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I think there is a mistake on page 15. It's about the card labelled "one of the". As follows from the article http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/one.htm the use of "one of PLURAL NOUN + SINGULAR VERB" construction is unusual. In The New Fowler's Modern English Usage edited by R.W. Burchfield. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England, 1996 the author writes, "A plural verb in the subordinate clause is recommended unless particular attention is being drawn to the uniqueness, individuality, etc., of the one in the opening clause".

Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd like to attract your attention to this issue.

mirral · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:57 am Post subject: flash cards missing letters fl

I just downloaded the flashcards and every word that has a letter sequence "fl" seems to be missing. If I plain text the cards the "fl" is there. An ideas.

armado · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject: Cool cards

Thanks for the material. It is very useful.

KingsDude · Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:18 am Post subject:

Is there a good way to print these??

yaya2009 · Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:50 am Post subject:

very ussful , thanks Very Happy

Sunitha · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:55 pm Post subject:

Hi,

I am unable to download the GMAT flash cards. It says the file is damaged.

Pls advice.

Svedankae · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:05 pm Post subject:

Hey guys,

Ive been going through Eric's flashcards and I noticed some stuff I am not too sure whether this is really correct.

1) One of the + PLURAL NOUN + that/who + SINGULAR VERB
“He is one of the persons who bakes spectacular cakes.”

--> Isn't that concept incorrect? Shouldn't there be a plural verb? Look at this: http://www.urch.com/forums/faqs/3978-gmat-sc-s-v-agreement-one-people-who-bake-bakes.html

2) None should be singular, even when, to your ear, it seems as though it should be plural.
“None of the boys enjoys camping as he does.”

--> How certain are we that this is correct? Imo this is just a quantifier followed by an "of-phrase". In Manhattan GMAT Prep Sentence Correction (#8) Guide on page 48 it says: (...) SANAM pronouns (Some, Any, None, All, More/Most) could be either plural or singular depending on what is contained in the "of-phrase".

3) Compare actions to like actions:
“Beeswax candles burn more cleanly than synthetic candles.”

--> I know that this is not the gist of this flashcard, however shouldnt it say: "Beeswax candles burn more cleanly than synthetic candles do?

4) Target to
“The chocolate company targeted its advertising to single women.”

--> Shouldn't it be "targeted at single women"? When do you say target at and when do you say target to?

thanks

beatthegmat · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:37 pm Post subject:

Thanks for this feedback! I'm in the process of editing the flashcards to make these concepts more clear. I hope to push out a new version early next week.

Thanks again for calling out these confusing areas--it's great for the community who uses this flashcard set.

Also, one neat side note: these flashcards have been downloaded over 100,000 times to date, woo hoo!

beatthegmat · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:47 pm Post subject:

Flashcards have been updated. Smile

The glaring 'one of the' card has been fixed as well.

beatthegmat · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:47 pm Post subject:

One more thing, wait about 12 hours from now to download the newest version.

beatthegmat · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:49 pm Post subject:

Nevermind, the latest version is now LIVE!

http://www.beatthegmat.com/a/free-gmat-prep-flashcards

stilite · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:53 am Post subject:

Thanks for the update of the Flashcards, however, I have found something that has frustrated me for awhile and looks quite confusing on the cards...

Regarding Mixtures & Dilutions:

1) In the lower-left card on page 76, you give the formula of how to solve these.

2) on the card directly to the right, you give an example which looks to me to be a correct explanation of the formula.

However,

3) On the lower-right card on page 66, there is basically an identical problem, yet the formula seems (to me at least) be be mixed up and not relative to the first problem above.

After I did the problem on page 66 with the formula from page 76, it worked.

It just seems rather confusing to me.

beatthegmat · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:36 pm Post subject:

Thanks for calling this out. This is indeed a bit confusing, I had recorded two slightly different methods for solving the same problem. I'll need to look back on my notes to see what I was considering at the time I recorded each of these cards.

Appreciate your help!

goginenivineeth

Can u tell how to buy the hard copy of flas cards? Not possible for me to study online as i dont have a lappy.

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