HI Stuart,
I badly need to understand the concept of ellipsis to tackle the GMAT questions
involving comparisons along with ellipsis. Most of the times I go wrong with these
questions. I would like to discuss the below two questions with this regard.
In the first question aren't we comparing "same time" with the "civilizations"
Please consider the bolded part in the question
that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river.
Is it a logical comparison?
Shouldn't it be
that flourished at the same time as flourished the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river.
Similarly in the second question
prices are expected to be higher this year than last
Aren't we comparing the prices this year with the last year rather than prices this year with
the prices last year.
Shouldn't it be as follows
Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than that of last year OR
Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than they were last year
The above two construction makes sense to me but not the original one.
1.Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of Tigris and Euphrates.
a. same
b. that had flourished at the same time as had the civilizations
c. that flourished at the same time those had
d. flourishing at the same time as those did
e. flourishing at the same time as those were
2.Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil than they were last year.
(A) Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil than they were
(8) Heating-oil prices are expected to rise higher this year over last because refiners pay about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did
(C) Expectations are for heating-oil prices to be higher this year than last year's because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did
(d) It is the expectation that heating-oil prices will be higher for this year over last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil now than what they were
(E) It is expected that heating-oil prices will rise higher this year than last year's because refiners pay about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did.
I know in these kind of questions some part of sentence from the former part of the comparison is implied or understood in the later part of the comparison, but how can I know that which is that part? Is it the noun, verb, or anything else from the previous part which is implied to the later part?
If I am not wrong there is a technical term "ellipsis" for these kind of comparisons but I don't know much about it. I really need to know that what are the possible kind of ellipsis that can be tested by GMAT and how to tackle those.
Stuart, I will be really grateful to you if you can explain this in detail to me.
Thanks,
I badly need to understand the concept of ellipsis to tackle the GMAT questions
involving comparisons along with ellipsis. Most of the times I go wrong with these
questions. I would like to discuss the below two questions with this regard.
In the first question aren't we comparing "same time" with the "civilizations"
Please consider the bolded part in the question
that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river.
Is it a logical comparison?
Shouldn't it be
that flourished at the same time as flourished the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river.
Similarly in the second question
prices are expected to be higher this year than last
Aren't we comparing the prices this year with the last year rather than prices this year with
the prices last year.
Shouldn't it be as follows
Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than that of last year OR
Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than they were last year
The above two construction makes sense to me but not the original one.
1.Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of Tigris and Euphrates.
a. same
b. that had flourished at the same time as had the civilizations
c. that flourished at the same time those had
d. flourishing at the same time as those did
e. flourishing at the same time as those were
2.Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil than they were last year.
(A) Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil than they were
(8) Heating-oil prices are expected to rise higher this year over last because refiners pay about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did
(C) Expectations are for heating-oil prices to be higher this year than last year's because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did
(d) It is the expectation that heating-oil prices will be higher for this year over last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil now than what they were
(E) It is expected that heating-oil prices will rise higher this year than last year's because refiners pay about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did.
I know in these kind of questions some part of sentence from the former part of the comparison is implied or understood in the later part of the comparison, but how can I know that which is that part? Is it the noun, verb, or anything else from the previous part which is implied to the later part?
If I am not wrong there is a technical term "ellipsis" for these kind of comparisons but I don't know much about it. I really need to know that what are the possible kind of ellipsis that can be tested by GMAT and how to tackle those.
Stuart, I will be really grateful to you if you can explain this in detail to me.
Thanks,
