with pronoun they (plural)

E lacks parallelism that D has,

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Re: jobs

by goelmohit2002 » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:52 pm
IMO D.

To force a person to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like denying a person a job[/u] because of GMAT, race, or religion.
>>> Person..they

(B) Forcing a person to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like denying a person a job
>> Person..they....

(C) Forcing people to retire solely because they have reached a certain arbitrary age is like to deny a person a job

>>Forcing...to deny...parallelism not there.

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

>>To Force...denying...parallelism not there.

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