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On this issue, this state’s elected officials ignored the wishes of their electorate, which cannot reasonably be disputed in light of the legislative record. A. On this issue, this state’s elected officials ignored the wishes of their electorate, which B. This state’s elected officials, ignor...
- by avik.ch
Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:50 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 700+ Electorate
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2183
Hello Tommy, I don't believe there is any modifier error in E. How about the following sentence: Before it was fashionable to be a movie star, it was fashionable to be a model. Is the above sentence incorrect, because "it" is close to "movie star". Kindly advice. "it was fa...
- by avik.ch
Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:37 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG#12, Que 52
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5361
problem ---- > action ----> prediction. whenever there is a prediction the central assumption is that the condition will remain same for the prediction to work. E changes the condition. The OA is E whereas D says : not all respiratory ailments are caused by airborne pollutants. Now my Q is the premi...
- by avik.ch
Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:28 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG 13: respiratory ailments
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3932
B – Authoritative parents (who….) to have X --- no finite verb to define the main clause. C – Children are compared to permission parents. D – Being permissive signifies an ongoing events – not something that meaning dictates. E – permissive parents vs children, wrong comparison similar ...
- by avik.ch
Sun Jan 20, 2013 8:57 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Authoritative parents
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2121
14. Anthropologist: Violence is an extreme form of aggression, and is distinct from the self-expression sufficient for survival under normal conditions. Human beings in certain situations react to unpleasant stimuli with violence but only because they are conditioned by their culture to react in th...
- by avik.ch
Sun Dec 30, 2012 8:49 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Except
- Replies: 1
- Views: 922
OA is A. Thanks everyone for discussing about this topic!! So Aman I need to eliminate D as it is too wordy.I cannot able to find wordy sentences from choices in sentence correction in order to eliminate. can anyone kindly let me know the trick to find the wordy sentences from the choices. the main...
- by avik.ch
Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:51 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1357
Can we generalize to say that a verb cannot be followed by a prepositional phrase? a verb can be followed by a prepositional phrase. 1. he acted like an expert. --- adverb of comparison 2. he kept on the table the book. - adverb of place 3. the book was on the table. in 1 and 2, the prepositional p...
- by avik.ch
Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:04 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Can a verb be followed by a prepositional phrase?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1257
what is the source of the sentence ? none of the answer choices are correct.
"Spending less time with each" - is an outcome and should be set off with comma as an adverb modifier.
please recheck !!
- by avik.ch
Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:30 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC_brutal
- Replies: 1
- Views: 887
Exception to TOUCH rule (doesn't following statements contradict eachother) MGMAT SC 4th ed. (pg-234) : short predicate can separate noun & noun-modifier. Ron's video(http://vimeo.com/11867667 at 1:38hrs) : says following sentence is wrong because you cannot separate noun & noun modifier &q...
- by avik.ch
Mon Nov 12, 2012 2:12 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: doubts in parallelism
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1413
Does the use of VERBING "spreading...and infecting" correct in B ? What does verbing modify in B ? "spreading uncontrollably and infecting.." gives us the reason why it persist in this way - adverb of reason. "it" is the logical subject referring to "leprocy"...
- by avik.ch
Mon Nov 12, 2012 12:31 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Although it persists as a kind of rampant
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1561
One basic question here. Aren't we talking about the amount of dioxins here? So how can it be countable? you don't need to understand the difference between "many" and "much" here - if that confuses you that way. in the original one - "comes" is improper with plural su...
- by avik.ch
Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:05 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1305
for more on causation, refer this awesome post by testluv - http://www.beatthegmat.com/on-causal-arguments-t56647.html#247109 for any bold face argument, first dissect the argument - Local authorities are considering an amendment to the litter law that would raise the fine for littering in the commu...
- by avik.ch
Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:37 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Local authorities are considering an amendment to
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2476
look for the Viewpoint of the analyst : "at least match its revenues of last year in order to have a chance to make a profit on video games this year". If the revenue is same for both the year, then there will be profit. its assuming than within a year, there is no change in other company'...
- by avik.ch
Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:09 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Manhattan
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1820
What I thought: A recent MOM stated that Only 15% of applml contract provide the majority of its provisions in the High Sea Sales. Citing this, Avik spoke to mock that this was evidence of the decline of commercial rigor in Applml contract. All contracts should provide the majority of their provisi...
- by avik.ch
Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:06 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Education
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1985
There is no rule for defining pronoun usage - its solely decided by context.
for more on this refer this OG problem : http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/whi ... t8523.html
Hope this helps !!
- by avik.ch
Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:01 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Major trouble with pronouns
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1282