Welcome to Beat The GMAT, the world's largest GMAT & MBA forum. Please join our rich community of friendly members. Get free help from
experts who teach at the leading GMAT & MBA prep companies — Kaplan, Veritas Prep, Manhattan GMAT and Stacy Blackman Consulting.

Announcement: Apply for the Fall 2008 Beat The GMAT Scholarship, featuring $20,000 in prizes.

1000 SC, question no. 337, 2 errors?


 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Beat The GMAT Forum Index -> GMAT Verbal & Essays -> Sentence Correction
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
isisalaska
Moderator


Joined: 10 Dec 2006
Posts: 364

Thanks given: 0
Thanked 0 times in 0 posts

Location: St. Louis

PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:11 pm    Post subject: 1000 SC, question no. 337, 2 errors? Reply with quote

337. Idioglossia is a phenomenon, incompletely understood at best, where two persons develop a unique and private language with highly original vocabulary and syntax.
(A) where two persons develop a unique and private language with
(B) when two persons develop a unique and private language having
(C) in which two persons have unique and private language development with
(D) having two persons who develop a unique and private language that has
(E) in which two persons develop a unique and private language with

E? I see a grammatical error it shoudl be "an" unique, and also shoudl be people the plural and not persons? Shocked

_________________
Isis Alaska
Back to top


View user's profile Send private message Yahoo Messenger
Stacey Koprince
GMAT Instructor


Joined: 27 Dec 2006
Posts: 970

Thanks given: 0
Thanked 24 times in 20 posts

Location: Bay Area, California
GMAT Score: 770

PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In American English, it is actually "a unique..." because the "u" sound here is a hard u. And you can use either people or persons - persons is a bit old-fashioned but not incorrect. (And, actually, the test often likes to use old-fashioned-but-correct stuff to trip us up.)
_________________
Stacey Koprince
GMAT Instructor
Director of Corporate Development, Northern California
Manhattan GMAT

Contributor to Beat The GMAT!

Learn more about me
Back to top


View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
isisalaska
Moderator


Joined: 10 Dec 2006
Posts: 364

Thanks given: 0
Thanked 0 times in 0 posts

Location: St. Louis

PostPosted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can you really use a vowel in front of another vowel? after 10 years in this country it is the firts time I coem across that Shocked
Is thsi teh only case? fro instance can you say "a elemnet"? or it shoudl always be "an element"?
...thanks for letting me know

_________________
Isis Alaska
Back to top


View user's profile Send private message Yahoo Messenger
aim-wsc
Managing Director


Joined: 20 Apr 2006
Posts: 1575

Thanks given: 44
Thanked 15 times in 14 posts

Location: BtG Power House
Target GMAT Score: 801-

PostPosted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

isisalaska wrote:

Is thsi teh only case? fro instance can you say "a elemnet"? or it shoudl always be "an element"?
...thanks for letting me know
it is always an honour to have an element with a unit value.

sorry sentence makes no sense at all but it teaches you a lot.

_________________
Beating GMAT & beyond

Let's get to know each other better!

Learn more about me
Back to top


View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website Yahoo Messenger
magical cook
GMAT Destroyer!


Joined: 30 Jul 2006
Posts: 484

Thanks given: 6
Thanked 1 times in 1 posts


PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

Why E) is better than A)?? in which is not equal to where?? Confused
Back to top


View user's profile Send private message
aim-wsc
Managing Director


Joined: 20 Apr 2006
Posts: 1575

Thanks given: 44
Thanked 15 times in 14 posts

Location: BtG Power House
Target GMAT Score: 801-

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

magical cook wrote:
Hi,

Why E) is better than A)?? in which is not equal to where?? Confused

It's a proper idiom for ''phenomenon''. I dont think of anything else.

_________________
Beating GMAT & beyond

Let's get to know each other better!

Learn more about me
Back to top


View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website Yahoo Messenger
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Beat The GMAT Forum Index -> GMAT Verbal & Essays -> Sentence Correction All times are GMT - 7 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum



"GMAT" and other GMAC™ trademarks are registered trademarks of the Graduate Management Admission Council™. The Graduate Management Admission Council™ does not endorse, nor is it affiliated in any way with the owner or any content on this website. The opinions expressed here are solely those of the author or those of the members of this website. Copyright © 2008 BTG Test Prep, LLC. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group.