The Immigration Service now has the discretionary power to keep families united even though
all their members do not meet the five-year residency requirement.Meaning Analysis: Prior, Every member of a family had to live for five years in the country. But now, The Immigration Service department has the power to keep the family together EVEN THOUGH
not every member meets the prior requirement (to live for five years in the country)
Sentence Structure:The Immigration Service
(subject)now has the discretionary power
(verb)to keep families united
(more about the discretionary power of the IS)even though
(contextual word implying "despite the fact that...")all their members
(subject; here "their" refers to plural "families")do no meet
(verb)the five-year residency requirement
(object of the sentence)Notice: the structure of
the five-year residency requirement "five year residency" would be incorrect. We need the
-. Similar construction found here
https://gmatclub.com/forum/twenty-two-f ... 12821.html (scroll down to
daagh post after clicking on the link)
Error Analysis:Quote:
(A) all their members do not meet the five-year residency requirement
Meaning! Meaning! Meaning! We wish to say that "even though not EVERY member lived for five years in the country, the family can still stay together. But this choice says that "all the members" do not meet the requirement. There is a slight shift of meaning in this sentence. (Check choice (B) explanation for more clarity)But if you are in doubt, you can hold on to (A) (as I did) until you come across a better choice.
Quote:
(B) not all their members meet the five-year residency requirement
CORRECT. This choice is much better than (A) Why? let's understand this with the help of an example.
"The parents were politely asked not to give their children expensive lunch boxes. Since
not all the students come from a privileged background". Here we are focusing on the fact that "not every child" can get an expensive lunch box (some can but some can't)
Now check this one out. "The school did not organize the fun-fair because
all its students could not afford it" Here we are stressing on the fact that
each and every student cannot afford the fun-fair.
It is no longer the case that some can and some can'tQuote:
(C) all their members have not met the requirement for a five-year residency
Meaning error of choice (A). Also note that "have met" is correct out here. We are essentially saying that "the members did not meet the requirements and the result of this still exists"
CrackVerbalGMAT has explained this point in greater depth in its post.
Quote:
(D) not all their members have resided for five years, a requirement
The placement + usage of "a requirement" at the end of the sentence makes the structure of this choice inferior as compared to that of Choice B.
Quote:
(E) all their members have not resided for five years, as required
Meaning error of (A) and (C). I believe the usage of "as required" at the end is alright!
Correct choice:
(B)This SC is a great example to show that MEANING triumphs grammar