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Well, but is a coordinating conjunction and in this case, it is connecting two Independent clauses. So, that way it's ok; not that the sentence is perfect, because the meaning is not coming out clearly. Please note that parallelism does not mean that the entire sentence should be in the same tense.
- by EducationAisle
Thu Mar 26, 2015 9:43 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Parallelism Fundamentals
- Replies: 1
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- by EducationAisle
Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:31 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT Set 1 Q23
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OA: B. However in B, that and which are not parallel so i chose D. Please explain Hi Abhijit, you raise an interesting point that perhaps can cause confusion among a lot of people. Since you mention parallelism , let's analyze this sentence from a parallelism perspective. What components of this se...
- by EducationAisle
Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:31 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT Set 1 Q23
- Replies: 3
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OA: B..however unable to understand the use of "it" Hi Abhijit, you perhaps mis-read the OA and hence the reason for confusion. OA is actually C for this. Looking at the core of the sentence, with B, the sentence would be: ...the army of terra-cotta warriors took 700,000 artisans more tha...
- by EducationAisle
Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:05 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT Set 1 Q20
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2401
My reasoning :- I preferred "proclaimed" as verb rather then participle , thinking that sub of "proclaimed" is clear "the Roman Catholic Church" Hi Vipul, every valid sentence must have a main verb (the verb of an Independent clause). In A, the verb proclaimed appears ...
- by EducationAisle
Thu Feb 26, 2015 4:37 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The term “Immaculate Conception�
- Replies: 3
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My Doubt is in the OA can't they refer to both high prices and companies...... How can we say that in the correct option "they refers to companies". ? Yes, you could view this as pronoun ambiguity , but a couple of things: i) Pronoun ambiguity is acceptable on GMAT. So, don't use this as ...
- by EducationAisle
Thu Nov 20, 2014 11:03 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Pronoun Ambiguity!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1841
Indeed, as Mitch rightly pointed out, and also cannot be considered redundant. Another officially correct sentence: The organic food industry has organized a successful grassroots campaign - using websites, public meetings , and also mass mailings - that has convinced the Department of agriculture t...
- by EducationAisle
Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:53 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Redundancy
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2310
Hi Rahul, from your post it looks like the impression that you have is that rehearsing a lot of grammar rules would be an extreme approach to solve sentence correction questions that you are not comfortable with. Sentence correction on GMAT is basically a two step procedure: i) Find out what is the ...
- by EducationAisle
Wed Nov 12, 2014 11:09 pm- Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
- Topic: How to improve a V39?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5098
If you have any suggestions on Verbal Score improvement, please let me know. Hi Narendra! Our sentence correction book Sentence Correction Nirvana is perhaps the only book that offers a score improvement guarantee , and is especially designed for non-native speakers. Please PM me if you would like ...
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Tue Nov 11, 2014 12:41 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: GMAT destroyed me with Score 580 (Q 48, V21, IR 7, AWA 5)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7150
Hi Deepika! Our sentence correction book SC Nirvana is perhaps the only book that offers a score improvement guarantee , and is especially designed for non-native speakers. After reading the book twice (yes! it's an academic book, and so must be read twice to reinforce the concepts), you will start ...
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Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:00 am- Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
- Topic: Looking for serious help on Verbal Section
- Replies: 3
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whether is used when the intent is to depict a choice , an alternative or a possibility . Two most prominent grammatical clues indicate that whether should be used: 1. After prepositions 2. After verbs Sentence under consideration is a classical example, where whether is used after the preposition ...
- by EducationAisle
Wed Nov 05, 2014 10:30 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Weather and or
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1940
And OG explains that in (A), "in two letters " mean the eruption took place in the letter! I mean, nobody would assume that, right? I could say: Mother told me she bought some fish in the letter to me. We wouldn't believe mom was shopping in the letter, would we? So, could anyone help me ...
- by EducationAisle
Wed Oct 15, 2014 10:19 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: a question on verbal review SC 109
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1589
According to the sentence, two things have happened to the sales (of the restaurant company): i) Its sales have increased dramatically ii) its sales at restaurants open for more than a year have declined Because have declined is present in the non-underlined portion, we should use have increased in ...
- by EducationAisle
Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:40 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT Prep question
- Replies: 2
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If you notice, the sentence is: ..more babies were born to women (who were) over the age of thirty than under it (the age of thirty). The comparison operator is than . The clause to the immediate left hand side of this comparison operator is: women were over the age of thirty Notice that babies is n...
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Mon Oct 13, 2014 12:30 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Comparison question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1606
In option E, which you have chosen, at the very least there is a meaning ambiguity , since it mentions: he heard of such an optical instrument being made . This can mean that the optical instrument was in the process of being made, while the original sentence clearly tells us that such an optical in...
- by EducationAisle
Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:59 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT Prep question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1796