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- by amnesty17
Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:01 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: that + is vs that + be
- Replies: 2
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that + is vs that + be
The state has proposed new rules that would set minimum staffing levels for nurses, rules intended to ensure that at least one nurse is assigned for every four patients put through triage in a hospital emergency room. A. rules intended to ensure that at least one nurse is assigned for every four pat...
- by amnesty17
Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:44 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: that + is vs that + be
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1178
Hi essaysnark , Thanks for the suggestion. I have used spoiler for the explanation part as well. its still not clear why E is wrong FOR E, the sentence looks like : The reasons for yesterday’s sharp rise in the stock market were much the same as they were behind last week’s rally: a surge in the...
- by amnesty17
Thu Jul 04, 2013 10:31 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: that vs those in comparison
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1639
AM-1 is one of the many
Twenty-two feet long and 10 feet in diameter, the AM-1 is one of the many new satellites that is a part of 15 years effort of subjecting the interactions of Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces to detailed scrutiny from space. A.satellites that is a part of 15 years effort of subjecting the...
- by amnesty17
Wed Jul 03, 2013 4:56 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: AM-1 is one of the many
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1953
Hi GMATGuruNY, Could you help me with the doubts below 1.How about Power of A and of B (is it plural) 2.Power both of A and of B - is it plural 3.Also, Popularity and availability of televisions- plural or singular 4.increased popularity and availability of televisions- plural or singular and why
- by amnesty17
Wed Jul 03, 2013 4:46 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: power of A and B
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1655
HI GMATGuruNY,
1.How about Power of A and of B (is it plural)
2.Power both of A and of B - is it plural
3.Also, Popularity and availability of televisions- plural or singular
4.increased popularity and availability of televisions- plural or singular and why
- by amnesty17
Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:30 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: power of A and B
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1655
- by amnesty17
Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:12 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: fossils of feathered dinosaurs
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5061
- by amnesty17
Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: fossils of feathered dinosaurs
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5061
1. yet is not a contrast in this sentence
like 'I was late to work, yet I gave my presentation on time' - here the usage of yet is contrast.
2.But in this sentence it means 'so far'
'I have not yet reached my home'
...not yet discovered.. is smilar to above usage (sentence 2)
- by amnesty17
Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:21 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: fossils of feathered dinosaurs
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5061
- by amnesty17
Mon Jul 01, 2013 6:11 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: fossils of feathered dinosaurs
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5061
power of A and B
As the etched lines on computer memory chips have become thinner and the chips’ circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have vastly increased. (A) the chips’ circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive ...
- by amnesty17
Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:41 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: power of A and B
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1655
The increased popularity and availability of televisions
The increased popularity and availability of televisions has led to the decline of regional dialects, language variations which originate from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated by geographic isolation. A. which originate from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated ...
- by amnesty17
Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:44 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The increased popularity and availability of televisions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2321
- by amnesty17
Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:16 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: fossils of feathered dinosaurs
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5061
Hi
But the OA : E, has 'that' which also refers to Noun: 'devastation and enslavement ' as 'which' does in B
Also in the name of progress can be moved anywhere. I am still not clear why B is wrong
- by amnesty17
Sun Jun 30, 2013 6:55 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Christopher Columbus has come to personify
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2512
Hi I am able to get that a. Most is used when the comparison is among 3 or more things -evidence now with evidence(w,y,z,..) so far b- more- when it is between two things X and Y (evidence so far discovered) But both seem ok to me(as we don't know whether in the past only 1 or more than 1 was discov...
- by amnesty17
Sun Jun 30, 2013 6:46 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: fossils of feathered dinosaurs
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5061