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Thanks, avik.ch. You response was very helpful. I have run into another example from GMACPack1 today: "In the English-speaking world Anton Chekhov is far better known for his plays than for his short stories ...." This was the correct answer. The construction is "better known for A th...

by alexcey

Sat May 19, 2012 8:38 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Parallelism and Prepositions, Please Help!!!
Replies: 2
Views: 1969

Parallelism and Prepositions, Please Help!!!

In order to maintain parallelism, when is it required to repeat prepositions? For example, in the pattern sentence "in A and B", is it ever required to say "in A and in B"? Or "by A and by B"? For example, "I'm interested in chemistry, which I like very much, and p...

by alexcey

Sat May 19, 2012 12:46 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Parallelism and Prepositions, Please Help!!!
Replies: 2
Views: 1969

Thanks a lot, digvijayk. Those links were very useful.

by alexcey

Thu May 17, 2012 3:48 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Question from GMAC Pack1, Geologists have found that streams
Replies: 5
Views: 3555

Interesting. So is the absolute phrase allowed to start with prepositions? The typical pattern that I've seen so far was "Main clause, noun + modifier".

by alexcey

Thu May 17, 2012 2:28 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Question from GMAC Pack1, Geologists have found that streams
Replies: 5
Views: 3555

It's still not clear how using "more than likely" is justified meaning-wise. I've always thought that in GMAT changing meaning can only be justified if the original sentence is nonsensical. "More than likely" indicates a very high level of certainty, whereas "more likely&quo...

by alexcey

Thu May 17, 2012 2:21 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Scholars
Replies: 17
Views: 9156

Question from GMAC Pack1, Geologists have found that streams

Geologists have found that streams in the Karoo basin of South Africa changed suddenly at the end of the Permian period 250 million years ago, from the meandering shape typically found in well-vegetated zones to the braided patters found in areas without deep-rooted vegetation to hold the soil toget...

by alexcey

Thu May 17, 2012 1:46 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Question from GMAC Pack1, Geologists have found that streams
Replies: 5
Views: 3555

I'm really confused here. Isn't the following sentence correct? "Diet A has 30 percent fewer calories than diet B." How is it different from the sentence above? "..at least 30 percent fewer calories than that (diet) which they would normally eat.." My understanding is that we don...

by alexcey

Thu May 17, 2012 1:01 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Lab rats question from GMAC Pack 1
Replies: 35
Views: 17168