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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has
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Subject-verb Agreement + Pronouns + Redundancy/Awkwardness

A. This answer choice incorrectly uses the plural verb “have” to refer to the singular noun “difference”. Further, Option A uses the needlessly wordy phrase “genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused”, leading to awkwardness.

B. Trap. This answer choice incorrectly uses the plural verb “have” to refer to the singular noun “difference”. Further, Option B uses the needlessly wordy phrase “genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused” and “those that are predominantly female-focused”, leading to awkwardness.

C. This answer choice incorrectly uses the plural verb “have” to refer to the singular noun “difference” and incorrectly uses the singular verb “favors” to refer to the plural noun “accolades.

D. Correct. This answer choice correctly uses the singular verb “has” to refer to the singular noun “difference”. Further, Option D is free of any awkwardness or redundancy.

E. Trap. This answer choice incorrectly uses the singular verb “favors” to refer to the plural noun “accolades”. Further, Option E uses the needlessly wordy phrase “those that are predominantly female-focused”, leading to awkwardness.

D is the best answer choice.
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has


 


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(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
Incorrect. This option is grammatically correct but not logically ambiguous

(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
Correct. Grammatically and logically correct

(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
Incorrect. This option changes the verb "afforded" to "favors," which changes the meaning slightly

(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
Incorrect.This option changes "have" to "has," which is incorrect.

(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has
Incorrect. This option also changes "have" to "has," which is incorrect for the same reason as (D).
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has
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Understanding the intended meaning of the sentence is crucial to solve the question.
We can split answer choice by ''have'' or ''has''. Subject of the sentence is ''difference''.
A - Subject + verb disagreement , Difference + ... have - Incorrect
B - the same mistake as in A
C - the same mistake as in A. Moreover, ''favours'' refers to ''accolades''. This is incorrect, because Subject and verb dont agree.
D - Correct use of ''has'' - Keep it.
E - ''favours'' refers to ''accolades'' , the same mistake.

D is our winner, the answer choice correctly uses Subject and verb as well as gives intended meaning of the sentence.
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has

Explanation:

(A) Parallelism error. Rejected.
(B) Plural verb "have" used for singular subject "difference". Rejected.
(C) over the predominantly female-focused what? Rejected.
(D) over the predominantly female-focused what? Rejected.
(E) Correct.

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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have - difference is singular, thus has not have

(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have - difference is singular, thus has not have

(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have - difference is singular, thus has not have

(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has - correct

(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has - that goes back to accolades and thus favour not favors
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
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The correct option is option D.
"the difference" is the subject of the sentence hence requires singular 'has'. A,B and C are out.
E is wordy and awkward. Hence, D is correct! :)
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I think B is the right answer here.

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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
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The subject is 'the difference'. We can drop choices AB&C because they ended with have.
Between D & E, E has two clearer modifiers modifyaccolades.
Option E is the answer.
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
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(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have - Subject 'The difference' is singular, have is wrong here, Eliminate
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have -Same as A, Eliminate
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have - Same as A, Eliminate
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has - Wrong comparison, Eliminate
(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has - Correct
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A B and C can't be correct as they end with have and the statement talks about the difference hence 'has' will go with it. Option E has 'over those that are' to avoid repeating the genres of fiction hence it completes the statement in an apt way.
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A,B,C are out because subject is the difference so we must use singular verb.
E has wrong comparison.
So only D is left
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(A) Right Answer.
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have Not B. over those that are - is an example of redundancy
(C) Not C. That can't follow this sentence
(D) Not D. Using has after plural is wrong
(E) Not E. That can't follow this sentence
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We need "that favors"... E is right as per SV
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singular subject the difference use of has is correct over have
2/3 split eliminate option A, B, C
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has we need adjective ( that ) is missing ..
(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has parallelism is there in the sentence and also meaning is clear

OPTION E is correct

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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

Subject is "The difference" => has => have is incorrect. A,B,C out

(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has
favors is singular => that modifies "the difference" => doesnt make sense. critical accolades favor. the difference cant favor anything.
E out

(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
Nothing wrong with D. Meaning is clear

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(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have

This option suffers from a subject-verb agreement error. "The difference" is a singular subject, and "have" is plural, creating inconsistency.

(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have

This option repeats the same subject-verb agreement error as Option (A). The singular subject "The difference" does not match the plural verb "have."

(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have

Option (C) also contains a subject-verb agreement error. The plural verb "have" is used with the singular subject "that," leading to inconsistency.

(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has

Option (D) corrects the subject-verb agreement error. The singular subject "The difference" now correctly matches the singular verb "has." However, the phrase "afforded to" is awkward and unclear in this context.

(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has

Option (E) provides the most effective sentence. It correctly uses the singular verb "has" with the singular subject "that." Additionally, the use of "those that are" after "over" clarifies the comparison, making the sentence clear and grammatically correct.

E is the correct answer
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has

Solution:
The biggest error here is the SV number agreement. Here 'the difference' is the main subject and the topic of extensive discussion. It is a singular noun and hence should have singular form of verb i.e. 'has' and not 'have'.

Hence we can straight away eliminate options A, B, and C

Now between option D and E

(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has
This option has another SV number agreement error. Here 'favors' point to the action of the immediate noun i.e. critical accolades which is a plural noun but the singular form of verb is used. It should have been 'favor'. INCORRECT

(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
This is grammatically correct and conveys the intended meaning of the original sentence. Also it correctly uses the SV number. CORRECT
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The difference in critical accolades afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have been a topic of extensive discussion, for quite some time, in the field of Gender Studies.

(A) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over the predominantly female-focused have
(B) afforded to genres of fiction that are predominantly male-focused over those that are predominantly female-focused have
(C) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused have
(D) afforded to predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over the predominantly female-focused has
(E) that favors predominantly male-focused genres of fiction over those that are predominantly female-focused has


 


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difference is singular, we need has ABC out
D and E are grammatically correct; however no need of repeating the noun unecesarily.
Therefore D
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