general uses correction

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sandy_online: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 17; Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:40 am; Thanked: 2 times

by sandy_online » Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:25 pm

I have a question, how to tackle sentence correction questions wherein correction tests more of the general uses rather than the formal rules that all we know( e.g. pronoun uses, parallelism, modifier, etc). Such kind of sentence correction really create a lot of problem for me in terms of both time and understanding.

e.g.
It seemed that hardly any vote was cast on the Senate or House floor without some calculation as to how it might affect the midterm election.

A. without some calculation as to how

B. without there is some calculation as to how

C. without that there is some calculation as to how

D. without some calculation as how

E. without some calculation to how

please, tell your strategy to solve such correction issue. thanks

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beat_gmat_09: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 437; Joined: Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:06 amFollowed by: 1 member; Location: India; Thanked: 50 times; GMAT Score:580

by beat_gmat_09 » Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:52 pm

sandy_online wrote:I have a question, how to tackle sentence correction questions wherein correction tests more of the general uses rather than the formal rules that all we know( e.g. pronoun uses, parallelism, modifier, etc). Such kind of sentence correction really create a lot of problem for me in terms of both time and understanding.

e.g.
It seemed that hardly any vote was cast on the Senate or House floor without some calculation as to how it might affect the midterm election.

A. without some calculation as to how

B. without there is some calculation as to how

C. without that there is some calculation as to how

D. without some calculation as how

E. without some calculation to how

please, tell your strategy to solve such correction issue. thanks

IMO D
to how is incorrect use.

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Shawshank: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 305; Joined: Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:38 am; Thanked: 10 times

by Shawshank » Sat May 01, 2010 6:25 am

beat_gmat_09 wrote:
sandy_online wrote:I have a question, how to tackle sentence correction questions wherein correction tests more of the general uses rather than the formal rules that all we know( e.g. pronoun uses, parallelism, modifier, etc). Such kind of sentence correction really create a lot of problem for me in terms of both time and understanding.

e.g.
It seemed that hardly any vote was cast on the Senate or House floor without some calculation as to how it might affect the midterm election.

A. without some calculation as to how

B. without there is some calculation as to how

C. without that there is some calculation as to how

D. without some calculation as how

E. without some calculation to how

please, tell your strategy to solve such correction issue. thanks
IMO D
to how is incorrect use.

Can you show a thread with ex.. So as to how --> as wrong usage.

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beat_gmat_09: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 437; Joined: Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:06 amFollowed by: 1 member; Location: India; Thanked: 50 times; GMAT Score:580

by beat_gmat_09 » Sat May 01, 2010 6:42 am

Shawshank wrote:
beat_gmat_09 wrote:
sandy_online wrote:I have a question, how to tackle sentence correction questions wherein correction tests more of the general uses rather than the formal rules that all we know( e.g. pronoun uses, parallelism, modifier, etc). Such kind of sentence correction really create a lot of problem for me in terms of both time and understanding.

e.g.
It seemed that hardly any vote was cast on the Senate or House floor without some calculation as to how it might affect the midterm election.

A. without some calculation as to how

B. without there is some calculation as to how

C. without that there is some calculation as to how

D. without some calculation as how

E. without some calculation to how

please, tell your strategy to solve such correction issue. thanks
IMO D
to how is incorrect use.
Can you show a thread with ex.. So as to how --> as wrong usage.

to either used in infinitives or to indicate movement or direction.
How is not a verb hence cannot be followed by to.

I dont have any thread references.

It will be great if some expert explains this.

Thanks

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deepesh.gupta: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 43; Joined: Sun Mar 21, 2010 4:32 am; Thanked: 1 times

by deepesh.gupta » Sat May 01, 2010 7:50 am

My answer is B.

What is the OA?

beat_gmat_09 wrote:
Shawshank wrote:
beat_gmat_09 wrote:
sandy_online wrote:I have a question, how to tackle sentence correction questions wherein correction tests more of the general uses rather than the formal rules that all we know( e.g. pronoun uses, parallelism, modifier, etc). Such kind of sentence correction really create a lot of problem for me in terms of both time and understanding.

e.g.
It seemed that hardly any vote was cast on the Senate or House floor without some calculation as to how it might affect the midterm election.

A. without some calculation as to how

B. without there is some calculation as to how

C. without that there is some calculation as to how

D. without some calculation as how

E. without some calculation to how

please, tell your strategy to solve such correction issue. thanks
IMO D
to how is incorrect use.
Can you show a thread with ex.. So as to how --> as wrong usage.
to either used in infinitives or to indicate movement or direction.
How is not a verb hence cannot be followed by to.

I dont have any thread references.

It will be great if some expert explains this.

Thanks

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mohit11: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 293; Joined: Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:08 amFollowed by: 5 members; Location: India; Thanked: 36 times; GMAT Score:730

by mohit11 » Sat May 01, 2010 10:23 am

sandy_online wrote:I have a question, how to tackle sentence correction questions wherein correction tests more of the general uses rather than the formal rules that all we know( e.g. pronoun uses, parallelism, modifier, etc). Such kind of sentence correction really create a lot of problem for me in terms of both time and understanding.

e.g.
It seemed that hardly any vote was cast on the Senate or House floor without some calculation as to how it might affect the midterm election.

A. without some calculation as to how

B. without there is some calculation as to how

C. without that there is some calculation as to how

D. without some calculation as how

E. without some calculation to how

please, tell your strategy to solve such correction issue. thanks

This one's tricky if you go by the rules and rules alone, its better to understand the author's intention here. Simplified sentence is ..

Hardly any votes was cast without some calculation as to how that vote might affect the midterm election. As it is evident from the simplified sentence that we need AS TO and not TO to clearly bring out the intended meaning.

Hence the answer is A.

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sandy_online: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 17; Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:40 am; Thanked: 2 times

by sandy_online » Sat May 01, 2010 10:45 am

thanks guys, for good the discussion [spoiler]OA : A[/spoiler]

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pradeepkaushal9518: Legendary Member; Posts: 1309; Joined: Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:41 pmFollowed by: 5 members; Thanked: 33 times

by pradeepkaushal9518 » Sat May 01, 2010 11:10 am

i m also with A plz hive oa.

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