Bunuel wrote:
The greater chance of developing stress-related heart disease belongs not to the dynamic executive, male or female, nor the single mother, but the married woman who holds a full-time job while still performing most household tasks at home.
A. greater chance of developing stress-related heart disease belongs not to the dynamic executive, male or female, nor the single mother,
B. greater chance of developing stress-related heart disease is not risked by the dynamic executive, male or female, or the single mother,
C. one who most risks developing stress-related heart disease is not the dynamic executive, male or female, or the single mother
D. one who risks the greater chance of developing stress-related heart disease is not the dynamic executive, male or female, nor the single mother
E. one most risking the greater chance of developing stress-related heart disease is neither the dynamic executive, male nor female, nor the single mother
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Diction,proper usage.
A: You don't say "chance of developing stress-related heart disease"
belongs to x y or z, especially when are other better options available. You are not showing ownership here, to show that x belongs to y.
INCORRECT.B. greater chance and risk has almost similar meaning, both convey degree of something, hence using both of these is redundant.
INCORRECT.C. Best option. Keep.
CORRECT.D." risks" and " greater chance" are redundant IMO, also sentence is wordy compared to C.
"Nor" is incorrect without neither.
INCORRECT.E. " Neither - Nor - Nor " improper. C is certainly better than E.
INCORRECT.Ans-C
Hope it's clear.
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