(A) the reason a majority is allowed to rule is not that it is more likely to be right, but because it is stronger
(B) a majority is allowed to rule not because it is more likely to be right, but because it is stronger
(C) the reason for majority rule is not because they are more likely to be right, they are stronger
(D) the majority is allowed to rule because of its strength, not because it is more likely to be right
(E) the reason why the majority rules is that it is strong, not because it is likely to be right
Solution:
Parallelism*
A is wrong because of lack of parallelism in “the reason….but because”.
C is wrong because of the use of ‘they’ for ‘majority’.
D is wrong because it lacks parallelism in “because of its strength….not because it is more likely”
E repeats the mistake in A.
B is the best choice as it conserves parallelism by using “because it is…because it is”
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