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by mahantesh » Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:04 am
245. Discrimination in wages paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the predominantly female have given rise to substantial differentials between the wage of housepainters and secretaries and between the wages of parking-lot attendants and library assistants.
(A) paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the predominantly female have
(B) paid in occupations that are predominantly make over those that are predominantly female have
(C) that favors predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female have
(D) that favors predominantly male occupations over those that are predominantly female has
(E) paid in predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female has
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Re: kindly explain this question.

by Naruto » Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:34 am
mahantesh wrote:245. Discrimination in wages paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the predominantly female have given rise to substantial differentials between the wage of housepainters and secretaries and between the wages of parking-lot attendants and library assistants.
(A) paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the predominantly female have
(B) paid in occupations that are predominantly make over those that are predominantly female have
(C) that favors predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female have
(D) that favors predominantly male occupations over those that are predominantly female has
(E) paid in predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female has
IMO E:
A,B- Suggest that occupations are male or female, which is wrong
C has have instead of has for discrimination
D is redundant
E makes most sense
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by ashton_s_83 » Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:36 pm
should be (D), you have to compare the male jobs with female jobs, not the male jobs with females themselves...
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by vinayakdl » Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:04 pm
IMO: E

maintains parallelism and "has" is needed here.


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by tanviet » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:21 am
E is correct because in D, "wage" can not favor
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by pandeyvineet24 » Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:24 am
IMO E.

Only D and E used the correct S-V, but in D "Discrimination in wages THAT favors predominantly male occupations over those that are predominantly female ".. does not make sense.
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