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Option A Scientific language often employs common words in ways that clash with the general usage, such as "temperate"; this term is generally used to refer to mild, pleasant weather, but climatologists use it in regions where summers are hot, winters are harsh , and extreme climatic varia...
- by sameerballani
Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:14 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Manhattan Sentence Correction Query.
- Replies: 3
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It should be "had been slaughtered." You might want to refer: http://www.beatthegmat.com/sc-correction-q-t267720.html#686875 Hi, Can some explain me the correct usage - Unlike the brown sparrow, the passenger pigeon (was slaughtered indiscriminately, had been slaughtered indiscriminately) ...
- by sameerballani
Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:42 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Past perfect vs Past tense
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1164
In question 26 Forming and Laying need to be parallel. The parallel marker is AND. Correct option uses TO FORM || TO LAY. Hello forum, I am facing some difficulties with Parallelism. Right now, I am working through the MGMAT Sentence Correction book and today I did their recommended OG problems for ...
- by sameerballani
Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:38 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Questions on 4 Parallelism questions from OGMAT.
- Replies: 2
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Both 2 & 3 are correct, however 2 will be preferred. Hi, Can someone kindly suggest me which usage of not only but also is correct- 1. By the time he was thirteen, Mozart had not only composed sonatas, but he had also performed before royalty. 2. By the time he was thirteen, Mozart had not only ...
- by sameerballani
Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:35 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Not Only But Also
- Replies: 1
- Views: 908
Thanks Mitch !! Can you please help me in understanding this verb'ing cases individually... Like 1) A Clause, verb'ing.... shows cause and effect. 2) A subject verb'ing..MAIN VERB.. shows essential modifier... 3) A few cases in which verb'ing is not next to the subject, but it is modifying the subje...
- by sameerballani
Mon Aug 12, 2013 11:15 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: shift work equation
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3432
Hi Rich, Thanks I have doubt between option A & B. Can you please elaborate more on the position of word "CROPS." This is where I am confused.. Hi sameerballani, For elimination purposes, here's what I noticed in each of the wrong answers: A - the word "crops" is in the wrong...
- by sameerballani
Mon Aug 12, 2013 11:07 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Pests had destroyed grape, celery
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1210
I believe it should be ARE.
Since, we are describing SANDWICHES, not THIS SANDWICH.
veenu08 wrote:Hi,
Can someone explain me what will be verb over here-
This sandwich is the only one of all the sandwiches made at the deli that (is/are) inedible
Regards,
Veenu
- by sameerballani
Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:08 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Sub-Verb agreement
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1384
Is my reasoning for the below question is correct? The filibuster, a parliamentary device that slows the snail’s pace that prevails even in the best of times in congressional sessions and tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems more and more an anachronism in the age of telecomm...
- by sameerballani
Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:01 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The filibuster, a parliamentary device
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1439
Hi there I read somewhere that a comma does not go before a subordinate conjunction. that's why the Q. Thanks I disagree.. I believe its actually the comma which decides whether the clause is restricitive/essential or non-restrictive/non-essential. Eg: 1) The house THAT is painted red belongs to Sa...
- by sameerballani
Mon Aug 12, 2013 9:45 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC -Q- restrictive clause
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1364
Pests had destroyed grape, celery
Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper crops, sugar beet and walnut in the region, but in the 1880s, more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry. A) Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper crops, sugar beet and walnut in the region, but in the 1880s, more effectiv...
- by sameerballani
Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:53 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Pests had destroyed grape, celery
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1210
Hi there Here is a sentence from a Project syndicate article. "central bankers focused single-mindedly on price stability, though the costs of somewhat higher inflation would have been miniscule compared to the havoc wrought by the financial excesses that they allowed, if not encouraged."...
- by sameerballani
Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:47 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC -Q- restrictive clause
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1364
"Attributed to..." is a participial phrase, so it serves as an adjective and not as a conjugated verb. Can't this be considered as a sequential event in the past HAD WRITTEN - Past Perfect ATTRIBUTED - 'ed' form of the verb Attribute, Simple past What would be the subject of the verb ATTR...
- by sameerballani
Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:18 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Oxfordians maintain that
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2586
Hi Experts, Please verify whether following sentence from Economist 22nd June 2013 edition is okay by GMAT standard -- The dispute has raised the threat of a snap election in crisis-hit Greece , which could endanger its bail-out programme. In this case "which" seem to refer to "the t...
- by sameerballani
Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:10 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Okay from GMAT SC Rules ?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1026
Keyboarding ability is an important skill now of even senior-level managers. A is an important skill now of even senior-level managers B is an important skill even for senior-level managers now C is a skill of even important senior-level managers now D is now important even for senior-level manager...
- by sameerballani
Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:56 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Keyboarding Ability
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2526
82. Pioneered by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, BEAM robots are not programmed to walk; instead they use brainlike circuits called neural networks to learn to walk through trial and error. D) brainlike circuits called neural networks are used instead of programming for BEAM robots le...
- by sameerballani
Sat Aug 10, 2013 11:16 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Pioneered by scientists at Los Alamos
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2609