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Despite the political pressure on country clubs to allow women and minorities to join, they have maintained a policy that prevents membership by these groups.


(A) on country clubs to allow women and minorities to join, they have maintained a policy
(B) to allow women and minorities to join country clubs, a policy has been maintained
(C) on country clubs to allow the joining of women and minorities, the clubs have maintained a policy
(D) to allow women and minorities to join country clubs, they have maintained a policy
(E) on country clubs to allow the joining of women and minorities, they have maintained a policy



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hm ? B) seems to be best, desbite the use of passive voice. D) has a unclear pronoun "they". does it modify minorities or clubs ?
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I'm stuck between 'B' & 'C'.

In 'C', 'joining of' sounds weired but 'B' sounds incomplete (pressure on whom?, who maintained the policy?). That way, 'C' is clear.

Let me go with 'C'.
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I'm stuck between 'B' & 'C'.

In 'C', 'joining of' sounds weired but 'B' sounds incomplete (pressure on whom?, who maintained the policy?). That way, 'C' is clear.

Let me go with 'C'.
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Or is it A?

My first choice was B - but wasn't satisfied - as it's not clear who the "they" refers to - the political parties or the country clubs.

C was not my choice - the phrase "to allow the joining of women .." didn't sound quite right.

A was the best fit - the pronoun "they" clearly reflects "the country club" and the "to allow to join" seems the best usage.

What's the OA?
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Despite the political pressure on country clubs to allow women and minorities to join, they have maintained a policy that prevents membership by these groups.


(A) on country clubs to allow women and minorities to join, they have maintained a policy
------> "they" is quite ambiguous
(B) to allow women and minorities to join country clubs, a policy has been maintained
---> pressure should be used with prep "on"
(C) on country clubs to allow the joining of women and minorities, the clubs have maintained a policy
-----> correct prep and eliminate the ambiguous "they" --->fine
(D) to allow women and minorities to join country clubs, they have maintained a policy
----> problem with "they"
(E) on country clubs to allow the joining of women and minorities, they have maintained a policy
----> also problem with "they"

I would go for B
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Pressure on is correct idiom. that is why I will choose C over B.

I can't find anything wrong with C.
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C looks much better except for the "joining of women and minorities", we are not bringing women and minorities together.

Althought the "they" in A is a bit ambiguous I guess I'll have to take A.
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Looks like we need some more discussion about this one....
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I would go for B[/quote]

opps, I meant C.[/quote]

Always trust your first instinct.

OA is B.

OE:

Alarm: The pronoun ・i>they・br> Rule(s): Must agree with its object and be unambiguous.

Since this pronoun could refer to ・i>clubs・or ・i>women and minorities・

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Eliminate A and any other choices that contain that error. Choices D and E repeat the error.

Compare the remaining choices to find any other commonly tested errors.

(B) ・a policy has been maintained
(C) ・the clubs have maintained a policy

Choice C illogically suggests that an inanimate object (the clubs) has done something.

B remains.
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your set of questions is quite tricky, Matt :wink:
Yes, very first instinct/ intuition is always correct!! Unfortunately, I repeat not listening to it :?
According to Emotional Intelligence , instinct plays a significant role in the survival of human beings especially in primitive time. Why? In that time, human beings had to cope with natural disasters and fight against carnivorous animals, time-consuming reasoning was not sufficient enough for people to make decision in a very second of the limit between life and death ....prompt instinct/ intuition saved their lives then.Neurologically speaking, the pathway for an instinct in human brain is much shorter than that of a reasoning.

Then, why do i still ignore my intuition? :S



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