In the United States, a jury consists either of six citizens, in a civ

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In the United States, a jury consists  either of six citizens, in a civil case, or the twelve required by  a criminal case.

A. either of six citizens, in a civil case, or the twelve required by

B. either of six citizens, in a civil case, or of the twelve required by

C. either of six citizens, in a civil case, or the twelve required for

D. of either six citizens, in a civil case, or of the twelve required for

E. of either six citizens, in a civil case, or the twelve required for

jainrahul2 · Answer

The OA should be E.

B and E satisfy the idiom either X or Y. However, B seems to be too specific for a particular case which is not what sentence wants to convey. Hence, E.

daagh · Answer

In the United States, a jury consists  either of six citizens, in a civil case, or the twelve required by  a criminal case.

A. either of six citizens, in a civil case, or the twelve required by

B. either of six citizens, in a civil case, or of the twelve required by

C. either of six citizens, in a civil case, or the twelve required for

D. of either six citizens, in a civil case, or of the twelve required for

E. of either six citizens, in a civil case, or the twelve required fo

Whenever ever we see correlative conjunction in use such as 'either… or', the immediate task should be to check the either X or Y parallelism.

A. either of six citizens, in a civil case, or the twelve required by   1. -- either of … the twelve is wrong //ism
 same 2. 'required by' is unidiomatic since the criminal case does not need anything but the law does. 
  
B. either of six citizens, in a civil case, or of the twelve required by ---  Error No 2 of A.  
C. either of six citizens, in a civil case, or the twelve required for --- Error No 1 of A.  
--- either six or of twelve is wrong. 
D. of either six citizens, in a civil case, or of the twelve required for --  'either six or of' is wrong

E. of either six citizens, in a civil case, or the twelve required for --  correct choice.

SonalSinha803 · Answer

A. ((either of)) six citizens, in a civil case, ((or the)) twelve required ((by)) - incorrect parallelism and incorrect preposition

B. either of six citizens, in a civil case, or of the twelve required ((by)) - incorrect preposition

C. ((either of)) six citizens, in a civil case, ((or the)) twelve required for - incorrect parallelism

D. ((of either)) six citizens, in a civil case, ((or of)) the twelve required for - incorrect parallelism

E. //of either six// citizens, in a civil case, //or the twelve// required //for// - correct parallelism

Thus, according to me E is best.

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prashant6923 · Answer

Bunuel could you explain why the answer is D and not E?

Bunuel · Answer

MAGOOSH OFFICIAL SOLUTION:

Split #1 : logical mistake. Both “required by” and “required for” are grammatically correct, but they mean very different things. We have to think about the meaning in context. The fundamental contrast of the sentence concerns: how many folks on a civil jury vs. how many folks on a criminal jury — that’s 6 vs. 12. What the sentence wants to say is “the twelve required for a criminal case.” In other words, something else, outside of the sentence, requires a criminal jury to have 12 members. That’s the correct meaning.

The structure “the twelve required by a criminal case” means that, somewhere unspecified, there’s a single criminal case that, for some reason, has made a requirement, a requirement for “the twelve” to do something, what we don’t know!! That’s nonsense!! That is completely different from the contrast the sentence is trying to establish. Therefore, the choices with “by“, choices (A) and (B), are incorrect.

Split #2 : placement of the preposition and the correlative conjunctions:

(A) either of …. or … (once inside = incorrect)

(B) either of …. or of … (twice inside = correct)

(C) either of …. or … (once inside = incorrect)

(D) of either …. or of … (once outside, once inside = incorrect)

(E) of either …. or … (once outside = correct)

Because of both of these splits, (E) is the only possible answer.

yonseiglobalstudent · Answer

I understand. But the OA lists the answer as "D"

Bunuel · Answer

_______________________
It's E. Edited. Thank you.

faltan · Answer

what's wrong with b? could anyone explain?

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