245. Discrimination in wages paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the predominantly female have given rise to substantial differentials between the wage of housepainters and secretaries and between the wages of parking-lot attendants and library assistants.
(A) paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the predominantly female have
(B) paid in occupations that are predominantly male over those that are predominantly female have
(C) that favors predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female have
(D) that favors predominantly male occupations over those that are predominantly female has
(E) paid in predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female has

Solution:

Subject-verb Agreement*

A, B, and C can be eliminated for the use of ‘have’ for ‘discrimination’.
D can be eliminated as ‘favors’ doesn’t agree with ‘wages’ in number.
E is the best choice.

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