Ironical as it may seem, womens emancipation from the

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Ironical as it may seem, women’s emancipation from the clutches of social drudgery through their employment in high paying jobs alongside men, has led neither to elevated social status within their married families, or to increased say in the family decision making or to secure independence from their spouse.

(A) has led neither to elevated social status within their married families, or to increased say in the family decision making or

(B) has led neither to elevated social status within their married families, nor to increased say in the family decision making nor

(C) has not led either to elevated social status within their married families, neither to increased say in the family decision making and nor

(D) has not led to elevation of their social status within their married families, or to increased say in the family decision making or

(E) has not led to either elevation of their social status within their married families, or to increased say in the family decision making or

daagh · Accepted Answer

Yes, Mrinal is correct. Even 'Grammar Girl' says that neither … nor can be used for more than two items as long as we repeat nor for each of the later items. 
Therefore, I feel B is the best answer 
I am changing the OA to B.
Thanks Madhavi for your correct judgment.

Madhavi1990 · Answer

Hello, any update on the OA? I picked B too for neither X, nor Y, nor Z
The rest seem awkward in idiom placement. Any inputs would be welcome!

daagh · Answer

The thumb rule to remember here is that in formal writing, we use neither-nor/either – or constructions only when two issues are involved. For more than two issues, as in the given case, neither-nor/either–or constructions are considered unidiomatic. Since three phenomena are involved, we can safely eliminate choices A, B, C and E that use  neither or either,  leaving only D as the right answer

mrinal2100 · Answer

i think we can use neither..nor...nor .go through the link https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/gener ... r-nor.html

amma4u · Answer

B+ for the correct idiom.. neither....nor....

NicoleJaneway · Answer

I think B is missing a comma...?

jedit · Answer

A side question, is "Ironical as it may seem" better usage compared to "Ironic as it may seem" and if so could you elaborate on the rules of usage.

daagh · Answer

jedit -- Sourced from https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/educat ... s-ironical

paolodeppa · Answer

What about the parallelism  to elevated social status  --  to increased say  --  to secure independence ??

No answer seems to address that, am I mistaken in some way? Please let me gently know.

daagh · Answer

paolo

All the three are parallel.

1. to elevated social status --- This is a prepositional phrase. Elevated and Social are two adjectives modifying the noun 'status'

2. to increased say -- increased is the adjective modifying 'say', a noun -- This is also a prepositional phrase.

3. to secure independence -- 'secure' is an adjective meaning 'safe' and not a verb meaning 'fetch' and it modifies the noun independence.

I don't think they are any wrong. Any problem?

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Dear Friends,

Here is a detailed explanation to this question-

Choice A:  In Option A, we see incorrect idiom usage as the word "neither" is not followed by "nor". Thus, Option A is incorrect.

Choice B:  Option B maintains parallelism throughout the sentence and does not employ any incorrect verb or idiom forms. Furthermore, it is also quite concise. Thus, Option B is correct.

Choice C:  Option C also fails to apply the correct idiomatic form, as it uses both "neither" and "either". Thus, Option C is incorrect.

Choice D:  In Option D, we see a parallelism error. The phrase "led to elevation" is a verb phrase; thus, it does not parallel "increased say" because “increased say” is a noun phrase. Thus, Option D is incorrect.

Choice E:  Option E maintains parallelism throughout the sentence and does not employ any incorrect verb forms. Thus, Option E is correct. However, Option E is wordier than Option B, meaning it is not the best choice.

Hence, B is the best answer choice.

To understand the concept of "Either-Or and Neither-Nor on the GMAT”, you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MX3pZnAW2g

All the best!
Experts' Global Team

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