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Must be True=> Correct answer can always be proven by ONLY referring to FACTS in stimulus. using POE A) Wealth and Finance(financially impractical) --> Can not be proved from Stimulus =>OUT B) Not sure/May be --> Revisit C) dairy or chicken farms are not affected --> Can not be proved from Stimulus ...
- by pingu
Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:11 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Veritas Session - land erodes
- Replies: 45
- Views: 19935
There is a reason. Start of a sentence with an infinitive (To+Verb) is considered stylistically awkward in GMAT, so a Gerund (Verb+ing) is preferred. Check this - http://www.beatthegmat.com/to-err-is-human-is-it-stylistically-awkward-t81827.html IMO C Numbers of -----> Incorrect, drop A and E use of...
- by pingu
Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:40 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: MGMAT CAT - 1
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1555
Makes lot of sense. Thanks.
I revised my Test Plan:
After(70-80% preparation) - Test Every Weekend
Before - Test every fortnight
- by pingu
Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:08 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Test every weekend - Please advice
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1011
@amit,jay, jim - Thanks for your inputs. I will definitely stop reading that newspaper and move on to something more standard. I usually read online news editions e.g.BBC and Guardian. These are British,So not sure If they are good for GMAT. Do you guys suggest any other sources for reading, apart f...
- by pingu
Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:45 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: When though - usage - Sentence
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2961
To err is human - is it stylistically awkward?
I just want to know which is more Stylistically awkward. This is not from any Question Bank. Either B >A>C OR B >C>A? A) To err is human --> An infinitive can be used as a noun. B) It is human to err --> correct style as Infinitive(to err) is at the end C) Erring is human --> postponed infinitive su...
- by pingu
Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:20 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: To err is human - is it stylistically awkward?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1227
When though - usage - Sentence
Following is a sentence from a news article. For a man who once smashed the windscreen of a car parked well outside the playing field, Valthaty's physical attributes understates his ability to hit big. When though, has being tall and bulky ever defined a genuine power-hitter in any form of cricket? ...
- by pingu
Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:19 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: When though - usage - Sentence
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2961
@RadumBall - Don't you have the Original explanation? Also can an expert answer this question? Yes OA: D But I did not get the meaning of D... how can this sentence make sense "most of the reported problems encountered with irrigation water stem from an excess of certain micronutrients—compou...
- by pingu
Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:12 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Farmers (Knewton Prep)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1420
Thanks a Ton. My understanding of non-zero number was wrong. I thought only numbers with out zeros are non-zero numbers. e.g. I did not consider 10, 100, 10,000 My Example Set answers the question: Let Q = {1, 10,000}. Does set Q contain an even number of negative numbers? First the set Q contains N...
- by pingu
Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:19 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Even and Odd
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3264
- by pingu
Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:36 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Even and Odd
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3264
Even and Odd
Set Q contains n non-zero numbers. Does set Q contain an even number of negative numbers?
(1) n is even.
(2) The product of all the numbers in Q is 100,000
Edit: At the first look, I got confused by the word - non-zero numbers. Now I understand. Will post the OA, If needed. Thanks
- by pingu
Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:12 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Even and Odd
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3264
Plural Subject(Problems) needs a Plural Verb(Stem)- Eliminate A & B
E - They - not sure if it is referring to compounds or sources(rainwater, soil)
D - That is repeatedly used - redundancy
C - Correct
- by pingu
Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:34 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Farmers (Knewton Prep)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1420
I don't have the answer options for this question. In future I will post answer choices, if the question has them. Brent rightly said -The error here is that there is no verb to accompany the subject (Triceratops). we have a subject that isn't "doing" anything. For a complete sentence, we ...
- by pingu
Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:14 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Question - Identify and explain the error
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1503
Test every weekend - Please advice
I believe GMAT is about 3 things: 1.Practice 2. Review 3.Stamina General advice is to take full-length practice tests 30-45 days before the actual GMAT or when the student completes at least 80% of the test topics. But not before that. I think this is because the low test scores due to incomplete pr...
- by pingu
Sat Apr 23, 2011 11:26 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Test every weekend - Please advice
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1011
For a beginner, I think it is more important initially to identify the errors in the original sentence. Hey pingu, can you please post questions in full, i.e. with all answer choices and source? Sometimes it is not the case that an answer choice in an SC problem is technically wrong, sometimes it's ...
- by pingu
Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:45 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Question - Identify and explain the error
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1503
Question - Identify and explain the error
Triceratops, a dinosaur existing around 68 to 65 million years ago and thus one of the latest species to appear before the suggested extinction event of dinosaurs occurring 65 million years ago, thought to have had two horns on its forehead and one on the bridge of its nose.
- by pingu
Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:02 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Question - Identify and explain the error
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1503