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In effort to combat the three consecutive years of boll weevil infestations, cotton farmers have started using Eradicon, a chemical just released to market, capable of emitting an odor that effectively repels the boll weevil. The agricultural board expects that cotton production on those farms usin...
- by sundeepahuja27
Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:30 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Plant Eradicon
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1566
- by sundeepahuja27
Tue Apr 15, 2014 2:19 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Politics and Sports
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1498
The intrusion of politics into the modern Olympics has created, as it will no doubt continue to, frustration for athletes and fans who would prefer to see the games represent only competition among the excellent from all nations. (A)has created, as it will no doubt continue to, frustration (B)has c...
- by sundeepahuja27
Tue Apr 15, 2014 2:18 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Politics and Sports
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1498
Hi saranshpuri, My response goes like this- The first statement makes a generalization that a person who lacks knowledge= incompetent to pass judgement. For example, if there were a critical scientific discussion, a person not having sufficient knowledge would not be competent enough to make a judge...
- by sundeepahuja27
Sun Apr 13, 2014 10:15 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Confused : weakening the argument
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1540
Hi Hemu! My attempt towards answering your question goes as follows- The first statement that only 5 % of people own guns is not of much significance here. So lets keep it aside. For the second premise, let us assume that there were 100 arrests for robbery. 25 convicts had guns. Now using the above ...
- by sundeepahuja27
Sun Apr 13, 2014 9:25 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: The conclusion drawn above depends on which of the following
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1338
Vague laws set vague limits on people's freedom, which makes it impossible for them to know for certain whether their actions are legal. Thus, under vague laws , pple cannot feel secure. Conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed? (a) Pple can feel secure only if they kno...
- by sundeepahuja27
Thu Apr 10, 2014 11:57 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Vague laws
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2429
@GMATGuruNY- This is exactly what i was referring to in my query. And your answer seems to be most apt.
So in a similar way, the below construction should be correct-
"the effect of drug and alcohol abuse, which already costs......."
Am i right?
- by sundeepahuja27
Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:44 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: NEED EXPERT ADVISE
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4534
Hey! I have a doubt here. I think the relative clause modifies " effects of drug and alcohol abuse" here as the construction is following the form X of Y . So, if the construction had been - "the effect of drug and alcohol abuse," which one of these was correct- "the effect ...
- by sundeepahuja27
Sun Mar 09, 2014 2:30 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: NEED EXPERT ADVISE
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4534