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It is strange that in Sentacity there are so many corner shops selling food items. After all there are many supermarkets in the city which sell food at cheaper prices, and many of these supermarkets are open 24-hours. Which of the following, if true, would be of least help in explaining the paradoxi...
- by Acorn
Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:09 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: paradox
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5246
- by Acorn
Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:17 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Knewton CR - good one
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1665
Venetian Renaissance-Veritas CR 2
The Venetian painter Vittore Carpaccio used sumptuous reds in most of his paintings. Since the recently discovered Venetian Renaissance painting Erato Declaiming contains notable sumptuous reds, it is probably by Carpaccio. Which one of the following contains a pattern of flawed reasoning most simil...
- by Acorn
Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:58 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Venetian Renaissance-Veritas CR 2
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2686
The recently negotiated North American Free Trade Agreement among Canada, Mexico, and the United States is misnamed, because it would not result in truly free trade. Adam Smith, the economist who first articulated the principles of free trade, held that any obstacle placed in the way of the free mov...
- by Acorn
Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:19 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: North American Free Trade Agreement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1751
Saketk wrote: Hi-- Option D looks the best choice! Reason: First, the author mentions the name of Adam Smith to backup his argument most probably to appeal to the authority. Since, Adam Smith is the person who proposed this theory, he is the 'Authority'. I am clueless how Adam Smith is the RELEVANT ...
- by Acorn
Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:13 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: North American Free Trade Agreement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1751
- by Acorn
Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:50 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: voyage to the New World
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1648
OG 12 th edition :Bussiness
Source: OG 12th Ed Businesses are suffering because of a lack of money available for development loans. To help businesses, the government plans to modify the income-tax structure in order to induce individual taxpayers to put a larger portion of their incomes into retirement savings accounts, becau...
- by Acorn
Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:25 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG 12 th edition :Bussiness
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2202
(E) Having come to trust the increased judiciousness of the agents' recommendations, customers approached the agency to discuss and ultimately to buy more supplementary insurance than they previously had bought under pressure. ## How to eliminate E. My logic : How can Increased incentive to the agen...
- by Acorn
Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:39 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: gmat prep cr 2
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3868
Which of the following, if true, best explains the reaction of most people to the likelihood of being murdered? ##This question stem is of explain the paradox cateogry. The paradox is: More number of murders are committed by relatives but people fear strangers more than the relatives. a. Statistics ...
- by Acorn
Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:17 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Statistics and murder
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2357
There is little point in looking to artists for insights into political issues. Most of them hold political views that are less insightful than those of any reasonably well-educated person who is not an artist. Indeed, when taken as a whole, the statements made by artists, including those considere...
- by Acorn
Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:53 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: LSAT Artists
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3418
Choice B is very important information to know. We are told in the stimulus "The number of American college students enrolled in non-English language courses has increased by 20 percent over the last five years." Now this is only a part of the picture. A 20 percent increase in foreign lan...
- by Acorn
Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:35 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: The study of foreign languages
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4454
What is the OA ? For me option B seems the least relevant. (B)By what percentage has overall enrollment in U.S. colleges and universities increased over the past five years? The change in percentage of OVERALL enrollment does not imply a change in number or change in percentage of foreign language e...
- by Acorn
Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:56 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: The study of foreign languages
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4454
Of patients over 65 years old who survived coronary bypass surgery—a procedure widely prescribed for people with heart disease—only 75 percent benefited from the surgery. Thus it appears that for one in four such patients, the doctors who advised them to undergo this surgery, with its attendant...
- by Acorn
Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:15 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Undermine the argument
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8717
- by Acorn
Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:54 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Undermine the argument
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8717
The phrase " Having good friends" is the subject of the sentence. Literally, it is "the feeling" of having good friends that is a wonderful thing.
And obviously this "unique" feeling is singular.
Hope that helps.
- by Acorn
Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:54 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Singular subject phrase
- Replies: 2
- Views: 994