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Really inspiring...When I scored badly in my first attempt to give or not to give it took 3 months ...i was frustrated ...thought i am not meant for GMAT...but this post is amazing...U tried tried and U conquered...I think U gonna rock in your career...So determined...salutes to you!!!!!!!!!!!!

by startgmat

Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:00 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 8 attempts later and I finally hit my target score.
Replies: 9
Views: 5802

I totally agree 'One of the ' construction is either plural or singular depending on context. One of the apples from the basket is rotten. (particular apple) She is one of the contestants who have prior knowledge of cat-walk.(talking about all those contestants) Here “that� logically modifies th...

by startgmat

Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:10 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Twenty-two feet long
Replies: 4
Views: 5418

@ceilidh.erickson

Using the above example can i write:
meeting focused on lowering interest rates.

is the above sentence wrong.

In OG#130 can we say "to+v-ing" is a wrong construction.

by startgmat

Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:56 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: GMAT PREP question Help needed
Replies: 18
Views: 7903

You are correct that -- viewed from a grammatical perspective -- it should refer to the subject of the previous clause. However, a reader might legitimately wonder whether the intended meaning is for it to refer to the metropolitan area , since it's entirely plausible that the metropolitan area pro...

by startgmat

Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:31 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: After several years of rapid growth
Replies: 34
Views: 14289

Hope u guys don't mind for opening this thread after a long time ... @Ron I have one doubt.. In option C In January 1994 an oil barge ran aground off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and its cargo of 750,000 gallons leaked into the ocean, polluting the city’s beaches. we are using 'AND' to sepa...

by startgmat

Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:04 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Oil Leak
Replies: 34
Views: 31198

Confused with IT as pronoun and IT as a placeholder

I am really confused with IT as pronoun and IT as a placeholder. let's pick GMAT SC question: Descending approximately 4,000 years ago from the African wildcat, it has been an exceedingly short time for the domestic cat with respect to genetic evolution and it scarcely seems sufficient to allow the ...

by startgmat

Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:30 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Confused with IT as pronoun and IT as a placeholder
Replies: 1
Views: 2934