Sentence Correction

gmat25 wrote:

B Th e conjunction as may introduce a clause but
not a phrase; Joyce and Woolf are compared
to idolization rather than to the writers.

Og explanations are sometimes incomplete. From this explanation , you are generalizing that "as" is always supposed to be followed by a clause . According to MGMAT SC guide, this Option is wrong because it uses "as" as a preposition to denote a Function rather than a comparison . The OG says we must use AS to denote a comparison , in which case as should be followed by a clause .

mundasingh123 wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:So what is the correct answer here
.
It in A is ambiguous . Wheres the original Poster .

This Sc could well be from the same dubious source from where finance posted an SC yesterday . That SC too had a faulty OA

Hi Guys!

Forgive my late replying.@mundasingh123, you are right about the previous SC and its dubious source, but this one is from a book, not from a link I saw by chance, as in the former one. The book is called

GMAT CAT 8th Edition by Jerry Bobrow, PhD --Test-prep essentials from the experts at CliffsNotes.

The OA is C. and the provided "long" explanation as follows:

The first clause must have a subject, or it will dangle as it does in B, D, and E. The correct
pronoun is the plural they to agree with the plural three courses.

gmat25 what do u say to this ?

mundasingh123 wrote:gmat25 what do u say to this ?

I believe its a cheap question. For Op B, D and E, if u remember i told u the same thing...Although introduces a subordinate clause and that must contain a verb.

Between A and C, look at the meaning it implies if i place "three advanced courses" for pronoun THEY.

Op C will be then,

Although three advanced courses are requirements for admission, many candidates have not completed three advanced courses in chemistry.

I find the sentence a bit awkward in terms of meaning. Why??? because "three advanced courses are requirements" it feels awkward. I think it should be "three advanced courses are required" Initially also i felt the same and that's why i picked Op A rather than Op C, hoping that probably the question - maker is playing a tricky game but i thought otherwise. My main issue here is...if the Op C would be


Although three advanced courses are required for admission, many candidates have not completed three advanced courses in chemistry.

Then i would have picked Op C, but not for the original one.

Moreover, i never heard of the resource @finance has mentioned. If this question is from Manhattan, veritas, princeton, knewton etc, i take it seriously. I don't like even Kaplan questions.

my replying is no good.
replying is simple gerund or complex gerund?

mundasingh123 wrote:my replying is no good.
replying is simple gerund or complex gerund?

what is complex gerund????

gmat25 wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:my replying is no good.
replying is simple gerund or complex gerund?

what is complex gerund????

Eating Cake is Fun (simple gerund)
The eating of cake is fun (Complex gerund )
According to MGMAT SC Guide

mundasingh123 wrote:

gmat25 wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:my replying is no good.
replying is simple gerund or complex gerund?

what is complex gerund????

Eating Cake is Fun (simple gerund)
The eating of cake is fun (Complex gerund )
According to MGMAT SC Guide

I see, in that case in your given example, "replying" is a simple gerund.

My CAR = CAR (My possessive work as adjective)---> same thing in your example

gmat25 wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:

gmat25 wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:my replying is no good.
replying is simple gerund or complex gerund?

what is complex gerund????

Eating Cake is Fun (simple gerund)
The eating of cake is fun (Complex gerund )
According to MGMAT SC Guide

I see, in that case in your given example, "replying" is a simple gerund.


My CAR = CAR (My possessive work as adjective)---> same thing in your example

Marathon Running is Fun .
But this is a complex gerund according to mgmat sc guide
why cant replying be a complex gerund

gmat25 i created a new thread that deals with the as clause , for you

mundasingh123 wrote:

gmat25 wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:

gmat25 wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:my replying is no good.
replying is simple gerund or complex gerund?

what is complex gerund????

Eating Cake is Fun (simple gerund)
The eating of cake is fun (Complex gerund )
According to MGMAT SC Guide

I see, in that case in your given example, "replying" is a simple gerund.


My CAR = CAR (My possessive work as adjective)---> same thing in your example

Marathon Running is Fun .
But this is a complex gerund according to mgmat sc guide
why cant replying be a complex gerund

seems to me like a simple gerund. By the way, my bad, this term COMPLEX GERUND slipped out from my mind earlier. Though i already know about that term as i know a rule of parallelism related to simple and complex gerunds. You must be knowing it already...Rule is:

A Standard NOUN can be || A complex gerund

But both of them are not parallel to a SIMPLE GERUND.

EX:- Distribution (Standard noun) || The distributing of (complex gerund)

But both of them are not parallel to Simple gerund DISTRIBUTING.