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for some reason i can't use the formatting tools... Now answer this...according to you the ans is D then in that case the complete sentence is:- Antarctica, Earth's southernmost continent, is covered almost entirely by ice, and, while it had long seemed immune to global warming, scientists have rece...

by jaygirl001

Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:15 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Antarctica, Earth's--verb tenses nightmare
Replies: 22
Views: 4988

so what is the OA?

I go for C

" that the first charter school was opened" seems more concise than "of the opening of the first charter school"

by jaygirl001

Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:01 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: An email by the superintendent of schools
Replies: 15
Views: 2420

@ aspirant

"ongoing maintenance" is redundant, and so is "maintain and continue." as a matter of fact, you can sometimes use them interchangeably......if ur maintaining something then ur keeping it the way it is~ more or less similar to continue/d

by jaygirl001

Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:40 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Ideally, the professional career diplomat
Replies: 19
Views: 6016

Answer is C.

@ Gayu

"Blanket restriction" is not explicitly mentioned in the passage; however, the federal requirement would apply to ALL citizens.

"Such a requirement would allow the government to RESTRICT their movements and activities in the manner of totalitarian regimes."

by jaygirl001

Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:44 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Find an assumption.
Replies: 4
Views: 1430

Yay! congratulatios on the score Simony 104. I am also dreading re-taking the GMAT. I have been practicing MGMAT CATS and my scores are in the 590-620 range. The last time I took the GMAT Prep (a week ago ), I scored a 590. Still, I am super scared to schedule the "actual" test. :( What ab...


The first bold face is presented as evidence so we can eliminate A & E. C- the first bold face contradicts the introductory statement in the argument not the main point of the argument-eliminated D-the first boldface is not a proposal furthermore, the second boldafce is not related to the first ...

by jaygirl001

Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:11 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: MGMAT CAT 2 - Boldface CR
Replies: 3
Views: 1942

E is also bulky and akward, on the other hand D is short and simple :D

by jaygirl001

Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:27 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: idiom practice
Replies: 4
Views: 1113

I was between A and C, but chose A.

(C) A sense of family lies inside of the boundaries of artistic rivalry ...inside of just seems weird

by jaygirl001

Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:34 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Within the boundaries of artistic rivalry----tricky one
Replies: 7
Views: 1971

Today anthropologists realize that there is great diversity among hunter-gatherer societies, and those that have persisted into this century had long before been altered by their contacts with agricultural peoples. a. among hunter-gatherer societies, and those that have persisted b. among hunter-gat...

by jaygirl001

Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:18 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: a st from gmat
Replies: 4
Views: 1370

I also chose D, but just bc the remaining choices seemed weird. However, "on Saturn that is solid enough to stand " i feel like it is missing "on" after "stand" which makes B a possibility

by jaygirl001

Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:02 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: a st from gmat
Replies: 7
Views: 1679

-conclusion: The federal government should encourage these efforts by providing the necessary incentives , whether as loans, direct grants or targeted tax breaks. The correct answer will support this by mentioning how the govts involvement will succeed....choice C accomplishes this by exmplaining ho...

by jaygirl001

Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:15 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: incentives and energy efficiency
Replies: 4
Views: 1524

mundasingh123 for the three questions that you posted i went with D, A, A CR #2 A-the first part of the argument deals with the historians' views .....natural scientists, but when the author makes the conclusion it states "we clearly cannot accept these proclamations of objectivity, for it is e...

by jaygirl001

Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:43 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Quest complexity on LSAT Paper
Replies: 4
Views: 2209

Eliminated C, D, E B- The value of a contemporary work of art cannot be objectively measured The argument does not say this "cannot" determined....it simply says that judgments on value are subjective...but in the "short term" A) When Michelangelo, Bach, and Shakespeare were aliv...

by jaygirl001

Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:23 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Art Work
Replies: 5
Views: 5055

D refers to a finding and/or evidence - the third sentence in the argument would meet this description. on the other hand, the bold face portion is the conclusion the author has arrived at based on the supporting evidence (black bears found dead in the forest during the deer hunting season showed th...

by jaygirl001

Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:49 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Can a trigger word such as ''yet '' introduce a conclusion?
Replies: 10
Views: 5383

A- wrong..parallel construction error and verb tense B-"had been processing " is wrong C-"has been" sounds like....has always been and "for retrieval" sounds awkward D- wrong...over the surface this seems like the right answer BUT you should always read all the choices ...

by jaygirl001

Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:40 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: SC Grail Q56
Replies: 13
Views: 2770