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Many economists contend that, contrary to popular belief, increased economic liberalization in Asia is leading neither to higher standards of living, a greater equality among social classes, or empowering traditionally oppressed groups.
(A) leading neither to higher standards of living, a greater equality among social classes, or
(B) leading neither to higher standards of living nor a greater equality among social classes, or
(C) not leading to either higher standards of living nor to more of a greater equality among social classes, and neither is it
(D) not leading to higher standards of living or to greater equality among social classes, nor is it
(E) not leading to higher standards of living, more of a greater equality among social classes, and it is not
Many economists contend that, contrary to popular belief, increased economic liberalization in Asia is leading neither to higher standards of living, a greater equality among social classes, or empowering traditionally oppressed groups.
(A) leading neither to higher standards of living, a greater equality among social classes, or
(B) leading neither to higher standards of living nor a greater equality among social classes, or
(C) not leading to either higher standards of living nor to more of a greater equality among social classes, and neither is it
(D) not leading to higher standards of living or to greater equality among social classes, nor is it
(E) not leading to higher standards of living, more of a greater equality among social classes, and it is not
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Idioms + Parallelism + Redundancy/Awkwardness
- • “neither A nor B” and “either A or B” are idiomatic uses and are only used when referring to two elements; A and B must be parallel.
• While “neither” cannot be used without “nor”, “nor” can be used without “neither.
• All elements in a list must be parallel.
• If a list contains only two elements, they must be joined by a conjunction.
A. This answer choice uses the unidiomatic construction “neither A, B, or C” rather than the appropriate idiom construction “neither A nor B”; please remember, “neither A nor B” and “either A or B” are idiomatic constructions and are only used when referring to two elements. Further, Option A fails to maintain parallelism among the phrases “higher standards of living”, “a greater equality”, and “empowering traditionally oppressed groups”; please remember, all elements in a list must be parallel.
B. Trap. This answer choice uses the unidiomatic construction “neither A nor B, or C” rather than the appropriate idiom construction “neither A nor B”; please remember, “neither A nor B” and “either A or B” are idiomatic constructions and are only used when referring to two elements. Further, Option B fails to maintain parallelism among the phrases “higher standards of living”, “a greater equality”, and “empowering traditionally oppressed groups”.
C. This answer choice uses the unidiomatic construction “either A nor B” rather than the appropriate idiom construction “either A or B”; please remember, “neither A nor B” and “either A or B” are idiomatic constructions. Further, Option C uses the unidiomatic construction “neither is it…” (without a “nor…” following it); please remember, while “neither” cannot be used without “nor”, “nor” can be used without “neither. Additionally, Option C redundantly uses the adjective phrase “more of” to modify the noun phrase “a greater equality”.
D. Correct. This answer choice correctly uses the idiomatic construction “not A or B”; additionally, please note that the use of “nor” as a conjunction here is idiomatic; while “neither” cannot be used without “nor”, “nor” can be used without “neither. Further, Option D maintains parallelism between “to higher standards of living” and “to greater equality among social classes”, two elements joined by a conjunction (“or”). Besides, this answer choice is free of awkwardness and redundancy.
E. Trap. This answer choice incorrectly uses a comma to join “higher standards of living” and “greater equality among social classes”; as Option E conveys the third element of the list through the independent clause “it is not empowering traditionally oppressed groups”, the remaining two elements must be joined by a conjunction; please remember, two elements in a list must be joined by an appropriate conjunction (in this case “or”). Additionally, Option E redundantly uses the adjective phrase “more of” to modify the noun phrase “a greater equality”.
D is the best answer choice.
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