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Summer3 Posted 19 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Comprehension question

Could anybody please check the answer?

Please read the sentence given in bold letters and then read the statement given below.

Britain has a higher proportion of economically active women than any of our four EC parteners, with the exception of Denmark.

YES or NO: Denmark is the only EC country with fewer economically active women than Britain.

Answer: YES, because the statement contradicts the sentence given above it.

Am I correct?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

No. The sentence says Britain has the highest proportion of the 4 except for Denmark. So Denmark has a higher proportion of economically active women than Britain.

— Nona the brit

  • No.
  • The sentence says Britain has the highest proportion of the 4 except for Denmark.
  • So Denmark has a higher proportion of economically active women than Britain.
  • Also, the sentence only speaks of four EC partners, and there are many EC countries.
  • We are told nothing of the number of economically active women in these other countries.
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No.

The sentence says Britain has the highest proportion of the 4 except for Denmark. So Denmark has a higher proportion of economically active women than Britain.

Also, the sentence only speaks of four EC partners, and there are many EC countries. We are told nothing of the number of economically active women in these other countries.
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Hi,

As a minor comment, I wonder what it means to say a woman is economically active.

Does it mean she has a job?

Best wishes, Clive

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CliveHi,

As a minor comment, I wonder what it means to say a woman is economically active.

Does it mean she has a job?

Best wishes, Clive

Yes, my interpretation is that the woman is working.
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00It's an odd and unclear way to say it. I'd prefer a simpler term like 'employed'.02br
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0 It the phrase that they use in the census results in the UK. Economically inactive is the reverse, someone who is not working. 0-
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00Yet surely a consumer who spends money but has no job is also "economically active"? 02br
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00Government wording can be odd. 02br
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01cite10Clive12cite10Yet surely a consumer who spends money but has no job is also "economically active"? 12br
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10But the consumer's money is not his/her own money. Someone who is 'economically active' gives it to him/her.0-
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00- someone who had a job last year, but has no job this year?02br
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00- someone who has money they inherited?02br
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00- someone who earns money from their investments?02br
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