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Calling on RC gurus
Hi, Please shed some light on things one should be sure of before answering the questions and after reading the passage ? Here are things that i would list , ( let me know if they makes sense) 1) Main idea whole passage. 2) Main idea per paragraph. 3) Direction changes/ mood swings. Is there anythin...
- by pankajjindal
Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:06 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Calling on RC gurus
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what is parallel in this sentence ?
The employees were upset by the company's low pay, poor working conditions, and shortage of outlets for employees' creativity.
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Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:01 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Noun
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1217
Noun
I am little confused as to how "shortage" could be noun in following phrase
shortage of outlets for employees' creativity.
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Wed Jul 03, 2013 4:04 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Noun
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1217
D ?
A delegation of 60 farmers called on the chief minister so as to plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government and the chief minister has very graciously conceded their request A. chief minister so as to plead for revival of the bene...
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Fri Apr 05, 2013 4:06 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: D ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1446
Meaning
The telecom minister had been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam, which resulted in a loss of about $1.7 trillion to the exchequer. A. had been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam, which resulted B. has been indicted in the 2G spectrum scam by the Supreme court, ...
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Fri Apr 05, 2013 4:06 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Meaning
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1175
Please explain why E is right ?
A group of students in an Indian village has been selected for testing a new low-cost electronic notepad being built around a new class of green, power-stingy microchips that use a fraction of the electricity of current computer chips A. has been selected for testing a new low-cost electronic notepa...
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Fri Apr 05, 2013 4:05 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Please explain why E is right ?
- Replies: 2
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Main verb
Hi, I want to understand why "declaring" cannot be the main verb , Is it only due to tense or since it behaves like a adjective ? In a review of 2,000 studies of human behavior that date back to the 1940s,two Swiss psychologists, declaring that since most of the studies had failed to con...
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Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:52 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Main verb
- Replies: 1
- Views: 883
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Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:00 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: journalism
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2649
lower vs to lower
Investors have demanded the investment bank to lower bonus vs Investors have demanded that the investment bank lower bonus. SC Gurus, I am confused if this is grammer or meaning related question. I can see two differences 1) 2nd one has dependent clause. 2) to lower vs lower. In the second sentence ...
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Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:24 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: lower vs to lower
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1019
in that vs for
Soccer helped to unite the contentious individuals in that a truce was proclaimed ....
a) in that
b) for
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Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:16 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: in that vs for
- Replies: 1
- Views: 934
Is this correct ?
While its lovely that you came to visit , I do think its time you headed back to home or head back to home ?
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Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:43 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Is this correct ?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 954
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Sat Jan 19, 2013 11:41 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Is the run on ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1139
Let me explain that why E is correct. I am not expert but just trying to help you understand my point. Whenever we see ", and" then it may or may not show parallelism but show show serialism which is the case here. Like I saw an accident while driving ,and so I was late to office . Here th...
- by pankajjindal
Fri Jan 18, 2013 6:42 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC_parallel structure(increasing,decreasing,resulting)
- Replies: 7
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While depressed property values can hurt some large investors, they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose equity- in many cases representing a life's savings- can plunge or even disappear.
Still confused as to how the sentence construction is ok ?
- by pankajjindal
Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:35 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Depressed property values (2nd edition question)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1521