first, i wouldn't worry much about this question -- it's from an author who is apparently so unfamiliar with the test that he/she doesn't even know the most basic facts about how these questions are formatted. (specifically, the underlines all start with the same words; this NEVER happens on offici...

Just wonder if the change from if they wish to if they are to is ok. Isn't there a slight change in the meaning? It's a slight change in meaning. "to be + to" encompasses desire and obligation and expectation all in one. I don't remember seeing anything in the OG about it being awkward (b...

E is passive voice. "are to be defended." The "crises" are BEING defended, so they are the object of the sentence. We need who or what is DOING the defending to come first. Hi, Can we use were to be defended in this case. I understand that its generally used for the hypothetical...

It's subtle, but here's the biggest problem with (E): Take this sentence "I have a record player that I did not know it existed." See how the "it" doesn't belong there? The reason is that the word "that" there just goes to modify "record player" - there's no ...

Thanks for the insight on DCs :).i didnt know the mechanics before.After analysing the sentence with these rules,i felt "know" is working as the verb for the clause(ignoring the noun modifier).Please help me if i am missing something. The reason i am dwelling too much in to the wrong answ...

Thanks Brian. I read that article around a month ago and since then have been making efforts to reduce careless mistakes. Seems nervousness got the better of me, screwing my quant section.

Yes, I have always been making a few careless mistakes even while I was practicing. To counter the careless mistakes, I tried to inculcate good habits but it seems nervousness got the better of me and I ended up committing careless mistakes. Trust me when I say that SCs were very very strange compar...

whats wrong with E :O