2010gmat wrote:In D it has a clear referent --> status of pakistani women....
now this is wat the problem is ...C and D both seem right to me...so shall we select C for brevity ??
Folks,
In SC, there is a ladder or hierarchy of three criteria for the accredited response. This means, correspondingly, that you (the test-taker) has three tasks in the following order:
1) Grammatical correctness
2) Preserve the speaker's intended meaning
3) Style
Sometimes, you WILL have two choices, both of which are grammatically correct. You then have to ask: does either of them change the speaker's intended meaning?
Whatever the grammatical differences between C and D, there is a distinction between them having to do with the speaker's intended meaning.
The speaker of the original sentence says the status of Pakistani women has changed little from how it was in the last century. So, the speaker is comparing the status of Pakistani women in this century to what it was in the last century. Instead, choice C says the status of women has changed little in this century. The sense of comparison to last century is lost.
If someone were to say the sentence with choice C in the underlining, the listener would not necessarily think at all about the last century. Choice C fails to preserve the speaker's intended meaning.
Therefore, whatever its grammatical status, it CANNOT be correct.
Make sure you use critical reasoning skills in sentence correction. In particular, think about the speaker's main point or conclusion precisely. And use the ladder.
Kaplan Teacher in Toronto
