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Correct: The manufacturer produced more cars this year than last. Conveyed meaning: The manufacturer produced more cars this year than [the manufacturer produced cars] last [year]. This comparison is logical. Prices at the producer level are only 1.3 percent higher now than a year ago and are going...
- by gocoder
Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:06 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Small Car Fuel Efficiency
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14614
it can refer to either arm or sloth. Is this the reason for missing a clear referent ?GMATGuruNY wrote:
In A, it lacks a clear referent.
Since D avoids this issue and is free of errors, eliminate A.
- by gocoder
Sat Sep 30, 2017 8:47 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 2016 OG SC 94
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7312
SC|comparison(more vs greater)
Even though the costs of paying baseball players amounts to a sum greater than one half of the overall cost of operating a Major League Baseball team last year, Major League Baseball franchise owners were still willing to pay increasingly higher salaries to top players. A.amounts to a sum greater B....
- by gocoder
Wed Sep 27, 2017 10:37 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC|comparison(more vs greater)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 927
SC|after the drought
After the 1973 drought's 70 percent total cattle loss, living conditions improved for inhabitants of the Sahel, but these people continue to suffer from the devastating effects of malnutrition. A.After the 1973 drought's 70 percent total cattle loss, living conditions improved for inhabitants of th...
- by gocoder
Wed Sep 27, 2017 10:33 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC|after the drought
- Replies: 2
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OA: social phenomena that are inseparable from bodily response Here, the that -clause in blue serves to modify social phenomena . As per OA, in the first part of the sentence, 'that' acts to express an idea and the second 'that' refers phenomona. same pronoun has different uses. Is there any rule a...
- by gocoder
Sun Sep 24, 2017 6:52 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG2017..........'that' & 'those' problem
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6128
I have used algebraic approach to arrive at the same result. Let x=200,y=300, and z=200 be the sides of the rectangular box. The difference in volume = (x+1)(y+1)(z+1)-xyz (x+1)(y+1)(z+1)-xyz x(y+1)(z+1)+1(y+1)(z+1)-xyz x(yz+y+z+1)+(yz+y+z+1)-xyz xyz+xy+xz+x+yz+y+z+1-xyz Finding xy+xz+yz+x+y+z-1 wil...
- by gocoder
Fri Sep 22, 2017 4:19 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Interior dimensions of a rectangular box
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12756
Thanks Mitch! I've caught the gist now :) Public decry …why ? because politicians are insincere ..why ? so that politicians make political[necessary] compromises easily. Thus public decry helps good functioning of govt. Choice A weakens this link between political compromises that politicians make...
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Thu Sep 21, 2017 9:19 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG 16 confusing CR
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6408
- by gocoder
Thu Sep 21, 2017 9:18 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG 16 confusing CR
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6408
(C) When algae populations reach very high levels, conditions within the river can become toxic for some of the other species that normally live there. Other species are irrelevant If the choice says the following, will it right ? " When algae populations reach very high levels, conditions wit...
- by gocoder
Thu Sep 21, 2017 1:22 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: When there is less rainfall
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6889
We have to take the language of the answer choice at face value. All we know is that the bus routes connect to the train routes - we don't know that they travel along similar paths. Moreover, we don't know that train commuters would use these additional bus trips as substitutes for train trips. (Is...
- by gocoder
Thu Sep 21, 2017 1:08 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Mooreville’s subway
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3858
"Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. If they expressed their honest views - about, say, their party's policies - then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more dif...
- by gocoder
Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:44 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG 16 confusing CR
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6408
Only PARALLEL FORMS may be compared. A NOUN should be compared to ANOTHER NOUN. A VERB should be compared to ANOTHER VERB. A MODIFIER should be compared to ANOTHER MODIFIER. From my understanding , parallel forms' comparison is not applicable to clauses. because if clauses were to be parallel, then...
- by gocoder
Sun Sep 17, 2017 6:53 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC: "Whereas lines of competition..."
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8853
2) The passage is primarily concerned with C. describing how certain scholars’ work countered a prevailing view D. presenting the research used to support a traditional theory Old view: improved technology saved time for full-time home workers. The researchers discovered evidence proving that thi...
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Sun Sep 17, 2017 5:54 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: GMATPrep : The idea that equipping homes with electrical
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2795
- by gocoder
Sun Sep 17, 2017 12:17 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: After all the recent political changes, the Syrians are
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1110
Incorrect: The manufacturer produced more cars this year than those last year. It seems to imply the following nonsensical comparison: The manufacturer produced more cars this year than cars last year produced. The implied meaning is incorrect because of the passive construction in the later part o...
- by gocoder
Sun Sep 17, 2017 12:08 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Small Car Fuel Efficiency
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14614