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Thanks e-GMAT for posting the analysis of 4 official questions. It helps put these changes in perspective... Yeah I am so happy about the idioms...:) No more memorizing...Actually it is interesting to see that while idioms are gone but if idioms are related to meaning of the sentence, then they will...
- by priya2gupta5
Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:12 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Changes in Sentence Correction. An Important read!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5254
This was a nice one...thanks for sharing...e-GMAT wrote: Also, while we are on this topic, do check out this blog post for more details on the topic of comma + that.
- by priya2gupta5
Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: which
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2015
I agree...I think we should keep the end goal in sight always...We have to crack GMAT verbal...So lets focus on the official material from GMAT itself...Why to unnecessarily practice using more difficult books/course...
- by priya2gupta5
Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:43 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Does LSAT material really help for CR ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1371
Oh Ok...Got it SticklorForDetails...That was amazing...My bad...I saw that -ing and I thought that its a verb-ing...So this is like any prepositional phrase modifier - According to his own account - or per his own account...- or by his own account - as you mentioned.
Thank you so much....
- by priya2gupta5
Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:07 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Modifier Question - General Doubt
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1994
Wow, three experts responded to my question!!! Yeah...Today is my lucky day... I was comforted after reading opinions of e-GMAT & SticklorForDetail - the modifier in question is modifying the preceding clause - some portion of it. But after I read GMATNYGuru's response, I am confused again. If t...
- by priya2gupta5
Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:04 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMATPrep - Interesting Modifier Question
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5886
Sorry guys...the OA is D. Its not C. Now here comes my doubt... I could get to the correct answer - D. But I have some confusion about the modifiers. I thought that choice E is incorrect because which – noun modifier modifies years. But why is choice D correct. Isn't "an increase, ……"...
- by priya2gupta5
Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:13 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMATPrep - Interesting Modifier Question
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5886
GMATPrep - Interesting Modifier Question
One automobile manufacturer has announced plans to increase the average fuel efficiency of its sport utility vehicles by 25 percent over the next five years, amounting to roughly five miles per gallon, and representing the first significant change in the fuel efficiency of any class of passenger veh...
- by priya2gupta5
Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:41 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMATPrep - Interesting Modifier Question
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5886
- by priya2gupta5
Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:37 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Past Perfect Tense Doubt - Expert Advise Needed
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2743
I also have similar question:
How is it that comma + and is used to connect two verb phrases. Should we not use just 'and' here.
- by priya2gupta5
Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:35 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Need expert help .... :(
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2289
ok so now I have 2 questions... Is "according to his own account" modifying just the subject - Frederic implying that Frederic is according to his own account - ??? Or does it modify the subject and verb both implying that Frederic modeled the face of statue...according to his own account....
- by priya2gupta5
Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:33 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Modifier Question - General Doubt
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1994
Actually I was able to solve this question...I had a question about what “that� modifies in choice C.
- by priya2gupta5
Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:07 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Good Modifier and Verb Question
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1642
Modifier Question - General Doubt
According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s . (A) modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s (B) modeled the face of the statu...
- by priya2gupta5
Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:06 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Modifier Question - General Doubt
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1994
Good Modifier and Verb Question
With a history dating back to 1200 BCE, the Anasazi, a prehistoric Native American culture centered in the Southwest United States and it neighbored the Hohokam, is noted for distinctive pottery, adobe or sandstone dwellings known as "jacal," and the earlier pit-house. (A) centered in the ...
- by priya2gupta5
Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:27 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Good Modifier and Verb Question
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1642
But how about question # 70 in OG in which it was mentioned that adverb should always the verb. "His studies of ice-polished rocks in his Alpine homeland, far outside the range of present-day glaciers, led Louis Agassiz in 1837 to propose the concept of an age when great ice sheets existed in a...
- by priya2gupta5
Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:21 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Placement of Adverbs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2966
Thanks SticklorForDetails...(I like your name!!) I actually was thinking about the following OG sentences: The company announced that its profits declined much less in the second quarter than analysts had expected and its business will improve in the second half of the year. His studies of ice-polis...
- by priya2gupta5
Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:42 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Past Perfect Tense Doubt - Expert Advise Needed
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2743