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The verb "should" means obligation.

Predictions/Calculations take "will" rather than "would/should".



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"View X as Y" is the correct idiom.


Incorrect Idioms:
1. "View X like Y"
2. "View X to be Y"


--> [Refer OG11, Qn. # 125] <--

Predictions:


Predictions are made using the constructions,

i. "Y will happen if X happens first".
ii. "If X happens, Y will happen".

Main clause MUST use the future tense (Y will happen) and NOT the conditional (Y would happen).


--> [Refer OG11, Qn. # 126] <--

The adjective ("double") CANNOT modify the verb ("produces"). Only an adverb ("twice") can modify a verb.


--> [Refer OG11, Qn. # 128] <--

PLACEMENT of ELEMENTS:

Placement of elements is also important in Parallelism apart from how parallel elements are formed.


Example:

"Many people who might once have died in childhood of such infections as diphtheria or pneumonia now live well into old age"

X --> Dark Red
Y --> Green

Comparison is between 2 periods (or era) of many people.
Here,
i. "Once" in X is placed first, so does "now" in Y.
ii. "have died" in X is followed, so does "live well" in Y.
iii. "in childhood" in X is finally placed, so does "into old age" in Y.


--> [Refer OG11, Qn. # 130] <--

Awesome papgust..........thanx a lot lot...how many more days will it take to finish plzz?my gmat is scheduled in next few days

sandeepvats wrote:Awesome papgust..........thanx a lot lot...how many more days will it take to finish plzz?my gmat is scheduled in next few days

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"Can potentially" is redundant.


--> [Refer Verbal Review 2nd Ed., Qn. # 21] <--

"Think of X as Y" is the CORRECT idiom.


Incorrect Idioms:
1. "Think of X to be Y"
2. "Think of X being Y"



--> [Refer Verbal Review 2nd Ed., Qn. # 23] <--

"X has followed a policy aimed at decreasing Y and improving Z" --> CORRECT.
OR
"X has followed a policy with the aim of decreasing Y and improving Z" --> CORRECT.


BUT,
"X has followed a policy with the aim to decreasing Y and improving Z" --> WRONG.



--> [Refer Verbal Review 2nd Ed., Qn. # 26] <--

"Chances of a collision increase greatly with the continually increasing amount of space debris and the number of satellites".


"continually increasing" clearly refers to "amount of space debris". But the sentence fails to indicate that the number of satellites is ALSO growing. (In essence, it should also refer to satellites).



--> [Refer Verbal Review 2nd Ed., Qn. # 31] <--

"Prohibiting X from doing Y" is the CORRECT idiom.

OR

"Forbids X to do Y" is the CORRECT idiom.


Incorrect Idioms:
1. "Prohibiting X to accept Y"
2. "Prohibiting that X accept Y"
3. "Bans that X cannot be accepted"
4. "Bans that X cannot accept"



--> [Refer Verbal Review 2nd Ed., Qn. # 47] <--

"Owed restitution to X for Y" is the CORRECT idiom.


Incorrect Idiom:
1. "Owed restitution to X because of Y"



--> [Refer Verbal Review 2nd Ed., Qn. # 51] <--

"Y will happen unless X happens first"


Y will happen --> Future tense
X happens first --> Present tense



--> [Refer Verbal Review 2nd Ed., Qn. # 54] <--