Adyy96,

The "are" in A, D and E is not necessary and make the comparison incorrect. Make the sentence as small as possible (by taking out the independent clauses, etc.) and you will see. FOr example, if you were to say "Independent contractors pay higher taxes" would it be "than statutory employees" or "than is statutory employees"? In this case, the test makers are trying to get us to buy off on the "are" and throw us off the scent of the correct answer.

Let me know if this helps.
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A - "unlike" should be followed by noun (only contractors). "they" is a pronoun issue
B - B is the correct choice.
C - same issue as A
D - can and freely are redundant.
E - same issue as A

daagh VeritasKarishma
IMO, do is not required at all. for eg. Jon is paid more than Sam is correct. We dont require Jon is paid more than do Sam. Is my understanding correct. Can you please explain different uses of do and are in comparisons.

Singh
Yes!. do is not necessary in D.
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Independent contractors pay higher taxes, are paid less consistently than statutory employees, and, unlike statutory employees, they may freely perform the same type of work for multiple businesses.

(A) taxes, are paid less consistently than statutory employees, and, unlike statutory employees, they may freely
'pay' and 'are paid' are not parallel.

(B) taxes and are paid less consistently than statutory employees; unlike statutory employees, though, independent contractors are free to

correct choice.

(C) taxes and paid less consistently than are statutory employees, but they, unlike statutory employees, are freely allowed to
firstly the 'than are' is not parallel with pay higher taxes, secondly the but they is a pronoun error as we don't know what 'they' is referring to .

(D) taxes and are paid less consistently than are statutory employees; in addition, unlike statutory employees, independent contractors can freely
'are' is not parallel

(E) taxes and paid less consistently than are statutory employees; moreover, unlike statutory employees, they are allowed to
allowed to is new, but it also changes the meaning in some way.

Option B is the correct answer: - Independent contractors pay higher taxes and are paid less consistently than statutory employees; unlike statutory employees, though, independent contractors are free to perform the same type of work for multiple businesses.
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(A) taxes, are paid less consistently than statutory employees, and, unlike statutory employees, they may freely
Different clauses , and is must here

(B) taxes and are paid less consistently than statutory employees; unlike statutory employees, though, independent contractors are free to
Seems correct with right contrast due to presence of "though"

(C) taxes and paid less consistently than are statutory employees, but they, unlike statutory employees, are freely allowed to
lack of verb in highlighted part

(D) taxes and are paid less consistently than are statutory employees; in addition, unlike statutory employees, independent contractors can freely
In addition sos not present contrast

(E) taxes and paid less consistently than are statutory employees; moreover, unlike statutory employees, they are allowed to
Lack of verb

A breaks //ism with ‘they’
B doesn’t seem to have errors… currently considering this one
C and E can be dropped, in both ‘pay’ and ‘paid’ are joined by and even though they are not //
D ‘in addition’ implies a continuity that does not actually exist in this sentence. Not correct.

B is clearly the best option.

Regarding B, if I simplify the sentence in active voice, then the following sentences are correct? kindly advise me if I am wrong.

Government pay independent contractors less consistently than statutory employees. ( here compared independent contractors to statutory employees.)
Government pay independent contractors less consistently than statutory employees do . ( here compared government to statutory employees.)

Government is singular, so you'd need a singular verb for it. Something like "the government pays..." would do. Of course, the sentence isn't restricted to the government, but if we assume that it is, the rest of what you've written is fine. That is, in some questions, we may have to decide between:

1. X pays A more than B.
Here the most likely interpretation is that X pays A more than X pays B.

and

2. X pays A more than Y does.
X pays A more than Y pays A.
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the OA is not good to learn but choice d is good to learn
as I said it before and now I said it again.when making ellipsis, remember to keep both tense of mood (negative or positive ) of the first clause

choice d offer a typical trick tested in og2020.
pay higher tax and are paid than are the employees
"than are " is applicable to "are paid" but not to "pay higher tax". we can not say "than the employee do and are".

keep tense and mood (negative or positive) of the first clause when making ellipsis.

In A - Independent contractors (has) two verbs, as 1 subject has two verbs this is eliminated
In C - they can refer to statutory employees or Independent contractors, Though pronoun ambiguity is not necessarily an error, this is NOT eliminated right away
In D: there is a comparison error, Independent contractors is compared to taxes. so D is eliminated
In E: same error as in D

In B no errors so, B is the right answer.

Independent contractors pay higher taxes, are paid less consistently than statutory employees, and, unlike statutory employees, they may freely perform the same type of work for multiple businesses.

(A) taxes, are paid less consistently than statutory employees, and, unlike statutory employees, they may freely

(B) taxes and are paid less consistently than statutory employees; unlike statutory employees, though, independent contractors are free to

(C) taxes and paid less consistently than are statutory employees, but they, unlike statutory employees, are freely allowed to

(D) taxes and are paid less consistently than are statutory employees; in addition, unlike statutory employees, independent contractors can freely

(E) taxes and paid less consistently than are statutory employees; moreover, unlike statutory employees, they are allowed to

Let us try n understand what the author wants to convey.

Independent contractors are paid less consistently but they pay high taxes. Though there is a disadvantage there is an advantage that they can freely work for multiple businesses.

Given the context the only statement that makes sense is option B.

OE:

The sentence describes several differences between the situation of independent contractors and that of statutory employees. The first two observations depict the situation of independent contractors as less favorable than that of statutory employees, but the reverse is true of the final observation; therefore, the sentence must properly express the contrast between the first two observations and the last one. Additionally, the first two observations—each of which describes a relative disadvantage faced by independent contractors—should be written in parallel.

(A) And links the constructions pay... and paid... These constructions are not parallel: the first is a verb phrase, but the second is a participial modifier. The helping verb to be (appearing here as are) cannot be used to stand for an action verb, so the construction are statutory employees is not parallel to pay higher taxes. The adverb freely is incorrectly placed; it is intended to describe the act of performing similar work for other companies, but, in its current location, it illogically modifies "allowed". Finally, the modifier unlike statutory employees is used to modify a pronoun (they) rather than a noun, resulting in an awkward and unacceptable construction.

(B) CORRECT. The two disadvantages faced by independent contractors are properly represented by two parallel verbs (pay... and are paid...), and the transition though is appropriately used to describe the contrast between the first two observations and the last.

(C) This construction contains a list of three constructions (pay..., are paid..., and they may freely...) that is incorrect in terms of both meaning and grammar. The construction x, y, and z makes no sense here, since the last observation contrasts with the first two; the same list is also grammatically nonparallel, since pay and paid are verbs but they may... is a full clause with a subject and a verb.

(D) The transition in addition implies that the following statement reinforces the idea(s) stated earlier; in this sentence, the last observation contrasts with the first two, so in addition is inappropriate.

(E) And links the constructions pay... and paid... These constructions are not parallel: the first is a verb phrase, but the second is a participial modifier. The helping verb to be (appearing here as are) cannot be used to stand for an action verb, so the construction are statutory employees is not parallel to pay higher taxes. Finally, the transition moreover implies that the following statement reinforces the idea(s) stated earlier; in this sentence, the last observation contrasts with the first two, so moreover is inappropriate.

Experts please help me with comparison
what difference it create when using are and without are.
which form is better using though or in addition.

the way I see option D and B is in addition must add either more positive or negative situation,but in this sentence contrast is present hence though is apt to use,but placement of though is problem with me.

please explain

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