It seems to that the usage of sole is too extreme.
But I did find out the exact match for D from combining line 7, 15-19, 21-24 and 25-28. Still I was not able to choose D.
Could someone explain the reasoning behind the answer D?
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Re: Q23
Great question ottoman! Thanks for brining this one to the forums!
Lets walk through answer choice (D), which asks for the organization of the first paragraph:
1. a deficiency is described -- a dearth of published books or articles concerned with specific legal topics relating to women (lines 1-6).
2. the specific nature of the deficiency is discussed -- the sources are of little help in answering several questions (lines 6-25).
3. a particular kind of remedy is asserted to be the sole possible means of correcting that deficiency -- only quantitative studies of large numbers of cases would allow even a guess at the answers to these questions (lines 25-29).
Incorrect Answers
(A) seems to outline very broadly the organization of the passage as a whole, rather than the first paragraph.
(B) fails in the end by singling out one question as the "most useful."
(C) incorrectly assigns a prediction to the end of the first paragraph.
(E) incorrectly states that the resources necessary to the carrying out of a task are described represents the beginning of the paragraph, when instead the author is attempting to show a problem or a deficiency in certain kinds of information.
Lets walk through answer choice (D), which asks for the organization of the first paragraph:
1. a deficiency is described -- a dearth of published books or articles concerned with specific legal topics relating to women (lines 1-6).
2. the specific nature of the deficiency is discussed -- the sources are of little help in answering several questions (lines 6-25).
3. a particular kind of remedy is asserted to be the sole possible means of correcting that deficiency -- only quantitative studies of large numbers of cases would allow even a guess at the answers to these questions (lines 25-29).
Incorrect Answers
(A) seems to outline very broadly the organization of the passage as a whole, rather than the first paragraph.
(B) fails in the end by singling out one question as the "most useful."
(C) incorrectly assigns a prediction to the end of the first paragraph.
(E) incorrectly states that the resources necessary to the carrying out of a task are described represents the beginning of the paragraph, when instead the author is attempting to show a problem or a deficiency in certain kinds of information.
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