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Thanks everyone :) Actually I was surprised to see BTG email in my inbox today - felt honored that Eric (and the team) found my post "must read". Thanks BTG Team. :) Many congos for this awesome achievement. How did you improve Quant from 50 to 51. Any specific material that you referred ?...
- by eastcoastrocks
Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:37 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: 760 Q51, V43 - PLAN AND EXECUTE
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8102
760 Q51, V43 - PLAN AND EXECUTE
Hello everyone on this forum. I am still on cloud nine and thought I will share my experience and things that worked for me while they are still fresh in my mind. This may be a long post so be patient.. Background: I am a non-native with a BBA. I have been working as a financial analyst for one of t...
- by eastcoastrocks
Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:53 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: 760 Q51, V43 - PLAN AND EXECUTE
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8102
Modifiers - Verb-ed Placement - Official Question
This is OG12#42 with correct choice A. Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for mor...
- by eastcoastrocks
Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:57 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Modifiers - Verb-ed Placement - Official Question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2464
- by eastcoastrocks
Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:49 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Need expert help :( price/cost high/low/more
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1961
Its so hard to first learn the rules and then unlearn them...why can this all be consistent...
Well thanks e-GMAT for telling us to not unlearn the rules but to keep them aside and ensure we eliminate choices based on other errors...
- by eastcoastrocks
Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:58 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Need expert help .... :(
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2285
Ya...I agree...What is the source of this question...The correct choice definitely implies that Sandra's cancer was running in the mayoral race. This is a classical modifier mistake...
- by eastcoastrocks
Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:55 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Modifiers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1156
- by eastcoastrocks
Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:53 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: "Not one of the" how to go about choosing singular
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2314
I could not get to the correct answer. I marked choice E as the correct one, even though I was little doubtful about it. But I felt that all A through D were modifying the preceding clause and hence are incorrect. We need something to modify the 25% increase and so thought that choice E with "w...
- by eastcoastrocks
Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:52 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMATPrep - Interesting Modifier Question
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5867
- by eastcoastrocks
Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:10 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Blue grass musician
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8026
IMO this sentence is wrong... If we replace "due to" with "caused by", the sentence is: Caused by the limitations imposed by the speed of light, the visible universe is estimated to be a mere fraction of the universe. I think "caused by" now modifies "the visible u...
- by eastcoastrocks
Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:09 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Due to wrong usage i,Post on BTG
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1722
Subject - Verb Agree Or Not
A) Just on the intersection is a café and a salon.
B) Just on the intersection are a café and a salon.
Which one is correct? I feel it should be A) since the nearest subject here to the verb "IS" is a café and "a café" is singular. Please reply.
- by eastcoastrocks
Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:37 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Subject - Verb Agree Or Not
- Replies: 2
- Views: 930
Placement of Adverbs
I could solve OG12 Question Number 40, but I have a small doubt: Dr. Tonegawa won the Nobel Prize for discovering bow the body can constantly change its genes to fashion a seemingly unlimited number of antibodies, each targeted specifically at an invading microbe or foreign substance. Will the sente...
- by eastcoastrocks
Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:36 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Placement of Adverbs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2956
Nice explanation e-GMAT. I now understand how choice B is the correct answer. But does the comma prior to including not make choice B also wrong? Please advise. I thought that comma + verb-ing modifies the preceding clause and verb-ing without comma modifies preceding noun.
- by eastcoastrocks
Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:34 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Blue grass musician
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8026
I think "While" will be correct. I think "while" can also be used to show a contrast.
I am not sure if "where" is correct. May be it is...Did you find this sentence in a trusted source. It sure looks like a good one except for the "where".
- by eastcoastrocks
Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:32 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: need inputs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1001
Congratulations on your score. I like your strategy - "I took a practice exam at the very beginning of studying to use as a baseline. I took my second exam 6 weeks into studying, and took an exam every weekend after that until the exam."...Great one indeed.
- by eastcoastrocks
Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:30 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: 750 (98%ile) Q49 (85%ile) V42 (95%ile)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2399