The governing board of the new league has modified its rules so that p

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The governing board of the new league has modified its rules so that preexisting teams can stay together even though  not all their members meet the new minimum age requirement .

A. not all their members meet the new minimum age requirement

B. the new minimum age requirement has not been met by all their members

C. not all their members have met the new minimum age, as required

D. all their members have not met the new minimum age requirement

E. all their members do not meet the new minimum age requirement

Source:  McGraw-Hill's

mikemcgarry · Answer

Dear SajjadAhmad , I'm happy to respond. :-)

This is a relatively easy question, and not a particularly high quality question. A. not all their members meet the new minimum age requirement correct, flawless B. the new minimum age requirement has not been met by all their members strange passive construction--this is incorrect C. not all their members have met the new minimum age, as required sheer nonsense---people don't "meet" an age: they meet a requirement. This is incorrect. D. all their members have not met the new minimum age requirement Changes the meaning. E. all their members do not meet the new minimum age requirement Changes the meaning. I would say that this question would be excellent for a non-native speaker who is still learning English and who needs simplified practice in the GMAT SC format. It's good for that, but it doesn't even come close to the standards for the GMAT as a whole. Here's a GMAT SC test-level practice question: What the eye sees Does all this make sense? Mike :-)

Takdir · Answer

i am reall confused about how option E changes the meaning ?

SaGa · Answer

E. all their members do not meet the new minimum age requirement
 
Intent of the question is after the governing body changed the minimum age requirement, few members of the team were not able to meet the requirement.
But option E gives the sense that all the members do not meet the age requirement.

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abhimahna · Answer

Hi  Takdir ,

Read option A and E again.

A is saying 'not all their members meet', which means there could be some but not all.

E is saying 'All their members donot meet', which means None of their members meet. So, there is a change in meaning.

So, if we have 100 members, as per A all 100 donot meet that requirement but less than 100 could meet.

But as per E, none of these 100 meet the requirement.

I hope that makes sense.

sayantanc2k · Answer

I do have the same question - I did not quite understand how E is different in meaning from A. In my opinion:

All of them do not meet requirement = some of them (but not all) may meet the requirement
All of them do not meet requirement <> none of them meet the requirement (as explanations above state).

Dear Abhi, you are equating "all + not criterion" and "none + criterion" - I am not in agreement with this. I think "all + not criterion" is same as "not all + criterion".

Take another example:
A basket contains 8 red balls and 2 green balls. I may say:
1. " Not all the balls are red".
I may also say:
2. " All the balls are not red".
The latter does not mean that "None of the balls are red."

sayantanc2k · Answer

Some deeper thoughts on the above:

If you say "not" is an adjective for "red", then you are right:
" All the balls are (not red)" = "None of the balls are red"

But I may as well say that "not" is an adverb for "are" - in that case both the sentences below have the same meaning:
" All the balls (are not) red." = "Not all the balls are red"

Now coming to the subject question, "not" is definitely an adverb referring to "meet" - there is no noun that "not" can refer to. Hence E and A mean the same.

abhimahna · Answer

Thank you  sayantanc2k  . I do understand your point.

But now since we have ambiguity here, can we say both A and E could the right answer for this question?

dabhishek87 · Answer

The governing board of the new league has modified its rules so that preexisting teams can stay together even though  not all their members meet the new minimum age requirement .

A. not all their members meet the new minimum age requirement  correct 
B. the new minimum age requirement has not been met by all their members  passive awkward 
C. not all their members have met the new minimum age, as required  present tense is required 
D. all their members have not met the new minimum age requirement  changes meaning 
E. all their members do not meet the new minimum age requirement  changes meaning

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Official Explanation

A  is grammatical and idiomatic, so it is the best choice.  A  is preferable to  B  because  B  uses the passive voice and because the present tense used in  A ,  “not all … meet” , corresponds better with the preceding verb phrase  “can stay together”  than the past tense used in  B .  A  is preferable to  C  because  A  uses the present tense and because the final phrase,  “as required”  in  C  is somewhat awkward.  D  and  E  are incorrect because they imply that no one meets the requirements, rather than just some of the members.

ANSWER: A

RamseyGooner · Answer

Some deeper thoughts on the above:

If you say "not" is an adjective for "red", then you are right:
" All the balls are (not red)" = "None of the balls are red"

But I may as well say that "not" is an adverb for "are" - in that case both the sentences below have the same meaning:
" All the balls (are not) red." = "Not all the balls are red"

Now coming to the subject question, "not" is definitely an adverb referring to "meet" - there is no noun that "not" can refer to. Hence E and A mean the same.

Thanks for your explanation. I picked E and then checked the answer only to find it to be A. I was particularly worried because one of the explanations said that the question was too easy.

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