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i feel that redundancy is very comparable . I guess you're saying that 4 out of the 5 choices use "reason why"? i can rule out the answer choices straight away when it has severe faults of parallelism but to say that choice X is redundant i need to have a choice that is less redundant !! ...
- by neptune28
Sun Apr 13, 2014 7:06 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The reason why producing reams of spider silk
- Replies: 4
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Here's something to think about: Does "an explanation for" have exactly the same connotation as "explain"? I don't think so. Here's another example: a) The professor explained the solution to the math problem. b) The professor gave an explanation for the solution to the math prob...
- by neptune28
Sun Apr 13, 2014 6:58 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: art problem Mgmat Sc
- Replies: 16
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B seems best : why it is not possible to produce reams of spider silk - a material stronger than steel but lighter than silk - is not so much that nature has too few spiders that produce the silk or that spiders produce reason 1)parallelism seems oki across "not so much X as Y" kindly sha...
- by neptune28
Sun Apr 13, 2014 6:48 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The reason why producing reams of spider silk
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1894
The incorrect answers here all have obvious errors. I'll just mention the main ones--not all of them. In B), the implication is that small companies are functioning "as large companies"--not the intended meaning. In C), large companies are illogically being compared to a report. In D), &qu...
- by neptune28
Sun Apr 13, 2014 6:46 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: A report by Bain and Company states that small
- Replies: 2
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i am finding all choices faulty in this question . Hi, aditya8062. What do you find wrong with A)? isn't the parallelism across "and" not oki Could you please translate that into English? ;) choice C : . researchers who had analyzed soil in and around Mesolithic graves in Israel to conclu...
- by neptune28
Sun Apr 13, 2014 6:35 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The presence of both plant impressions and phytoliths led
- Replies: 7
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Hi, gmat_guy666, Interesting name you have there. :) I'm suspicious of the OA here. In B), there should be an "of" after "particularly"; "rituals in association" is not idiomatic; and "would analyze" gives the impression that the presence "led them" ...
- by neptune28
Sun Apr 13, 2014 6:24 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The presence of both plant impressions and phytoliths led
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2491
a BREAKWATER OF ROCKS that would rise six feet above the waterline and act as a buffer. Here, that does indeed serve as the subject of the relative clause. The referent for that is a breakwater of rocks . Since that refers to a breakwater of rocks , the conveyed meaning is that a BREAKWATER OF ROCK...
- by neptune28
Wed Apr 09, 2014 3:02 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: MGMAT_I find all options wrong! Experts HELP
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6105
A word can serve more than one purpose. Here, a breakwater of rocks serves not only as the direct object of proposed but also as the SUBJECT of the verbs would rise and act Thanks for the explanation. Actually, "breakwater of rocks" is the direct object of the gerund "building."...
- by neptune28
Mon Apr 07, 2014 3:15 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: MGMAT_I find all options wrong! Experts HELP
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6105
On the GMAT, the agent of a COMMA + VERBing modifier must be the NEAREST preceding subject. I was reading through your explanation a little more, GMATGuruNY, and I have a couple of questions for you: 1) Do the writers of the GMAT explicitly state that the "nearest preceding subject" must ...
- by neptune28
Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:58 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: MGMAT_I find all options wrong! Experts HELP
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6105
- by neptune28
Sun Apr 06, 2014 3:45 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: MGMAT_I find all options wrong! Experts HELP
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6105
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You're right to be confused, Mukherjee. :) This seems to be another of those "pick the least bad among the answers." Interestingly enough, if you wrote any of these 5 choices in a composition in college, I suspect your English professor would be more likely to ding you for an ambiguous pro...
- by neptune28
Sun Apr 06, 2014 2:14 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: MGMAT_I find all options wrong! Experts HELP
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6105
Glad to be of any help, Amadalia.Amadalia wrote: Neptune and Aditaya, you completely understood me, and your explanations are just awesome!!!!
Thanks a million to all of you!!!
- by neptune28
Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:35 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: about "THAT"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1691
b) a phenomenon most scientists agree that is caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings My question is the following: the sentence : a phenomenon most scientists agree that is caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings is WRONG because that should join 2 clauses and is caused by fossil is a ...
- by neptune28
Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:28 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: about "THAT"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1691
Hi, Rospino, 1. I am confused with 'it'. I originally suspected that 'them' would be more appropriate because of 'a language and the sublanguages...'. The plural 'sublanguages' had me confused. Should I have automatically assumed 'it' would be proper because of 'between' instead of 'among'? OK, let'...
- by neptune28
Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:04 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Nobody knows
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1655
This one has a little trick. Once you see it, the question is actually pretty easy. The key word here is "former." Assuming that Joan is still alive, she is the former chair of the planning board. But back then, she was just the plain old "chair," not the "former chair."...
- by neptune28
Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:43 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT5
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1285