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New post 23 Jun 2013, 10:53
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I find it a bit vague that C is the answer.

The sentence says a woman has been elected as PM recently with no effect on the situation that has prevailed in the last 100 years. Now when you opt for C, doesn't it leave out that comparison? I mean a woman PM has not been around for 100 years. That is evident from the part that says recently. And I guess it would not be foolish to assume this.

Any thoughts anyone?


hi,

Despite the recent election of a woman to the office of prime minister, the status of women in Pakistan is little changed from how it was in the last century.

(A) is little changed from how it was
(B) is a little change from how it was
(C) has changed little
(D) has changed little from how it has been
(E) is little changed from the way it was

according to question meaning is as follows:

A woman got elected to office of PM....NOW based on this author is saying although a woman is elected recently but this doesn't proves that women's status is improved a lot DURING the last century.
now since the intended meaning is to state the status during the last century,,....that is why HAS is must.....for showing the effect of past coming in to present.

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New post 23 Jun 2013, 17:47
Answer is 'C' in my opinion.

To break it down,
is.. changed - is incorrect tense. Also the sentence refers to something that has happened in the past ' the status of woman' , should entail 'has' rather than 'is'. Hence A, B and E can be removed.

D is unnecessarily long.

Leaving 'C' as the answer.

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hi,

Despite the recent election of a woman to the office of prime minister, the status of women in Pakistan is little changed from how it was in the last century.

(A) is little changed from how it was
(B) is a little change from how it was
(C) has changed little
(D) has changed little from how it has been
(E) is little changed from the way it was

according to question meaning is as follows:

A woman got elected to office of PM....NOW based on this author is saying although a woman is elected recently but this doesn't proves that women's status is improved a lot DURING the last century.
now since the intended meaning is to state the status during the last century,,....that is why HAS is must.....for showing the effect of past coming in to present.

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You're right about that. But my question was more on lines of whether we need the statement "from how it has been". I believe we do.
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HI,,

this is a simple case of redundancy. As "changed" always refer to a variation from previous condition, it is redundant to include "from how it was" in the sentence.

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(A) is little changed from how it was ---- is and was makes it wordy.
(B) is a little change from how it was ---- situation cann't be 'is a change'
(C) has changed little ----- PERFECT
(D) has changed little from how it has been ----- 'has changed' & 'has been' doesn't comply...ex: it has changed from what it was...
(E) is little changed from the way it was --- too wordy
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New post 11 Jun 2014, 02:33
We are stating option C as the correct answer only by PoE. However, if you put it in the sentence it removes the inherent comparison altogether.

Despite the recent election of a woman to the office of prime minister, the status of women in Pakistan has changed little in the last century.

It reflects that all changes happened within the last century.

Is the mere fact that option C doesn't contain the ambiguous "it" reason enough?

Please correct me if I'm wrong here.
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Lets see this example given on page 107, MGMAT SC, CHAPTER 7.

Veronica has traveled all over the world in 2007. << is it correct ??

Above sentence is not correct, because in 2007 indicates something finished in the past and present perfect does not go well with such time bound construction.

Lets see option C now:

the status of women in Pakistan has changed little in the last century.
In the last century indicates time range of past, therefore use of present perfect is not OK. Use simple past.

D is also not correct because has been in the last century presenting same error as explained above. If it had been written as had been in the last century then it would have been fine.

Conclusion:: Not a good question.

Despite the recent election of a woman to the office of prime minister, the status of women in Pakistan is little changed from how it was in the last century.

(A) is little changed from how it was
(B) is a little change from how it was
(C) has changed little
(D) has changed little from how it has been
(E) is little changed from the way it was
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Despite the recent election of a woman to the office of prime minister, the status of women in Pakistan is little changed from how it was in the last century.

(A) is little changed from how it was
(B) is a little change from how it was
(C) has changed little
(D) has changed little from how it has been
(E) is little changed from the way it was

Kindly explain.


was and has been is both correct because in last century can be considered a period until now or a period in the past

in a, is changed is incorrect. passive is not suitable here we need "by+agent" to complete sentence.
in b, status can not "is a change", not logic in our common sense of this world.
in a, b and d, "from how" is not logic in our common sense of this world. "change from what" maybe correct. in d, both 'has changed " and "has been" can not be acceptable because there is a sequence here. so, we need "it was" to go with "has changed". so, d has 2 errors.
in e, change from the way , is not logic in our common sense of this world. "change from what it was" is better. passive is wrong.

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Despite the recent election of a woman to the office of prime minister, the status of women in Pakistan is little changed from how it was in the last century.

(A) is little changed from how it was
(B) is a little change from how it was
(C) has changed little
(D) has changed little from how it has been
(E) is little changed from the way it was

Kindly explain.


I don't see any of the answer to be correct. The main contenders are "C" and "D"

"C" is wrong because it mention "has changed little" in the last century. Last century is already gone so "has" do not fit here.
"D" is wrong because it usage "has been" in context of last century. Here also the action of changing the status in context of last century is over so use of "has been" do not seems correct.
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C is more precise and shorter, but A is also correct.
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