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jl2684: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 15; Joined: Tue Mar 23, 2010 4:28 pm; Thanked: 1 times

by jl2684 » Tue May 11, 2010 5:35 pm

Hi,

Is "evidence that" preferred to "evidence of" on the GMAT? Can I take this as a rule?

Thanks,

J

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by adi_800 » Thu May 13, 2010 6:59 am

Most of the times... evidence that would be correct...
But also depends on the context..
For e.g. The evidence OF the last night murder is not well founded..
The Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence THAT the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars

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by mohit11 » Fri May 14, 2010 2:32 am

jl2684 wrote:Hi,

Is "evidence that" preferred to "evidence of" on the GMAT? Can I take this as a rule?

Thanks,

J

GMAT loves the word "That". GMAT prefers to follow thinking words with "That". Think that, Believe that, Realize that..

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tpr-becky: GMAT Instructor; Posts: 509; Joined: Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:08 pmFollowed by: 85 members; Location: Irvine, CA; Thanked: 199 times; GMAT Score:750

by tpr-becky » Fri May 14, 2010 1:50 pm

You will need that if it is evidence of a verb. eg there is sufficient evidence that the world is round. If you have evidence of a noun then you use evidence of. e.g. this track is evidence of a bear (or you could change it to a verb - this track is evidence that a bear was here). If you use evidence of for a verb then you need the "ing" (evidence of a bear having been here) which the GMAT dislikes so it is unlikely to come up.

Becky
Master GMAT Instructor
The Princeton Review
Irvine, CA

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