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extreme word

by quocbao » Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:55 am
Hi everyone,

One of my books recommends that we eliminate all answers with extreme words such as must, only, all, always, never ...

Should I follow the advise literally or should I use it with care ?

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by S0laris » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:15 am
If U left with 5-6 questions and 40 sec in total or can't get the meaning at all then use it, otherwise question everything.
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by cramya » Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:34 pm
One of my books recommends that we eliminate all answers with extreme words such as must, only, all, always, never ...

Should I follow the advise literally or should I use it with care ?

IMO sometimes answers with extreme words may be correct as long as there is direct support for this in the passage/argument i.e extreme words are also present in the argument.


From what I have seen a GMAT argument rarely contains extreme words and hence the book might have said thes answers are always incorrect.


Hope this helps!

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by quocbao » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:02 am
IMO sometimes answers with extreme words may be correct as long as there is direct support for this in the passage/argument i.e extreme words are also present in the argument.
Thanks, that really helps