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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
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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
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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
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