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14 Jan 2010, 12:48
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Proponents of the Equal Rights Amendment argue for its necessity if only because average salaries for women are still considerably lower than it is for men with comparable jobs and work experience.
(A) if only because average salaries for women are still considerably lower than it is
(B) if only because average salaries for women are still considerably lower than those
(C) because average salaries for women are only considerably lower than those
(D) if only as a result of the fact that salaries for women are still considerably lower than those
(E) if only because women's average salaries are still considerably lower than it is
(A) if only because average salaries for women are still considerably lower than it is
(B) if only because average salaries for women are still considerably lower than those
(C) because average salaries for women are only considerably lower than those
(D) if only as a result of the fact that salaries for women are still considerably lower than those
(E) if only because women's average salaries are still considerably lower than it is
17 Dec 2013, 22:02
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Let me add yet another dimension to this tangle. Normally the expression ‘if only” is used to express a subjunctive desire or wish as in --- If only I were Bill Gates, I would donate half my earnings to charity, --- or --If only we had the means to control the rain gods, we would not suffer drought etc, etc; Mostly these are hypothetical fancying and unachievable in the normal course.
But in the context, four of the choices carry this phrase, which IMO is weird; unfortunately, the only other choice 3 is still more muddied because of the improper placement of the restrictive adverbial modifier ‘only’. For choice 3 to mean something worthwhile, we need to drop the word ‘only’ outright.
Among the rest of the four choices, 1 and 5 can be easily dropped on subject- pronoun number disagreement alone. Between 2 and 4, the construction is convoluted in choice 4, leaving only 2 as the best of the available choices. So one may see why we are forced to take B as somewhat correct.
But in the context, four of the choices carry this phrase, which IMO is weird; unfortunately, the only other choice 3 is still more muddied because of the improper placement of the restrictive adverbial modifier ‘only’. For choice 3 to mean something worthwhile, we need to drop the word ‘only’ outright.
Among the rest of the four choices, 1 and 5 can be easily dropped on subject- pronoun number disagreement alone. Between 2 and 4, the construction is convoluted in choice 4, leaving only 2 as the best of the available choices. So one may see why we are forced to take B as somewhat correct.
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14 Jan 2010, 15:32
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samrand
I think its right,
1.if only because average salaries for women are still considerably lower than it is --usage of IT IS is making a pronoun and comparison error here, average salaries for women is being compared with men' salary but with wrong pronoun
2.if only because average salaries for women are still considerably lower than those --Correct
3.because average salaries for women are only considerably lower than those --removal of If only changes the meaning of the sentence
4.if only as a result of the fact that salaries for women are still considerably lower than those --As as result of the fact is making the sentence wordy
5.if only because women's average salaries are still considerably lowerh than it is --wrong way of comparison between Men's Salary and Women's Salary.
