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Need help in CR

I am facing a lot of problem in CR. I can reduce the options to 2 and then I get confused. Please tell me how can I be sure of the option . Sometimes I miss the subtle difference between the options .

by anksm22

Tue Sep 01, 2015 8:24 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Need help in CR
Replies: 2
Views: 1324

Please rate the essay

The following appeared in a science magazine: “The “Space Race� of the 1960’s between the USA and Russia was very expensive but it yielded a tremendous number of technological advances. These advances have provided many economic and humanitarian benefits. The benefits have more than paid for...

by anksm22

Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:03 am
Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
Topic: Please rate the essay
Replies: 0
Views: 1279

so X as to and so X that

The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculpture portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face." A) so unrealistic as to constitute B )so unrealistic they constituted C )so unrealistic that they have cons...

by anksm22

Wed Aug 26, 2015 9:03 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: so X as to and so X that
Replies: 1
Views: 1176

The economic forces which may affect

The economic forces which may affect the new public offering of stock include sudden downturns in the market, hedging and other investor strategies for preventing losses, l oosening the interest rates in Washington, and fearing that the company may still be undercapitalized. A. loosening the interes...

by anksm22

Sat Aug 15, 2015 2:53 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The economic forces which may affect
Replies: 2
Views: 1457

Somber in tone and menacing in content,

Somber in tone and menacing in content, the leader of the terrorists who were holding the hostages sent a message leaving little hope that they would be released by the end of the week. (A) leader of the terrorists who were holding the hostages sent a message leaving little hope that they would be (...

by anksm22

Mon Aug 10, 2015 12:26 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Somber in tone and menacing in content,
Replies: 2
Views: 2099

Just because King Alfred

Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he also won the loyalty of its citizens: the invading Danes were well aware of this weakness and used it to their advantage in 893. (A) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he (...

by anksm22

Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:08 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Just because King Alfred
Replies: 1
Views: 1428

Please explain parallelism in this question.

by anksm22

Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:50 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 780
Replies: 7
Views: 6036

Never before in the history

Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able to command so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today. (A) so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today (B) so extraordinary fees as they are today (C) such extraordinary fees as they do today (D) such extraordinary fees ...

by anksm22

Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:11 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Never before in the history
Replies: 1
Views: 1369

I am confused between B and C. Please can some one elaborate these two options.

by anksm22

Sat Jul 25, 2015 1:50 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: One of the most vexing problems
Replies: 6
Views: 4225

Cezanne's art inspired the

Cezanne's art inspired the next generation of artists, twentieth-century modernist creators of abstract art. While most experts rank Cezanne as an early modernist, a small few reject this idea. Francoise Cachin, for example, bluntly states that such an ascription is "overplayed", and says ...

by anksm22

Sat Jul 25, 2015 1:33 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Cezanne's art inspired the
Replies: 1
Views: 1488

When people evade income taxes

When people evade income taxes by not declaring taxable income, a vicious cycle results. Tax evasion forces lawmakers to raise income tax rates, which causes the tax burden on nonevading taxpayers to become heavier. This, in turn, encourages even more taxpayers to evade income taxes by hiding taxabl...

by anksm22

Fri Jul 24, 2015 11:27 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: When people evade income taxes
Replies: 13
Views: 4714

While large banks can

While large banks can afford to maintain their own data-processing operations, many smaller regional and community banks are finding that the cost associated with upgrading data-processing equipment and with the development and maintenance of new products and technical staff are prohibitive. A cost ...

by anksm22

Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:38 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: While large banks can
Replies: 2
Views: 1625

ground-breaking work of Barbara McClintock

As a result of the ground-breaking work of Barbara McClintock, many scientists now believe that all of the information encoded in 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely three percent of the cell's DNA. (A) 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found...

by anksm22

Tue Jul 21, 2015 9:11 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: ground-breaking work of Barbara McClintock
Replies: 1
Views: 1102

A researcher discovered that

A researcher discovered that people who have low levels of immune system activity tend to score much lower on tests of mental health than do people with normal or high immune-system activity. The researcher concluded from this experiment that the immune system protects against mental illness as well...

by anksm22

Tue Jul 21, 2015 7:05 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: A researcher discovered that
Replies: 3
Views: 1684

In 1985 state border

In 1985 state border colleges in Texas lost the enrollment of more than half, on average, of the Mexican nationals they had previously served each year. Teaching faculties have alleged that this extreme drop resulted from a rise in tuition for international and out-of-state students from $40 to $120...

by anksm22

Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:45 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: In 1985 state border
Replies: 2
Views: 1800