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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
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(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have

difference - has : Incorrect Subject Verb agreement

(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have

difference - has : Incorrect Subject Verb agreement

(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have

difference - has : Incorrect Subject Verb agreement

(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has

Correct

(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has

those can refer to genres or accolades. The usage of both is incorrect and will render an illogical meaning.

IMO D
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
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Option A: The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies. Using over the statement compares the genre of fiction that are predominantly male-focussed with predominantly female focussed where it should compare genre of fiction that are predominantly male-focussed with genre of fiction that are predominantly female focussed. Eliminates A
The Same mistake has been repeated in C and D=> Eliminates C and D
difference in accolades should be plural, thus should be accompanied by plural verb have=> Eliminates E
IMO B should be the answer
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have - the subject of the sentence is "the difference" (singular); subject-verb disagreement

(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have - the subject of the sentence is "the difference" (singular); subject-verb disagreement

(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have - the subject of the sentence is "the difference" (singular); subject-verb disagreement

(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has - CORRECT (subject: the difference in critical accolades; verb - has (the difference...has => correct subject-verb agreement)

(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has - using the word 'that' changes the meaning of the sentence; Option D has a clearer and unambiguous subject, making D a better answer
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have - Incorrect - Singular Subject & Plural Verb error "have"
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have - Incorrect - Singular Subject & Plural Verb error "have"
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have - Incorrect - Singular Subject & Plural Verb error "have"
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has - Correct - Both are parallel
(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has -Incorrect- Due to Parallelism issues

Correct Option -D
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The answer is B
Statement A- Is not parallel and does not clearly make a comparison. Hence the subject of comparison cannot be understood.
Statement B- clearly makes the comparison by using those. Hence correct
Statement C -makes an ambiguous comparison
Statement D- Loses the meaning and the intended subject of comparison
Statement E-Makes a faulty comparison and loses the meaning of the sentence.
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has


 


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The answer should be D

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have

The subject is 'The difference...' and should take singular verb 'has' instead of 'have'

(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have

same as A

(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have

same as A + incorrect form of verb 'favors'. It should be plural

(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has

Has no mistakes and is the best option.

(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has

This option incorrectly uses verb 'favors' to refer to 'accolades'
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Note that the difference in critical accolades is the subject here. For a singular subject, HAS is the grammatically correct usage in the sentence. So, that right away eliminates A, B and C

Among D and E, D uses "afforded" and does not have a corresponding pronoun to refer to the accolades for the "predominantly female-focused" part. Both these issues are taken care of in option E - since it uses "favors", which is also preceded by a THAT and uses THOSE, which will refer to critical accolades (which is plural), for the "predominantly female-focused" part. Thus the answer is E
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

To simplify the sentence we can call the items in parallel list as A and B. The given sentence then becomes -
The difference in critical accolades afforded to A over B have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
Incorrect. The use of plural 'have' is incorrect to refer to singular 'difference'

(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
Incorrect. The use of plural 'have' is incorrect to refer to singular 'difference'

(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
Incorrect. The use of plural 'have' is incorrect to refer to singular 'difference'

(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
Correct. Theis choice correctly uses singular 'has' to refer to singular 'difference' and uses correct parallelism. So it is correct.

(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has
Incorrect. This choice changes the meaning by modifying accolades and suggests as if the accolades themselves favor male-focused genres of fiction. However, the actual sentence is about accolades that are rewarded to male-focused and female-focused genres of fiction. Here the accolades themselves are neutral and do not favor any one genre.
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The underlined statement has SVA error, difference is singular so has should come not have

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have -- Subject verb mismatch. Incorrect
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have -- Subject verb mismatch Incorrect
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have-- Subject verb mismatch Incorrect
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has--- CORRECT
(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has. --SVA is okay but 'those and that' creates pronoun precendent error
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has


"the difference" is singular, and hence should take the singular verb - has. That leaves us with D) and E).

Now, going by the meaning of the sentence, there seems to be some difference in critical accolades, but how does that difference affect the genres of fiction? D) fails to answer this question, while E) uses the word "favor" to make it clear that the difference in accolades favours one cohort - the male predominated one. Hence, E).
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
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Subject of the sentence is 'The difference' which is singular

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have (Subject verb error)

(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have (Subject verb error)

(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have (Subject verb error)

(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has (Use of afforded to is incorrect here. The intended meaning can't be conveyed correctly by this sentence)

(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has (Correct. The meaning is clear, that is correctly used, and those refers to genres of friction )
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has


 


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(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has
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My Answer: D

Option A: have is used to refer to the difference in critical accolades. Difference is singular so has should be used.
Option B: Same as A.
Option C: Same as A
Option D: Seems correct. There are no plurality or other issues.
Option E: favors is used to refer to critical accolades. Critical accolades is plural so favor should have been used.
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E is correct because

1. That favors is better
2. SV issue: The difference has been not have been
3. The use of those removes any doubts and makes the statement crisp

Thus E is the correct
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Original sentence:
The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have

Lots of errors on this.
* 'afforded to genes' sounds awkward and un-idiomatic.
* The difference <...> have <... > Subject verb agreement error. It should be 'has', IMO.
* Also, the comparison isn't clear because the phrase "the predominantly female-focused" doesn't clearly relate to "genres of fiction."
(eliminate)

(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
* Same subject verb error, as in option A.
* afforded to, sounds awkward,
(eliminate)

(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
* Same subject verb error as in options A and B.
(eliminate)

(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
* comparison is not clear, the phrase "the predominantly female-focused" doesn't clearly relate to "genres of fiction."
* sounds awkward and un-idiomatic.
(eliminate)

(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has
*only option remaining.

It sounds correct. I will go with option E.
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First, let's note that 'The difference' is singular, and therefore the usage of 'have' in A, B, and C makes those choices incorrect.

Second, we're discussing how critical accolades differ. The difference isn't favoring anything. The accolades are. Critical accolades is plural, so we should use 'favor' not 'favors'.

Choice D is correct!
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The main subject is "the difference" (singular), hence the main verb must be "has been"
We can eliminate option A, B, and C for this error
In option E, "that" modifies "critical accolades" (plural), so the verb "flavors" (singular) is incorrect.
Option D is correct. The part "genres of fiction" is omitted after "the predominantly female-focused" without confusion.
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have - Difference is singular, thus we need to use "has" as the verb. Incorrect.
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have - same as option A
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have - same as option A
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has - Correct. Verb "has" been used.
(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has - "accolades" is plural and so we should use "favour" not "favours". Incorrect
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E is the right answer.

A,B,C - wrong since they use 'have' instead of has.
D - incorrect comparison
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Around the World in 80 Questions (Day 4): The difference in critical 20 Jul 2023, 11:49
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused haveIncorrect the use of have is incorrect as the subject "the difference" is singular
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused haveIncorrect the same issue with option B the use of "have" is incorrect
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused haveIncorrecthave plural does not match with the singular subject the difference
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused hasIncorrectrelative pronoun is missing
(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused hasCorrectPerfect as "has" goes along with the subject "the difference" and the relative pronoun that tells us more about the subject
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