Sentence Correction

Tommy Wallach wrote:Hey Imskpwr,

We say "There's a limit to your love."
We say "A limit has been placed on how many chocolates one person can eat."
We say "There's a 10-minute limit on practices sessions."

So the answer is...both!

-t

Tommy Wallach wrote:Hey imskpwr,

Actually, no. There is a slight meaning difference:

"limit to" simply means that a limit exists.

"limit on" means that the limit has been placed there by someone.

Examples:

There is a limit to my patience. --> Correct.
There is a limit on my patience. --> Iffy. Did someone place that limit there? Not really.

There's a one hour limit on parking in this place. --> Correct. Someone placed the limit on the parking spot.
There's a one hour limit to parking in this place. --> Probably correct as well, but not quite as good.

Make sense? The GMAT would not test something this subtle, in my opinion (unless you have a question on hand that proves me wrong!).

-t

Tommy Wallach wrote:Hey Again,

Is this from an official question? Could you post the whole thing? The reason why I ask is that neither of these are particularly good. That doesn't mean one of them isn't right, but that's why it's ONLY good to practice with official questions (or questions from very reputable sources).

-t

Tommy Wallach wrote:Hey Imskpwr,

As in you made up the answer choices yourself, or they are official answer choices? I really recommend you post the whole, real question. If you want to get into hypothetical from there, we can.

-t

Tommy Wallach wrote:Hey Imskpwr,

This is the issue with hypothetical examples. In this case, getting through the answers is quite easy.

As rainfall began to decrease in the Southwest about the middle of the twelfth century, most of the
Monument Valley Anasazi abandoned their homes to join other clans whose access to water was less
limited.

(A) whose access to water was less limited
(B) where there was access to water that was less limited
(C) where they had less limited water access
(D) with less limitations on water access
(E) having less limitations to water access

(A) Perfect!
(B) "Where" needs to modify a place, but it's modifying "clans". Also, "that was less limited" is modifying "water," which makes no sense./
(C) "Where" needs to modify a place, but it's modifying "clans".
(D) Limitations are countable, so it should be "fewer".
(E) Limitations are countable, so it should be "fewer".

It's generally not a good idea to write your own answer choices and then ask "which one is better," because if something is wrong, it's just wrong. Both of your example answer choices are wrong, so you'd never have to choose between them.

Hope that helps!

-t

Hey Imskpwr,

As in you made up the answer choices yourself, or they are official answer choices? I really recommend you post the whole, real question. If you want to get into hypothetical from there, we can.

-t

Tommy Wallach wrote:Hey imskpwr,

I'm not contradicting myself at all. I said we could get into hypotheticals after looking at the question. And we have. Your hypotheticals are both wrong. As for issues with d and e, there is the less/fewer issue, as well as meaning issues that were addressed in my first response to this thread.

T