kapur.arnav wrote:

papgust wrote:"In contrast to":

If you say "in contrast to", then you don't HAVE to mention both statistics... Although you still can mention.


Examples:
"In contrast to the corresponding rate in Esteria, the unemployment rate in Burdistan fell last month." -- CORRECT! In this case, the "in contrast to" construction implies that the Esterian rate went up. We don't actually have to say this explicitly.

But, if you want, you can mention both statistics:
"In contrast to the corresponding rate in Esteria, which rose by 0.5%, the unemployment rate in Burdistan fell by 0.3% last month." -- ALSO CORRECT!



Courtesy: Ron Purewal, GMAT Expert.

Are we saying that with compare to/with we have to explicitly mention the rates...

This post already clarifies your question. I suggest that you go through the entire thread once.
https://www.beatthegmat.com/papgust-s-gm ... tml#262645

Not sure what possessed me to do this, but I made an excel file to share with everyone. It is easier to cut the information in excel format. Thanks.

Hi,

Had a question re your collective noun post. Please can you tell me why the below is wrong?

The audience is requested to leave by the exit on the left.

Wont this also pass as correct along with the sentence that you had posted.

THanks,
Ash

ashforgmat wrote:Hi,

Had a question re your collective noun post. Please can you tell me why the below is wrong?

The audience is requested to leave by the exit on the left.

Wont this also pass as correct along with the sentence that you had posted.

THanks,
Ash

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_a ... ifferences

You may find this text below in the link.

In AmE (American English), collective nouns are usually singular in construction: the committee was unable to agree. AmE, however, may use plural pronouns in agreement with collective nouns: the team take their seats, rather than the team takes its seats. The rule of thumb is that a group acting as a unit is considered singular and a group of "individuals acting separately" is considered plural.

Please write back if you've any doubts.

Many thanks to you. Clear and neat posts. Keep going!!!

is there a way for you to pdf or word doc all of your sc notes? so i could download them all at once???


thanks a bunch!

chunsah718 wrote:is there a way for you to pdf or word doc all of your sc notes? so i could download them all at once???


thanks a bunch!

Here you go:
https://www.beatthegmat.com/papgust-s-gm ... tml#276594

The majority of the students have bunked today's class. -- CORRECT! Students is a countable noun.

Question
before you said that possessive = 's = use only with the names of living things
but in this sentence, you wrote... "today's" class
so today is considered as "names of living thing"


could you please clarify this

thanks

papgust wrote:Hello folks,

I'm not sure whether you guys are following the thread as there is no response or no interest shown by you.

Please let me know if i need to continue posting. Otherwise, i'll stop right here. It's a sheer waste of time if no one is getting benefited.

hey, no, people are following.. this thread is amazing.. it will of grt use man..we appreciate ur move.. plz keep this thread alive..

I also found these tips very useful.

Please keep posting....


Thank you,

Anshul

Hey guys,

Thanks for your interest and i'm glad that you find these flashcards useful. Actually, i'm done with posting all my flashcards. Hence, i will not be posting anymore. However, we can discuss as a group on any particular concept in SC here.

papgust wrote:Hey guys,

Thanks for your interest and i'm glad that you find these flashcards useful. Actually, i'm done with posting all my flashcards. Hence, i will not be posting anymore. However, we can discuss as a group on any particular concept in SC here.

Just one clarification!!
Are we sure on the "one of the X that/who Y" scenarios mentioned in the flashcard?

especially
one of the X that/who <plural>
only one of the X that/who <plural>
the only one of the X that/who <singular>?

According to BeatTheGMAT flashcards: https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/free-gma ... flashcards
only one of the X that/who <plural> SHOULD BE Singular!!





Please confirm!!!

Balrog1978 wrote:

papgust wrote:Hey guys,

Thanks for your interest and i'm glad that you find these flashcards useful. Actually, i'm done with posting all my flashcards. Hence, i will not be posting anymore. However, we can discuss as a group on any particular concept in SC here.

Just one clarification!!
Are we sure on the "one of the X that/who Y" scenarios mentioned in the flashcard?

especially
one of the X that/who <plural>
only one of the X that/who <plural>
the only one of the X that/who <singular>?

According to BeatTheGMAT flashcards: https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/free-gma ... flashcards
only one of the X that/who <plural> SHOULD BE Singular!!





Please confirm!!!

Check this out.. I would definitely go by Ron's point.
https://www.beatthegmat.com/one-of-the-t ... tml#167563

Meanwhile, I will notify Eric about the discrepancy

Thanks for sharing this. Coudl you please put these into a single document?

dippradhan wrote:Thanks for sharing this. Coudl you please put these into a single document?

https://www.beatthegmat.com/papgust-s-gm ... tml#276594