Although Women's work has changed considerably in the past

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Although Women's work has changed considerably in the past 200 years, the conditions under which women work have changed little since before the Industrial Revolution:  the segregation of jobs by gender, lower pay for women as a group, jobs that require relatively low levels of skill and offer women little opportunity for advancement all persist, while women's household labor remains demanding .

a) the segregation of jobs by gender, lower pay for women as a group, jobs that require relatively low levels of skill and offer women little opportunity for advancement all persist, while women's household labor remains demanding.

b) the segregation of jobs by gender, lower pay for women as a group, and jobs that require relatively low levels of skill and offer women little opportunity for advancement all persist, while women's household labor remains demanding. 

c) the segregation of jobs by gender, the lowering of pay for women as a group, and jobs requiring relatively low levels of skill and offering women little opportunity for advancement all persisting while women's household labor remains demanding. 

d) job segregation by gender, lower pay pay for women as a group, relatively low level skilled jobs offering women little opportunity for advancement all persist, not to mention women's household labor remaining demanding. 

e) the segregation of jobs by gender, the lower pay for women as a group, the jobs that require low levels of skill with little opportunity for advancement all persist, as well as women's household labor remains demanding.

monarc · Answer

tough one indeed...E is my choice...
After reading it again...I feel C may be the answer though with the use of segregation and lowering....

kpadma · Answer

My answer is C: It is a tough one. I thought it is a RC. :lol:

A, B --> X, Y, and Z persist, while A remains demanding. << not parallel D --> "not to mention" imprecise E --> "as well as" does not being in the required contrast. Thus, C

Makky07 · Answer

B is my choice. 

The rest break the rules of parallelism.

Makky07 · Answer

Kpadma,

You're actually wrong when you say: 

 "A, B --> X, Y, and Z persist, while A remains demanding. << not parallel " 

 X ,  Y  and  Z  are collectively plural so they need a plural verb =  persist .  A  is singular and needs a singular verb =  remains .

kpadma · Answer

Yes, The answer could be B. There no subject-verb disagreement in this question! "A, B --> X, Y, and Z persist, while A remains demanding. I mistook "demanding" for a verb. Here, the verb is "remains" and "demanding" is an adjective. Therefore, in a simplified form, the sentence should read as follows. X, Y, and Z all persist, while A remains Where "persist" and "remains" are parallel. Good Point Ndidi :good

monarc · Answer

but B definitely lacks parallellism though....Then how can it be correct???moreover there is a lack of continuation just before all persist....
Rajbhai time for the answer....

Rajbhai · Answer

Please read your answers again. Let us say we have
 A, B --> W, X, Y and Z all persist, while A remains 

So, per answer  B  we will have 
W, X and Y and Z all persist, while A remains

Don't you think this is a lil awkward ?

Rajbhai

Makky07 · Answer

B =

"b) the segregation of jobs by gender, lower pay for women as a group, and jobs that require relatively low levels of skill and offer women little opportunity for advancement all persist, while women's household labor remains demanding. "

Explanation:
the  W  (the segregation of jobs by gender),  X  (lower pay for women as a group), and  Y  (jobs that require relatively low levels of skill and offer women little opportunity for advancement) all persist, while  Z  (women's household labor) remains demanding.

Rajbhai · Answer

hmmm . . . . Points to ponder

Rajbhai

Twinkle · Answer

My answer is choice B
According to me C is incomplete with 
D & E has 'not to mention' and 'as well as', which is not required.Between A & B, I have a doubt..
Can we have a sentence in which there is a coma before  and  like in
 b) the segregation of jobs by gender, lower pay for women as a group , and  jobs that require relatively low levels of skill and offer women little opportunity for advancement all persist, while women's household labor remains demanding. 
?
If yes then the answer should be B

execmba · Answer

I think it is  

 the  segregation of jobs by gender,  the  lower pay for women as a group,  the  jobs that require low levels of skill with little opportunity for advancement all persist, as well as women's household labor remains demanding.

2 reasons:
1. Maintains parallel form "the"
2. Follows a series, ex:- S in T, U in V, W in X and /(as also) Y in z

hallelujah1234 · Answer

A cant be correct, unless there is the conjunction, and, between lower pay and jobs.

Although Women's work has changed considerably in the past

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