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Re: Discrimination in wages paid in occupations that are predominantly mal [#permalink] New post   14 Jul 2016, 12:18
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A) paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the predominantly female have -SVA error
(B) paid in occupations that are predominantly make over those that are predominantly female have SVA error
(C) that favors predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female have SVA error
(D) that favors predominantly male occupations over those that are predominantly female has SVA error - wages should have a plural verb favor
(E) paid in predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female has-- The best answer here wihout any gramatical errors
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Re: Discrimination in wages paid in occupations that are predominantly mal [#permalink] New post   01 Jul 2021, 21:35
Discrimination in wages paid in X over Y....

Sounds awkward to me. Is it really a good way to express that the discrimination favors x over y?

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Re: Discrimination in wages paid in occupations that are predominantly mal [#permalink] New post   04 Sep 2021, 02:26
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The flaw in D is very basic. It says - wages that favors-, a singular verb for the plural wages
Of course, there may be arguments that - favors - stands for
the entire phrase - discrimination in wages and therefore the singular verb is justified. The right diction for such intent will be - discrimination in wages favouring –

Secondly the phrase – predominantly male occupations over those that are predominantly female - can be as effectively expressed as - predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female –

We can dismiss D on these counts. This leaves us with E


Just a side query: Why doesnt 'that' refer to occupations? Why do you see as refering to wages?

That modifies the noun immediately before? Please correct me if I am wrong
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Re: Discrimination in wages paid in occupations that are predominantly mal [#permalink] New post   22 Mar 2022, 08:25
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In option D, "that" modifies the noun/noun phrase preceding it, whichever makes sense.
In option D, favors can modify either wages or discrimination?
However, both cannot make sense. Hence we eliminate option D on this basis.

Please evaluate my reasoning.
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Re: Discrimination in wages paid in occupations that are predominantly mal [#permalink] New post   22 Mar 2022, 09:14
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In option D, "that" modifies the noun/noun phrase preceding it, whichever makes sense.
In option D, favors can modify either wages or discrimination?
However, both cannot make sense. Hence we eliminate option D on this basis.

Please evaluate my reasoning.

Basically, in D, "that" seems to modify "discrimination". So, D seems to be illogically suggesting that "discrimination" favors predominantly male occupations over those that are predominantly female!

This is incorrect because according to the intended meaning of the original sentence, "discrimination" has just given rise to substantial differentials. "discrimination" itself does not favor anything.
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Re: Discrimination in wages paid in occupations that are predominantly mal [#permalink] New post   22 Mar 2022, 09:22
EducationAisle

Alright. Got it.
"Discrimination" is the subject and "in wages" is a part of a prepositional phrase. "Favors" is the verb.
Hence, this sentence does not make sense.

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Re: Discrimination in wages paid in occupations that are predominantly mal [#permalink] New post   22 Mar 2022, 09:28
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Alright. Got it.
"Discrimination" is the subject and "in wages" is a part of a prepositional phrase. "Favors" is the verb.
Hence, this sentence does not make sense.

Got it.

Oh no..."that" can definitely modify words in "prepositional phrases". For example:

In D however, since the verb is "favors", this is an indication that "that" can only modify something "singular"; hence, "that" cannot modify the plural noun "wages". So, the only noun that "that" can modify in D is "discrimination".
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Re: Discrimination in wages paid in occupations that are predominantly mal [#permalink] New post   22 Mar 2022, 09:33
EducationAisle,

Yes Yes. I got it. My bad.
My earlier usage of "that" was what I was referring to.
"That" can modify the Noun/ Noun preceding it whichever makes sense.
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