Read the sentence from "For the ERA."

Question

Survivorship benefits would be available to husbands of
female workers on the same basis as to wives of male
workers.

Read Jordan's paraphrase.

A major advantage of the ERA is that survivorship
benefits would be available to the spouses of all
workers, regardless of sex.

Which best describes the paraphrasing mistake Jordan
made?

A. included off-topic information

B. left out an important detail

C. included a personal opinion

D. matched the speaker's words too closely

Answer 1

The best option that describes the paraphrasing mistake Jordan made is:

B. left out an important detail

Jordan's paraphrase generalizes "husbands of female workers" and "wives of male workers" to just "spouses of all workers," which leaves out the specific equality context regarding male and female workers that the original sentence highlights.