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Updated on: 17 Jan 2022, 08:29
Originally posted by thangvietnam on 09 Sep 2020, 08:12.
Last edited by thangvietnam on 17 Jan 2022, 08:29, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by thangvietnam on 17 Jan 2022, 08:29, edited 1 time in total.
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regarding choice b
choice b is grammatical. "saves" singular is correct and "their" is correct
after not seeing grammatical errors, we focus on meaning
one in 5 americans can NOT save society millions usd. a person can not save that huge amount of money of a fith of employee can do so
"a fith of employee save society millions usd " as choice d show is logical
choice b is grammatical. "saves" singular is correct and "their" is correct
after not seeing grammatical errors, we focus on meaning
one in 5 americans can NOT save society millions usd. a person can not save that huge amount of money of a fith of employee can do so
"a fith of employee save society millions usd " as choice d show is logical
22 Oct 2020, 08:16
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The reason why B) is incorrect is because a matter of meaning.
Check official explanation for B)
B) One in five Americans working shorter hours at their jobs in order to provide care for an elderly relative saves
The adjectival phrase working … relative, because it immediately follows Americans and because of the plural possessive their, should be read as modifying Americans rather than the grammatically singular one in five Americans. This indicates that only one-fifth of the Americans who take care of an elderly relative save society money—probably not the claim intended.
End of official explanation.
So, it does not makes senses that One in (five Americans working shorter hours at their jobs in order to provide care for an elderly relative) saves, what makes sense is that One fith (of all employees) who work shorter hours save millions of dollars. So B) is gramatically correct but meaning is off.
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Check official explanation for B)
B) One in five Americans working shorter hours at their jobs in order to provide care for an elderly relative saves
The adjectival phrase working … relative, because it immediately follows Americans and because of the plural possessive their, should be read as modifying Americans rather than the grammatically singular one in five Americans. This indicates that only one-fifth of the Americans who take care of an elderly relative save society money—probably not the claim intended.
End of official explanation.
So, it does not makes senses that One in (five Americans working shorter hours at their jobs in order to provide care for an elderly relative) saves, what makes sense is that One fith (of all employees) who work shorter hours save millions of dollars. So B) is gramatically correct but meaning is off.
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30 Oct 2020, 01:48
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Here's the official explanation provided by the GMAC for this question:
The given sentence, though flawed, seems meant to say that one-fifth of Americans, or perhaps of American workers, work shorter hours at their jobs in order to care for an elderly relative, thus saving society money. Note the failure of agreement between the singular subject one in five Americans and the plural verbs work and save, so either the verb plurals or the phrasing one in five Americans is wrong. Also note that the clause who … relative, in part because of the plural verb work, appears to modify Americans rather than one in five Americans. In other words, the sentence could be read as saying that, of American who work … relative, just one-fifth save society money. This is probably not the intended reading.
Option A: As explained above, this version is flawed.
Option B: The adjectival phrase working … relative, because it immediately follows Americans and because of the plural possessive their, should be read as modifying Americans rather than the grammatically singular one in five Americans. This indicates that only one-fifth of the Americans who take care of an elderly relative save society money—probably not the claim intended.
Option C: The clause who work … relative incorrectly agrees with Americans rather than with the one in five Americans, the singular subject it modifies.
Option D: Correct. This version states clearly that one-fifth of American employees work shorter hours at their jobs so that they can care for elderly relatives and that in doing so, they save society money that would otherwise be spent on eldercare.
Option E: What the word it refers to is unclear. In context, it should refer to the fact about shorter hours of work, but logically it should refer to the fact about provision of care for an elderly relative. The omission of a comma immediately following job makes and it saves incorrect. A better version would be: one-fifth of American employees work … at a job, thereby saving ….
The correct answer is D.
Please note that I'm not the author of this explanation. I'm just posting it here since I believe it can help the community.
The given sentence, though flawed, seems meant to say that one-fifth of Americans, or perhaps of American workers, work shorter hours at their jobs in order to care for an elderly relative, thus saving society money. Note the failure of agreement between the singular subject one in five Americans and the plural verbs work and save, so either the verb plurals or the phrasing one in five Americans is wrong. Also note that the clause who … relative, in part because of the plural verb work, appears to modify Americans rather than one in five Americans. In other words, the sentence could be read as saying that, of American who work … relative, just one-fifth save society money. This is probably not the intended reading.
Option A: As explained above, this version is flawed.
Option B: The adjectival phrase working … relative, because it immediately follows Americans and because of the plural possessive their, should be read as modifying Americans rather than the grammatically singular one in five Americans. This indicates that only one-fifth of the Americans who take care of an elderly relative save society money—probably not the claim intended.
Option C: The clause who work … relative incorrectly agrees with Americans rather than with the one in five Americans, the singular subject it modifies.
Option D: Correct. This version states clearly that one-fifth of American employees work shorter hours at their jobs so that they can care for elderly relatives and that in doing so, they save society money that would otherwise be spent on eldercare.
Option E: What the word it refers to is unclear. In context, it should refer to the fact about shorter hours of work, but logically it should refer to the fact about provision of care for an elderly relative. The omission of a comma immediately following job makes and it saves incorrect. A better version would be: one-fifth of American employees work … at a job, thereby saving ….
The correct answer is D.
Please note that I'm not the author of this explanation. I'm just posting it here since I believe it can help the community.
09 Apr 2022, 10:23
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AndrewN
Hi AndrewN
I was able to narrow down to A and D. S-V agreement is correct in both. As the GMAT generally prefers a more succinct answer choice, I went for A.
Having read your explanation, I have a query : You mentioned the use of "job" may not be correct in A. But the singular "job" is used in option D as well.
So what exactly makes A inferior ? Is it because option D uses "a job" ? Maybe that makes it free from subtle errors? From a grammatical standpoint, I couldn't point out any glaring errors in option A.
