giriv26 wrote:Can someone help me with the explanation for the right answer ?

Thanks

Type in the question please

A migraine typically afflicts one side of the head, lasts for hours or days, and may recur as infrequently as once every other month or often, as daily.

A. as infrequently as once every other month or often, as

B. as infrequently as once every other month or as often as

C. infrequently, as often as once every other month, or often, like

D. infrequently, like once every other month, or often, like

E. infrequently, like once every other month, or as often as

Answer is B. I picked E

the correct idiom is as X as Y

as infrequently as........as often as correct use of idiom in option B

LIKE cannot be used to give examples, we should either use "such as" or "as"

Here, "as" makes the correct place for idiom "as infrequently as once every.. " -- as X as Y

Thanks. This was very helpful.

Can you pls help with this one as well. 1000 SC - Q#13:

A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.

A. that they will, or could,

B. that they would, or could,

C. they will be or could

D. think that they will be or could

E. think the power stations would or could

giriv26 wrote:Thanks. This was very helpful.

Can you pls help with this one as well. 1000 SC - Q#13:

A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.

A. that they will, or could,

B. that they would, or could,

C. they will be or could

D. think that they will be or could

E. think the power stations would or could

"journalists surveyed view" - there is a verb "view" in the first part of the sentence. So the second part after "but .."should have a verb to make it a logical statement.

Hence "think" is necessary . This rules out A,B,C.

Now E represents a similar(redundant) hypothesis. "would" and "could" -- both having equal possibility -- not necessary of both, either one of them should have been enough.

D - correctly signifies that either it is a definite(will be) or possibly(could be)

Hence D makes it

hrishi19884 wrote:

giriv26 wrote:Thanks. This was very helpful.

Can you pls help with this one as well. 1000 SC - Q#13:

A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.

A. that they will, or could,

B. that they would, or could,

C. they will be or could

D. think that they will be or could

E. think the power stations would or could

"journalists surveyed view" - there is a verb "view" in the first part of the sentence. So the second part after "but .."should have a verb to make it a logical statement.

Hence "think" is necessary . This rules out A,B,C.

Now E represents a similar(redundant) hypothesis. "would" and "could" -- both having equal possibility -- not necessary of both, either one of them should have been enough.

D - correctly signifies that either it is a definite(will be) or possibly(could be)

Hence D makes it

What about "THEY" in answer D ? i think it does not have clear antecedent. so E clears out this doubt.

word "they" clearly refers to "nuclear power stations".

word 'they' can not refer to "international journalists" because "international journalists" is not a suject here.
It's a "A majority of international journalists" that is subject.

hrishi19884 wrote:word "they" clearly refers to "nuclear power stations".

word 'they' can not refer to "international journalists" because "international journalists" is not a suject here.
It's a "A majority of international journalists" that is subject.

hm... I am still not sure!

What's OA?

Thanks again. Is there a answers guide to 1000 SC ?

Could you pls help me with the approach of solving these two problems :

Question 29 -

A shy, religious-minded publisher who had married a dukes daughter, Harold Macmillans rise to the position of Prime Minister in 1957 surprised many, though Churchill had since the 1930s been extolling Macmillans courage.

A. Harold Macmillans rise to the position of Prime Minister in 1957 surprised many

B. Harold Macmillans rise in 1957 to the position of Prime Minister surprised many

C. Harold Macmillans becoming Prime Minister in 1957 surprised many

D. Harold Macmillan surprised many by rising to the position of Prime Minister in 1957

E. the position of Prime Minister attained by Harold Macmillan in 1957 surprised many

Question 30

A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

A. A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

B. Considered to be a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, genmai-cha is a special green tea that contains brown rice, virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

C. A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered a gourmet delicacy by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

D. Most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea which contains brown rice, as a delicacy virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

E. Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama, most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea that contains brown rice, a gourmet delicacy.

The use of 'would' in GMAT is limited to subjuntive moods or past tense ..( e.g you predict a future in past than 'will' should be changed to 'would'.)

In this particular case , there is definitely no subjunctive intent and hence use of 'would' is purely a tense issue.

The current tense in the SC is present tense so you just cant switch to 'would' ( a past tense) .
Remember that in SC corrections there are hirerarchy of errors which assume importance. A grammaritical errors is something whcih you must remove before jumping to ambiguity or concision or style issues.

Here use of 'would' in present tense is an error , hence choice E cant be the answer . However , i do believe that if instead of would 'will be' was used i would have gone for E

Just my 2 cents !

Giorgio wrote:

hrishi19884 wrote:word "they" clearly refers to "nuclear power stations".

word 'they' can not refer to "international journalists" because "international journalists" is not a suject here.
It's a "A majority of international journalists" that is subject.

hm... I am still not sure!

What's OA?

Another flaw is "that" missing in E

think that the power stations would or could

use of "would or could" is wrong since both indicate the same thing.

giriv26 wrote:Thanks again. Is there a answers guide to 1000 SC ?

Could you pls help me with the approach of solving these two problems :

Question 29 -

A shy, religious-minded publisher who had married a dukes daughter, Harold Macmillans rise to the position of Prime Minister in 1957 surprised many, though Churchill had since the 1930s been extolling Macmillans courage.

A. Harold Macmillans rise to the position of Prime Minister in 1957 surprised many

B. Harold Macmillans rise in 1957 to the position of Prime Minister surprised many

C. Harold Macmillans becoming Prime Minister in 1957 surprised many

D. Harold Macmillan surprised many by rising to the position of Prime Minister in 1957

E. the position of Prime Minister attained by Harold Macmillan in 1957 surprised many

Question 30

A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

A. A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

B. Considered to be a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, genmai-cha is a special green tea that contains brown rice, virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

C. A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered a gourmet delicacy by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

D. Most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea which contains brown rice, as a delicacy virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

E. Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama, most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea that contains brown rice, a gourmet delicacy.

29 -D

subject is "Harold Macmillan...." and not "Harold Macmillan's rise" so the verb should emphasize about the subject.

"surprised" in D does that job without changing the meaning of the sentence.

30 -D

"though" is used when we compare some thing "the green tea contains.....and ...is not available in...." does not indicate any comparison,

Rules out all options with "though" - A,C,E

As per B, logically means that brown rice is not available outside Yokohama -- which is not the case its the green tea

D clearly sorts the above issue.

Hi

Kind request
Please underline the questions for SC...I think this was discussed in earlier post as well.

IMO D qts 30