CAT 2 SC - Many Employee

[j.r.ashish]

Many employees in the energy sector must choose between jobs that offer substantially higher pay, but requiring long hours, physically taxing labor, or relocation to remote, sparsely populated areas, or less physically intense though lower-paying jobs in larger metropolitan areas.

1)that offer substantially higher pay, but requiring long hours, physically taxing labor, or relocation to remote, sparsely populated areas, or less physically intense though lower-paying jobs

2)that offer substantially higher pay, but that require long hours, physically taxing labor, relocation to remote or sparsely populated areas, or less physically intense and lower-paying jobs

3)offering pay that is substantially higher, but that requires long hours, physically taxing labor, or relocating to remote, sparsely populated areas, or lower-paying jobs that are less physically intense

4)that pay substantially higher but requiring long hours, physically taxing labor, relocating to remote or sparsely populated areas, and lower-paying jobs that are less physically intense

5)offering substantially higher pay, but requiring long hours, physically taxing labor, or relocation to remote, sparsely populated areas, and less physically intense, but lower-paying, jobs

In option E

The 2 entities which should be parallel, per the idiom
Between X and Y are
(1) Jobs offering substantially higher pay, but requiring long hours, physically taxing labor, or relocation to remote, sparsely populated areas
and
(2) less physically intense, but lower-paying, jobs

How is "Jobs offering substantially" parallel to "less physically intense"?

[j.r.ashish]

Experts, pl help understand how option E is correct

[jnelson0612]

The 2 entities which should be parallel, per the idiom
Between X and Y are
(1) Jobs offering substantially higher pay, but requiring long hours, physically taxing labor, or relocation to remote, sparsely populated areas
and
(2) less physically intense, but lower-paying, jobs

How is "Jobs offering substantially" parallel to "less physically intense"?

What is parallel is:
"jobs offering substantial higher pay . . . . "
AND
"less physically intense, but lower-paying, jobs"

So the person is choosing between higher paying jobs that are difficult and lower paying jobs that are easier. "jobs" and "jobs" (both with all the modifiers) are what is parallel.

[arushigupta712]

Dear Instructors,

I believe that final two items in any list need to be separated by 'and'. When we analyze the option (E) I see following lists:

[jobs offering substantially higher pay, but requiring { long hours, physically taxing labor, or relocation to ( remote, sparsely) populated areas}], and [less physically intense, but lower-paying, jobs]

Should not there be an 'and' in between:
( remote, sparsely)

[RonPurewal]

Should not there be an 'and' in between:
( remote, sparsely)

No.

In general, you can take care of questions like this by opening up your OG to random pages (in the sentence correction section) and seeing what's there.

I just opened my OG (13th edition) to a random page. Didn't see something like this.
Flipped to another random page. There was #105 (a large, public audience).
Issue = settled.

Always do a little bit of basic research before posting questions.

[WenjieZ514]

Dear Instructor,

could you please explain in answer E, how to justify the comma before "jobs"

... and less physically intense, but lower-paying, jobs

would it still be correct to omit the comma?

Thanks

[RonPurewal]

no, it wouldn't, but this is a non-issue on the gmat.

the presence/absence of punctuation is NEVER tested on this exam. so, no point in worrying about it.

[JbhB682]

In E, when I look at this list

i) long hours, physically taxing labor, or relocation to remote, sparsely populated areas

Long hours | Taxing Labor are concrete nouns whereas relocation is an action noun

Can these become a list ? Per my understanding these cannot be a list.


ii) On the modifier sorrounding regarding the Y element

less physically intense, but lower-paying

the modifier is following the X but Y idiom. Is X and Y adjectives in this case ?

[esledge]

In E, when I look at this list

i) long hours, physically taxing labor, or relocation to remote, sparsely populated areas

Long hours | Taxing Labor are concrete nouns whereas relocation is an action noun

Can these become a list ? Per my understanding these cannot be a list.

Yes, they can be a list as long as the different types of nouns both make sense in the overall context of the root phrase. Sure, the "jobs offering substantially higher pay" are great, but there are several downsides: These jobs require long hours, they require physically taxing labor, or they require relocation. All work in context.

ii) On the modifier sorrounding regarding the Y element

less physically intense, but lower-paying

the modifier is following the X but Y idiom. Is X and Y adjectives in this case ?

Yes, they are. They both modify "jobs in larger metropolitan areas" at the end of the sentence.