Women are expected to be the majority of students entering

Question

Women are expected to be the majority of students entering law school this fall , a trend ultimately placing  more women in leadership positions in politics and business.

A) Women are expected to be the majority of students entering law school this fall , a trend ultimately placing
B) The majority of students entering law school this fall are expected to be women , a trend that will ultimately place
C) The majority of students entering law school this fall are expected to be women , which will ultimately place
D) It is expected that the majority of students entering law school this fall will be women , a trend ultimately placing
E) It is expected for women to be majority of students entering law school this fall , which will ultimately place

rao · Answer

A trend: what is the trend? The majority of students entering law school are women.

IMO B

Poullo · Answer

Hello,

Isn't "The majority of students ..." singular?
So i go with A.

x2suresh · Answer

Majority/Minority/Plurality: can be singular or plural depending on their context.

When they refer to the many parts of the totality, they are plural 
When they refer to the totality itself they are singular

The majority of the members in GMATClub are going to score more than 700 in the GMAT.

The students majority is opposed to the new grade classification.

x2suresh · Answer

also "placing" (continuous tense is incorrect).
we are talking about future trend... (womena are expected to .... this fall.) .. so future tense is appropriate here.

nmohindru · Answer

OA is B)

x2suresh · Answer

I don't see kudos

Women are expected to be the majority of students entering

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