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Two works published in 1984 demonstrate contrasting approaches to writ

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Re: Two works published in 1984 demonstrate contrasting approaches to writ [#permalink] Two works published in 1984 demonstrate contrasting approaches to writ   25 Dec 2022, 00:24
avigutman GMATNinja egmat Q4 why not C- refuses to take a position on women’s status in the eighteenth century?
The passage says that women s status increased in some and decreased in some aspects so he has not given his position about the status concretely.
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Re: Two works published in 1984 demonstrate contrasting approaches to writ [#permalink] Two works published in 1984 demonstrate contrasting approaches to writ   25 Dec 2022, 09:10
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Let's review the question itself:
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According to the passage, Lebsock’s work differs from Buel and Buel’s work in that Lebsock’s work

Elite097, I know that you tried to justify a particular answer choice with what you wrote below, but your justification shows a lack of focus on what the question is asking (any justification of the correct answer has to rely on both works - you can't just look at one of the works and pick an answer based on that. We're asked to perform a comparative analysis here).
Also please note that "refuses" is a very strong word, and therefore requires strong evidence from the passage.
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avigutman GMATNinja egmat Q4 why not C- refuses to take a position on women’s status in the eighteenth century?
The passage says that women s status increased in some and decreased in some aspects so he has not given his position about the status concretely.
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Re: Two works published in 1984 demonstrate contrasting approaches to writ [#permalink] Two works published in 1984 demonstrate contrasting approaches to writ   13 Jan 2024, 03:22
Hi, can I check why A) is wrong for Q-80 -- is it because since the passage says they lost power, then that would mean 18th century had more power than less so its incorrect?
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Re: Two works published in 1984 demonstrate contrasting approaches to writ [#permalink] Two works published in 1984 demonstrate contrasting approaches to writ   07 Mar 2024, 08:03
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miag wrote:
Hi, can I check why A) is wrong for Q-80 -- is it because since the passage says they lost power, then that would mean 18th century had more power than less so its incorrect?

Yep, that's exactly right!
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Can you pls explain question 78? Was stuck between options B and E and went with E

Sorry for the delay on this one! There are two problems with (E):
  1. ­Lebsock's book describes the "history of women in one southern community." We also know that Lebsock's book addresses the debate on whether women gained or lost status in the nineteenth century as compared with the eighteenth century. From that, we can infer that this "history of women in one southern community" encompasses both of those centuries. So it wouldn't be accurate to describe Lebsock's book as a "biography of a nineteenth-century woman" -- after all, the book was about WOMEN (plural) and likely covered multiple centuries.
  2. There's also nothing in the passage suggesting that Lebsock "applied recent historiographical methods" in her book.

As for (B), the passage specifically states that "[Lebsock] shows that the debate [on whether women gained or lost status in the nineteenth century as compared with the eighteenth century] itself depends on frame of reference...". This clearly suggests that Lebsock has demonstrated the importance of frame of reference in answering questions about women’s status.

So (B) is our winner.
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Re: Two works published in 1984 demonstrate contrasting approaches to writ [#permalink] Two works published in 1984 demonstrate contrasting approaches to writ   27 Jun 2024, 09:33
Hi mikemcgarry GMATNinja KarishmaB

Please help me out with the following two questions:
1. Q76: Option A vs D
What is a solid approach/ logic to rule out option A?
2. Q79
Why is Option C wrong?: When does Lebsock take a position on 18th century women? Doesn't she talk about 19th century women? (although compares them to 18th century women, would we call that 'taking a position'?)
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Two works published in 1984 demonstrate contrasting approaches to writ [#permalink] Two works published in 1984 demonstrate contrasting approaches to writ   28 Jun 2024, 20:48
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Hi mikemcgarry GMATNinja KarishmaB

Please help me out with the following two questions:
1. Q76: Option A vs D
What is a solid approach/ logic to rule out option A?
2. Q79
Why is Option C wrong?: When does Lebsock take a position on 18th century women? Doesn't she talk about 19th century women? (although compares them to 18th century women, would we call that 'taking a position'?)

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