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For couple of reasons i guess.nervesofsteel wrote:can some one explain why E is wrong..??
1) using the pronoun 'that' makes the sentence less verbose.
2)We don't need restrictive modifier here . using "that surrounds the core" may not be required.
- by hemanth28
Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:18 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: orbital behavior of the Earth
- Replies: 9
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MGMAT - glass appartments
By choosing glass apartments towering a hundred feet over brownstone units designed for earlier generations, seemingly younger-than-ever moneyed professionals have embraced a modern design ethic that accentuated their luxury-laden lives. A)By choosing glass apartments towering a hundred feet over br...
- by hemanth28
Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:10 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: MGMAT - glass appartments
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1036
Re: Alexandria's library
Original version: One problem with E is that "the result was" should be followed by that, apart from this, what's the problem with E? "Alexandria's largest library" seems to be a correct possessive "'s" form, and the rule for possessives with of is "determiner + n...
- by hemanth28
Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:47 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Alexandria's library
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1466
Re: Are these sentence constructions correct?
I came across these sentence contructions in one of the popular SC notes on this site and I was wondering if these sentences are correct... 1. He is shorter than she 2. He is as depressed as they, but he soldiered onward anyway In the first sentence, "is" is omitted after "she",...
- by hemanth28
Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:41 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Are these sentence constructions correct?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 928
. (A) Water and resource management problems IMO we need we need other before "resources"...since resources already includes...water....there is a similar example given in OG....IMO the following example will help... How did you assume that resources already include water ?? can you give ...
- by hemanth28
Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:54 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 1000SC - 917
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2320
1000SC - 917
917). Water and resource management problems will be at the head of the legislature's list of concerns for the coming session. (A) Water and resource management problems (B) Problems of managing water and resources (C) Problems in the management of water and other resources (D) Problems of water and...
- by hemanth28
Sun Aug 02, 2009 4:57 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 1000SC - 917
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2320
ugly, ugly, ugly. ugly. heh. it looks like choice (a) is an "indian trap" seriously, not a joke. if there is a single biggest issue in the grammar of second-language english speakers who happen to hail from india or pakistan, that issue is the drastic overuse of the "are ...ing"...
- by hemanth28
Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:45 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Holstein Cows
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15385
Re: "One of the..."
@ goelmohit i'll address this list, but i'll give you a warning / suggestion first. CAVEAT: this is one of those things that is RIDICULOUSLY hard to memorize, but is actually pretty easy just to deduce from context . so, unless you're prepared to memorize a whole lot of easily confused, easily forg...
- by hemanth28
Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:19 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: "One of the..."
- Replies: 17
- Views: 22418
Oh God! I posted this question because I was not very certain about the concept of this question. But in the end, after having 3 pages long discussion I am yet to figure out which rules apply and which rules don't. Now I am more confused than I was before posting this question. @Ketkoag : I am sorr...
- by hemanth28
Sun Jul 26, 2009 12:20 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: one of the factors THAT
- Replies: 52
- Views: 14978
there is no mention of how a nutrino could be created !! hence C is out.Mayur Sand wrote:whats the problem with (C) Please explain
- by hemanth28
Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:41 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: 1000 rc 8
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3149
Thanks !!! A quick overview of what I saw: Didn't think the AWA questions were tough, but I thought the ones I got my first time around were easier. Spent probably 10 mins writing the analysis portion and 15 writing the essay. I knew I was doing OK on Q as soon as I started getting tough probabilit...
- by hemanth28
Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:32 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: From 650 to 710....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2276
- by hemanth28
Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:33 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG 10th Problem No. 251
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7209
The previous poster has done a good job already! The first one isn't an instance of an elliptical clause. Rather, the correct answer introduces a new noun that refers to a concept discussed in the first part of the sentence: "the figure" = "mortgage payments as a percentage of an ave...
- by hemanth28
Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:49 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Elliptical clauses
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7909
Re: Who vs. Whom
What's the best way to remember when who should be used vs. whom? if the answer to the question you are asking is posessive form of pronoun ,whom should be use. Looks at this question and tell which of them is right : - who are you asking ? whom are you asking ? answer to this question is "I a...
- by hemanth28
Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:06 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Who vs. Whom
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1645
Camitava: - Per capita income in Bihar is lower than in other cities of the impoverished world. - Its numbers now are five times greater than in the 1980s. So are both of these sentences parallel? thanks. I dont think it is per capita income in -- is right usage. It should be "per capita incom...
- by hemanth28
Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:52 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG 10th Problem No. 251
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7209