BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem
TTP OnDemand GMAT Video Course
Featured Course

Target Test Prep GMAT OnDemand

Scott Woodbury-Stewart’s private virtual classroom — 400 hours of master-class video lessons for the GMAT Focus Edition.

  • 715+ score guarantee — highest in the industry (99th percentile)
  • 52 chapters · 1,500+ lessons · 4,000+ practice questions
  • 400 hours of video · 1,500+ instructor-led HD smartboard lessons
  • 300,000+ students accepted to Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Booth & Sloan & more
  • 24/7 live support + weekly Zoom office hours with GMAT instructors
  • TTP AI Assist — 24/7 AI-powered virtual tutor for instant help
  • 1,200+ flashcards + AI-powered study assistant & daily calendar
  • OnDemand, LiveTeach & GMAT Bootcamp formats available
  • Also: GRE, SAT Math & Executive Assessment courses
  • MBA Admissions Consulting now available
  • 🏆 2025 EdTech Breakthrough Award: Test Prep Solution Provider of the Year
  • 200,000+ students served
  • 5-day free trial — $0 to start, no auto-billing, cancel anytime
★★★★★ 5.0 (559 reviews)
130-pt guarantee
$0 to start then $127/mo
Start Free 5-Day Trial Read 559 Reviews →

SC: between

Expert replies
Post new topic Locked
Previous Topic Next Topic
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 871
Joined: Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:48 am
Thanked: 48 times
by stop@800 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:57 am
Because Halley’s comet changes orbit slightly during the seventy-six-year interval between passing close to Earth, it may veer onto a collision course with a planet sometime in the distant future.

A between passing
B of passing
C between its passes
D of its passes
E as it passes

Please give proper reasoning also.

OA later...

Thanks
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Source: — Sentence Correction |
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 120
Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 1:07 pm
Location: Boston .US
Thanked: 1 times

by priyankamishra11 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:20 pm
Is it E?

Nothing else makes more sense.
Regards,
Priyanka
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 114
Joined: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:51 am
Thanked: 8 times
GMAT Score:680

Re: SC: between

by Fiver » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:58 pm
stop@800 wrote:Because Halley’s comet changes orbit slightly during the seventy-six-year interval between passing close to Earth, it may veer onto a collision course with a planet sometime in the distant future.

A between passing
B of passing
C between its passes
D of its passes
E as it passes

Please give proper reasoning also.

OA later...

Thanks
I reckon C. An 'interval' happens between 2 events/parts and the 'it' refers to the subject of the sentence 'Haley's comet'.
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 871
Joined: Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:48 am
Thanked: 48 times

by stop@800 » Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:51 am
The OA is C
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
User avatar
GMAT Instructor
Posts: 3225
Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:40 pmFollowed by: 614 members
Location: Toronto
Thanked: 1710 times
GMAT Score:800

Re: SC: between

by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:54 am
stop@800 wrote:Because Halley’s comet changes orbit slightly during the seventy-six-year interval between passing close to Earth, it may veer onto a collision course with a planet sometime in the distant future.

A between passing
B of passing
C between its passes
D of its passes
E as it passes

Please give proper reasoning also.

OA later...

Thanks
"between" needs to have 2 reference points.

"between passing" doesn't have any reference points at all, so is incorrect.

"between its passes" tells us that we're counting the time gap between each pair of passes, which is gramatically correct and makes sense (always a bonus!), so is the correct choice.

Neither "of" nor "as" correctly conveys the meaning of the sentence.
Image

Stuart Kovinsky | Kaplan GMAT Faculty | Toronto

Kaplan Exclusive: The Official Test Day Experience | Ready to Take a Free Practice Test? | Kaplan/Beat the GMAT Member Discount
BTG100 for $100 off a full course
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Post new topic Locked
• Page 1 of 1