Welcome! Check out our free B-School Guides to learn how you compare with other applicants.
Login or Register
 

OG 10th edition question

This topic has 1 expert reply and 7 member replies
Bookmark
Previous Topic Next Topic
jamesk486 Really wants to Beat The GMAT! Default Avatar
Joined
28 Mar 2007
Posted:
141 messages
Thanked:
1 times
OG 10th edition question Post Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:56 pm
Elapsed Time: 00:00
  • Lap #[LAPCOUNT] ([LAPTIME])
    That the new managing editor rose from the publication's "soft" new sections to a leadership position is more of a landmark in the industry than her being a woman.

    A. her being a woman
    B. being a woman is
    C. her womanhood
    D. that she was a woman
    E. that she is a woman

    I know being is usually almost wrong..but it sounds "right" Embarassed

    Unlike most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warbler are very difficult to tell apart.

    A. ...
    B. Unlike most warbler species, the gender of the blue-winged warbler is very difficult to distinguish.
    C. Unlike those in most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged arblers are very difficult to distinguish.
    D. It is very difficult, unlike in most arbler species, to tell the male and female blue-winged warbler apart.
    E. Blue-winged warblers are unlike most species of warbler in that it is very difficult to tell the male and female apart.

    B, C and E all seem okay! Shocked [/u]

    Need free GMAT or MBA advice from an expert? Register for Beat The GMAT now and post your question in these forums!
    jaspetrovic Just gettin' started! Default Avatar
    Joined
    16 Mar 2007
    Posted:
    26 messages
    Post Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:41 pm
    Answer for 2nd:E

    B & C-misplaced modifier -
    werbel species, ?the gender?! and
    those...species, ?the male and female blue-winged arblers?!

    So, E for me

    isisalaska Community Manager Default Avatar
    Joined
    10 Dec 2006
    Posted:
    363 messages
    Followed by:
    1 members
    Thanked:
    6 times
    Post Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:45 am
    1) wow Surprised , I agree, B seems to be fine. My experience is sometimes, not too often though, being is fine
    2)
    E is definitely redundant
    I will go with B for consciousness and clarity

    _________________
    Isis Alaska

    jaspetrovic Just gettin' started! Default Avatar
    Joined
    16 Mar 2007
    Posted:
    26 messages
    Post Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:07 am
    I don't really understand 1st sentence.

    For 2nd one I agree that E is wordy, but it is the best one available. There is no grammatical error in there.

    What are the OA's?

    alugoya Just gettin' started! Default Avatar
    Joined
    19 Feb 2007
    Posted:
    7 messages
    Post Fri Apr 13, 2007 2:06 pm
    answer C is right ...
    usage of those ....in choice is correct and the sentence is very cocise

    jc114 Rising GMAT Star Default Avatar
    Joined
    12 Apr 2007
    Posted:
    53 messages
    Thanked:
    1 times
    Post Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:35 pm
    the OAs are E and E~

    aim-wsc GMAT Titan
    Joined
    20 Apr 2006
    Posted:
    2472 messages
    Followed by:
    10 members
    Thanked:
    75 times
    Target GMAT Score:
    801-
    Post Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:04 am
    Could you present OG s explanation for this and the original answers as well?

    _________________
    Getting started @BTG?
    Beginner's Guide to GMAT | Beating GMAT & beyond
    Please do not PM me, (not active anymore) contact Eric.

    Cybermusings GMAT Destroyer! Default Avatar
    Joined
    27 Mar 2007
    Posted:
    559 messages
    Followed by:
    1 members
    Thanked:
    4 times
    Post Sat Apr 14, 2007 4:12 am
    Is it E for the first sentence

    GMAT/MBA Expert

    Stacey Koprince GMAT Instructor
    Joined
    27 Dec 2006
    Posted:
    2228 messages
    Followed by:
    499 members
    Thanked:
    550 times
    GMAT Score:
    780
    Post Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:53 pm
    Tough ones.

    The first is a parallelism issue. Notice that is starts with "that" - we're comparing these to things, saying one is not as important as the other. So they need to be parallel.

    Only D and E start with "that" so A, B, and C are gone. The only difference between D and E is the tense ("was" vs. "is"). We generally use simple present tense to indicate something that is always true. She was a woman in the past, yes, but she still is, so we use simple present here. E.

    The second one is a comparison issue. Whenever you compare things, you must compare "apples to apples."

    B compares "species" to "gender" - those aren't "like" things.

    C starts "unlike those in" - what is "those" referring to? (It can't refer to just "male and female" - those words are used as adjectives in the sentence and pronouns can only refer to nouns or other pronouns. And it can't refer to the entire "male and female blue-winged warblers" because that wouldn't make sense.) This sentence doesn't even make it clear if it is difficult to distinguish blue-winged warblers from other types of warblers or male blue-winged warblers from female blue-winged warblers.

    E correctly compares one type of warbler, the blue-winged variant, to the other types ("most species of warbler")

    _________________
    Please note: I do not use the Private Messaging system! I will not see any PMs that you send to me!!

    Stacey Koprince
    GMAT Instructor
    Director of Online Community
    Manhattan GMAT

    Contributor to Beat The GMAT!

    Learn more about me

    Free Manhattan GMAT online events - The first class of every online Manhattan GMAT course is free. Classes start every week.

    Best Conversation Starters
    1 varun289 43 topics
    2 greenwich 30 topics
    3 sana.noor 22 topics
    4 guerrero 20 topics
    5 killerdrummer 18 topics
    See More Top Beat The GMAT Members...

    Most Active Experts
    1 image description Brent@GMATPrepNow

    GMAT Prep Now Teacher

    		 205 posts
    2 image description Anju@Gurome

    Gurome

    		 146 posts
    3 image description GMATGuruNY

    The Princeton Review Teacher

    		 145 posts
    4 image description Jim@StratusPrep

    Stratus Prep

    		 96 posts
    5 image description David@VeritasPrep

    Veritas Prep

    		 39 posts
    See More Top Beat The GMAT Experts