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Responding to a PM from reply2spg. I really don't have anything new to add here; my response in the other thread still stands (minus the typo): "I believe that the answer here would be C, because "as there were in" is necessary to establish that the comparison is between the numbers o...
- by grockit_andrea
Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:37 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: EXPERT-HELEP : as many as
- Replies: 15
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Your essay is well-organized, and your general approach is correct in terms of identifying and addressing the flaws in the argument. You have a strong vocabulary, too. I'd suggest saving some time at the end for proofreading, as you had a pattern of errors that I think could have been caught with so...
- by grockit_andrea
Tue Aug 17, 2010 6:00 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Please, could someone rate my AWAs?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1933
Hi Andrea, The colorization of black-and-white films by computers is defended by those who own the film rights, for the process can mean increased revenues for them; many others in the film industry, however, contend that the technique degrades major works of art, which they liken to putting lipsti...
- by grockit_andrea
Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:27 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: colorization
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1917
@Grockit_Andrea : What do you mean by formal logic in your discussion above? I have got even SuperPrep book , I can spend an hour or two if you could please suggest what this refers to. Also, what are timing guidelines you suggest with LSAT material ? thanks a lot. Formal logic refers to conditiona...
- by grockit_andrea
Mon Aug 16, 2010 1:46 pm- Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
- Topic: Sufficient Necessary Conditions in GMAT
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3717
I'd probably give this a 4. Tightening up the organization a little and discussing a third flaw would probably boost this to a five; you do have good examples and your general structure is fine, but that first paragraph and the body paragraph about Germany both bring you down a bit.
- by grockit_andrea
Mon Aug 16, 2010 3:56 am- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: please help me improve my argument essay
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1858
Answers to some of your questions can be found in the GMAT bulletin at MBA.com. I can't seem to get the site to load right now, so here's a link to the bulletin at an outside site: http://www.scribd.com/doc/35101459/GMAT-Bulletin-2010-v11-WEB. See "What to Expect on Test Day" for a full ex...
- by grockit_andrea
Sun Aug 15, 2010 5:05 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Doing 750-800 - what to look out for on test day?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1568
The approach to a main point question is often very similar to that used for an inference question, and you're right that here the correct answer could be termed either an inference or a main point. That's because the argument already has a conclusion, which is the same thing as the main point. Sinc...
- by grockit_andrea
Sun Aug 15, 2010 4:50 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Inference or main point??
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2631
If you haven't put together a study plan already, take some time to look through the articles here on BTG; there is a wealth of advice, from general to extremely specific, on many topics. If you're not planning to take a class or work with a tutor (both of which provide structure), I'd suggest takin...
- by grockit_andrea
Sun Aug 15, 2010 3:24 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: New here and just started the journey
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1014
Your approach to the assumption question is correct; if you negate D, it has no effect on the conclusion, because the conclusion is about the threat of suffocation, not about other threats besides suffocation.
- by grockit_andrea
Sun Aug 15, 2010 3:09 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Assumption and weaken
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1883
Beverage company representative: The plastic rings that hold six-packs of beverage cans together pose a threat to wild animals, which often become entangled in the discarded rings and suffocate as a result. Following our lead, all beverage companies will soon use only those rings consisting of a ne...
- by grockit_andrea
Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:38 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Assumption and weaken
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1883
Andrea8888, I'd be happy to take a look at one of your essays and provide some feedback, but it's a lot easier for me if you cut and paste each essay in its entirety into a separate forum post. If you don't mind doing that, I can give you notes on one of them. Thanks!
- by grockit_andrea
Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:23 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Please, could someone rate my AWAs?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1933
I'd score this a 3.5 or a 4; you have some strong points, but your essay would be improved if it were longer, more structured, and included specific examples. Talking about different governments and their policies, for example, would help to expand your essay and make it more persuasive. That would ...
- by grockit_andrea
Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:18 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Plz rate my essay
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1511
A few thoughts on your essay; first, you used the template pretty well. However, on an AWA Argument essay, you don't need to support the author's thesis at all. In the paragraph where you talk about Germany under Hitler, you don't point out any flaw in the argument, and that's a mistake. You could s...
- by grockit_andrea
Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:11 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: please help me improve my argument essay
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1858
On the LSAT, formal logic such as quantifiers, necessary and sufficient conditions, etc. is much more prevalent than it is on the GMAT, and it is also tested in a more complicated way on that test than it is on the GMAT. You might run into a tough question on the GMAT that stresses that kind of log...
- by grockit_andrea
Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:54 pm- Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
- Topic: Sufficient Necessary Conditions in GMAT
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3717
He decides to go home ( Subject = He, decides = singular?) He couldn't decide whether to go home or play basketball. (subject = He, decide = plural?) Please clarify, thanks Any tips or tricks to know which words are normal versus irregular? Decide is a regular verb. The verb in the second sentence ...
- by grockit_andrea
Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:37 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Is decide a regular verb or irregular?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5636