Independent contractors pay higher taxes

[vijay19839]

Independent contractors pay higher taxes, are paid less consistently than statutory employees, and, unlike statutory employees, they may freely perform the same type of work for multiple businesses.

A) taxes, are paid less consistently than statutory employees, and, unlike statutory employees, they may freely
B)taxes and are paid less consistently than statutory employees; unlike statutory employees, though, independent contractors are free to
C)taxes and paid less consistently than are statutory employees, but they, unlike statutory employees, are freely allowed to
D)taxes and are paid less consistently than are statutory employees; in addition, unlike statutory employees, independent contractors can freely
E)taxes and paid less consistently than are statutory employees; moreover, unlike statutory employees, they are allowed to

Correct Answer - B

For Option D, Below is the explanation given:-
The helping verb to be (appearing here as are) cannot be used to stand for an action verb, so the construction are statutory employees is not parallel to pay higher taxes. Also, the transition in addition implies that the following statement reinforces the idea(s) stated earlier; in this sentence, the last observation contrasts with the first two, so in addition is inappropriate

I have two doubts here:-
1) Why is the helping verb 'are' wrong with Statutory employees? We have the same helping verb in the earlier part of the sentence (are paid)?
2) What is the role of 'though' here in the right choice B?

[jnelson0612]

Please see these threads about this problem and then let us know if you have further questions: comparisions-query-t16245.html

sc-parallelism-doubt-t16214.html