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Here we have to cope with a timing issue. The correct sentence has to highlight events in a logical chronological order. Sentence starts telling us that the events unfold in 1920. Since “would� expresses uncertainty, suggesting that we have to put ourselves chronologically slightly before the ev...
- by tathastuGMAT
Sun May 11, 2014 6:59 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: In the mid-1920’s the Hawthorne Works
- Replies: 9
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A), B) modifier which has a wrong referent, leading to an illogical meaning.
C) “and largely offsets..� has no referent.
D) “the previous year was� is wrong, we need “that of the previous year� instead. We are
comparing two amounts, not an amount and the previous year.
Hope it helps.
- by tathastuGMAT
Mon May 05, 2014 1:14 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: more v/s higher
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1375
Hi mukherjee, The sentence requires a cause-effect construction. Worker’s cost to the nation is the direct effect of the lost work days. We should highlight that meaning. E) we have two errors here, the first is a modifier error, which after the comma modifies years and we don’t that beacuse the...
- by tathastuGMAT
Mon May 05, 2014 1:13 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Paper pen
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1070
There’s an idiomatic issue here. B) “in order for them� is a very wordy expression, if there is a better expression among the spare answer choices, scrap this one. D) scrap this one for the same reason. E) very very wordy, scrap this one too. Down to A) and C), the latter is a clear cut senten...
- by tathastuGMAT
Mon May 05, 2014 1:11 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Official 3
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1527
i was talking about this sentence : I watched the sun rise over the ridge, blazing over houses, farms, and fields. i had quoted that sentence .kindly have a look again at my previous post This is just an example to understand the concept. I never claimed this is official question. Plz refer my firs...
- by tathastuGMAT
Sat May 03, 2014 11:40 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Among lower-paid workers, union members are less likely
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6530
I watched the sun rise over the ridge, blazing over houses, farms, and fields. Here "blazing over houses, farms, and fields" is not modifying "I" but "Sun" and this is perfectly alright. i doubt whether this sentence is official .this sentence is wrong . also the funct...
- by tathastuGMAT
Sat May 03, 2014 9:27 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Among lower-paid workers, union members are less likely
- Replies: 11
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Among lower-paid workers, union members are less likely than nonunion members to be enrolled in lower-end insurance plans imposing stricter limits on medical services and requiring doctors to see more patients, and spend less time with each. (A) imposing stricter limits on medical services and requ...
- by tathastuGMAT
Sat May 03, 2014 1:46 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Among lower-paid workers, union members are less likely
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6530
Hi Saranshpuri, I think you already visualized the issue with answer choice D) and E) - the number of pronoun’s “their� referent is wrong- and answer choice C) “are� does not make sense at all, the action of “falling� happens first in the event’s time-line. Since Present Perfect’s ...
- by tathastuGMAT
Sat May 03, 2014 1:29 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Noting that its revenues had fallen due to a recent prolonge
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2409
Like is a comparison signal, indeed the comparison is between the fields and pastures that are disappearing and the sandpiper(bird), which is disappearing as well. For parallelism reasons the second chunk of the sentence has either to start with the bird or the sandpiper, thus we can comfortably get...
- by tathastuGMAT
Sat May 03, 2014 1:27 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Comparison - Sandpipers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1782
- by tathastuGMAT
Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:30 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: DS-5
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3045
- by tathastuGMAT
Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:08 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Not sure of this Average Problem
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1512
- by tathastuGMAT
Sun Apr 27, 2014 11:35 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Is the Character here Noun
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1310
GMAT RC Vocab - No nonsense(Only for GMAT)
Hi All Reading comprehension is a section in which one needs to understand and comprehend the passage well. To do so one needs to have a good vocabulary. But unfortunately GMAT uses words which are not so common in day to day language and just because of these alien words sometimes we sacrifice a lo...
- by tathastuGMAT
Sun Apr 27, 2014 2:38 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: GMAT RC Vocab - No nonsense(Only for GMAT)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3349
And let's discuss the issue in hand, if possible.
That will really add value to our knowledge as well as others'.
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- by tathastuGMAT
Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:49 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: question about relative pronouns
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3590
- by tathastuGMAT
Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:47 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: question about relative pronouns
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3590