Pack 11 Q4: In the feminist movement of the 1960s...

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In the feminist movement of the 1960s, women began to join the workforce in large numbers,  in despite of the fact that many had worked during World War II  due to the decreased male workforce.

A. in despite of the fact that many had worked during World War II
B. whereas previously many women had worked during World War II
C. whereas previously there were many who worked during World War II
D. whereas previously those many women who worked during World War II
E. in spite of the fact previously that they worked during World War II

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Raxit85 · Accepted Answer

In the feminist movement of the 1960s, women began to join the workforce in large numbers, in despite of the fact that many had worked during World War II due to the decreased male workforce.

If i rearrange the original sentence, then it may look like

In despite of the fact that many had worked during World War II due to the decreased male workforce, women began to join the workforce in large numbers in the feminist movement of the 1960s.

In despite is incorrect usage despite alone is correct. So, A is wrong.

A. in despite of the fact that many had worked during World War II

E. in spite of the fact previously that they worked during World War II - Seems better option but placement of 'previously' is incorrect here. To whom it modifies??? Still hold it. It might be better if previously placed before worked.

B. whereas previously many women had worked during World War II - there is no contrast word (as original sentence) here, otherwise there is no error. Still hold it.

C. whereas previously there were many who worked during World War II - previously is incorrectly place. many refers to what? Incorrect.

D. whereas previously those many women who worked during World War II - Modifier error, those??? Incorrect.

Out of B and E, i think B is better than E though not the best one as it does not contain the contrast meaning and E seems wordy & placement of previously.

Women began to join the workforce in large numbers in the feminist movement of the 1960s, whereas previously many women had worked during World War II due to the decreased male workforce.

Imo. B

aniket2045 · Answer

Answer is Option A.
Option C & D are too wordy.

Option E changes meaning by placing 'previously' at wrong place.

Option B- It uses both marker-'previously' and past perfect both together. So, no need of this.
Option A- proper use of past perfect to show that one action happened before the other action.

EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

Official Explanation

In the feminist movement of the 1960s, women began to join the workforce in large numbers, in despite of the fact that many had worked during World War II due to the decreased male workforce.

A.  in despite of the fact that  many  had worked  during World War II 
 B.  whereas  previously many women  had worked  during World War II 
 C.  whereas  previously there were many who  worked  during World War II
D.  whereas  previously those many women who  worked  during World War II
E.  in spite of the fact  previously that they  worked  during World War II

After a quick glance over the options, there are 2 main areas we can focus our attention:
 1. had worked / worked
2. in despite of the fact / in spite of the fact / whereas

Let’s start with #1 on our list: had worked vs. worked.  Since there are two past events, and the oldest event is women working during World War II, we know that we need to use the past perfect tense “had worked.” Let’s see how many we can eliminate that don’t use “had worked:”

A. in despite of the fact that many  had worked  during World War II
B. whereas previously many women  had worked  during World War II
C. whereas previously there were many who  worked  during World War II
D. whereas previously those many women who  worked  during World War II
E. in spite of the fact previously that they  worked  during World War II

There you go - we can eliminate options C, D, & E because they use the wrong verb tense.  Now that we have it narrowed down to only 2 options, let’s move on to #2 on our list: in despite of the fact vs. whereas. Let’s take a closer look:

A.  in despite of the fact that  many had worked during World War II 
This is  INCORRECT  because the phrase “in despite of the fact that” is not the correct idiom format - it should be “in spite of the fact that.”

B.  whereas  previously many women had worked during World War II 
This is  CORRECT ! The word “whereas” works well here - it shows a clear contrast between the two statements, and there is no idiom problem!

There you have it - option B is the correct choice!

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EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

You were close,  aniket2045 ! Check out the official explanation in the comments for more on how to answer this one! Looking forward to more explanations in future questions!

EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

Well done, Raxit85 ! Kudos to you! You cracked the code on this one - especially the idiom and placement of the word "previously."

800GMAT2019 · Answer

In the feminist movement of the 1960s, women began to join the workforce in large numbers____________________________due to the decreased male workforce.

A.  in despite of  the fact that many had worked during World War II - Bad idiom. "In despite" correct idiom is "in spite of"

B. whereas previously many women had worked during World War II. - Correct answer.

C. whereas previously there  were  many who worked during World War II - Bad verb tense. "Were" is simple past, no duration. This verb changes the meaning. Needs "women had worked".

D. whereas previously  those many women  who worked during World War II - Bad verb tense. "Those many women" is wrong, should be "women had worked"...

E. in spite of the  fact previously  that they worked during World War II - Bad meaning. "fact previously" literally means "it was a fact in the past"...wrong. It is still a fact.

viren72 · Answer

hello, 
I have one doubt pertaining to option B. cant we treat the word "previously" as a marker. as per question stem 
In the feminist movement of the 1960s, women began to join the workforce in large numbers  whereas previously many women had worked during World War II  , 
So here it is clear that in 1960 due to FM, women began to join the workforce. ..... Previously (i.e. before 1960) during WWII many women worked. 
So why we need "Had" to indicate the sequence.

minalgambhir · Answer

ERROR ANALYSIS -

1) 'in despite' - idiomatically not correct
2) Past perfect tense used correctly as there is a series of events
3) there is no contradiction between 2 events, use of 'despite' or 'in spite' is not correct

ANSWER CHOICE ANALYSIS -

A) 'in despite' - idiomatically not correct
B) CORRECT
C) Past perfect tense need to be used as there is a series of events
D) Absence of verb
E) there is no contradiction between 2 events, use of 'despite' or 'in spite' is not correct, Past perfect tense need to be used as there is a series of events

ueh55406 · Answer

How about "previously" and "had" verb in the same sentence? isn't it considered redundant?

rocky620 · Answer

EMPOWERgmatVerbal ,
IMO, between B & C, both are redundant, and both are equally correct.

Option B:  whereas  previously  many women had worked during World War II

The non-underlined portion (IC) of the sentence establishes the timeline of events by introducing  1960 , which defines a specific point in time.
Why do we need two more time definers in the preceding sentence,  previously  +  had worked ? The timeline can be described by using either of the two. Hence it is redundant.

Option C:  whereas previously there were many who worked during World War II

Since, 1960 , defines a specific point in time.
 previously  +  worked  is also fine.
Since  previously  indicates that something happened before 1960.
But,  previously+there were+worked  is redundant.

Kindly Help.

Ved22 · Answer

There is a problem with your explanation. It is quiet clear that world war2 is an event happened before the feminist movement of 1960 so using past perfect makes reduntant

pikaso · Answer

egmat  .. As per choice B, "due to" is used to present reason for action in the clause. Is it correct usage ?

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