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Traditionally, candidates for elected offices - CR Inference

Traditionally, candidates for elected offices have concentrated their efforts on the early stages of the campaign during which, most people believed, the voters' perceptions of candidates were formed. It is now becoming clear, however, that elections can be decided in the few days preceding election...

by parul1591

Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:40 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Traditionally, candidates for elected offices - CR Inference
Replies: 1
Views: 2167

For this passage, there is another question which has me fumbled. 4. The tone of the passage could best be described as A) supportive advocacy B)historical discussion C)objective explanation D)intellectual exploration E)qualified support A)Advocacy is too strong a word here. The author isn't advocat...

by parul1591

Sat Aug 09, 2014 12:53 am
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: MGMAT test RC ques 2
Replies: 7
Views: 4548

Hi parul1591, There are two instances of broken parallelism to watch out for here, and you spotted one of them right away - good work! The instance you spotted was the incorrect use of the word "also" in answers B and E. The use of "also" makes both answers incorrect because it ...

by parul1591

Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:01 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Parallelism
Replies: 3
Views: 1472

Parallelism

Because of limited available funds, some non-profit companies had elected to train their current employees in management techniques rather than recruiting knowledgeable managers from outside sources. (A) had elected to train their current employees in management techniques rather than recruiting (B)...

by parul1591

Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:40 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Parallelism
Replies: 1
Views: 1283

Parallelism

Manifestations of the British Empire's colonial policy in the latter half of the second millennium led to the settlement of the eastern colonies of North America, the island of Hong Kong, the bulk of the Indian subcontinent, the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa, and the occupation of Egypt in n...

by parul1591

Sat Aug 02, 2014 10:14 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Parallelism
Replies: 3
Views: 1472

An independent commission reviewed videotapes of the race and determined that Take It Easy is the true winner two days after Running Steady was named the winner of the Indiana Derby. A)An independent commission reviewed videotapes of the race and determined that Take It Easy is the true winner two ...

by parul1591

Sat Aug 02, 2014 10:03 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Sentence Correction
Replies: 5
Views: 1929

Sentence Correction

An independent commission reviewed videotapes of the race and determined that Take It Easy is the true winner two days after Running Steady was named the winner of the Indiana Derby. A)An independent commission reviewed videotapes of the race and determined that Take It Easy is the true winner two d...

by parul1591

Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:31 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Sentence Correction
Replies: 5
Views: 1929

Everyone else has this one pretty much covered, but I wanted to point out that this is a great example of a fairly tricky question where looking for the basic SC concepts can be a great way to narrow down the work you actually have to do. If we notice that the sentence starts with a modifying phras...

by parul1591

Fri Jul 18, 2014 7:36 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG12-SC135-Spanning more than 50 years
Replies: 7
Views: 3128

(a) is actually INCORRECT, not just awkward, because of the way parallelism is indicated by the comma. if you have a comma before a coordinating conjunction - as in "X, and Y" - then X and Y MUST be parallel clauses. with this in mind, let's turn to (a): Australian embryologists have foun...

by parul1591

Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:21 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Australian embryologists
Replies: 40
Views: 22589