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need an EXPERT's opinion please. Why is B wrong? why is it wrong to add "who" were born... Thank you! The first detailed study of magpie attacks in Australia indicates that by the time they had reached adulthood, 98 percent of men and 75 percent of women born in country have been attacked...
- by monge1980
Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:52 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Magpie attacks!! :P
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7761
Recently documented examples of neurogenesis, the production of new brain cells, include the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that learn new songs. A. the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increa...
- by monge1980
Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:58 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: neurogenesis
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5089
I approached this problem in the following, quite fast way: Total number of ways = 100C2 = 50*99 But we need to eliminate the number of ways to choose 2 numbers from 1 to 50 ... 50C2= 25*49 We also need to eliminate the combination of the upper part numbers with the lower part 51... Eliminate 49,48,...
- by monge1980
Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:25 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: In how many ways?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2896
8. Doctors generally agree that such factors as cigarette smoking， eating rich foods high in fats， and alcohol consumption not only do damage by themselves but also aggravate genetic predispositions toward certain diseases. 　　（A） not only do damage by themselves but also aggravate 　ã€...
- by monge1980
Sat Nov 19, 2011 11:03 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Doctors generally agree that such factors (source: sc1000)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5312
There are 10 people in a room. If each person shakes hands with exactly 3 other people, what is the total number of handshakes? A) 15 B) 30 C) 45 D) 60 E) 120 OA is A) (30/2=15) but I am still confused about this question. Could you please articulate? Another approach: The total number of pairs tha...
- by monge1980
Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:12 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: BTG question ...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2585
- by monge1980
Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:25 am- Forum: Suggestions and Feedback
- Topic: Bookmarks disappeared ...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2574
Bookmarks disappeared ...
Hi, I have just noticed that my bookmark list is empty! I had a lot of bookmarks in the list till yesterday.
Somebody knows how I can recover them?
Thanks
- by monge1980
Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:47 pm- Forum: Suggestions and Feedback
- Topic: Bookmarks disappeared ...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2574
Hi guys, I am wondering whether it is correct to say "a few number of students" or "a little number of students".
Some thought?
Thanks
- by monge1980
Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:50 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Countable VS uncountable modifiers
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11947
i received a private message about this thread. as in the case of similar problems, you must figure out what you're trying to explain before you pick out explanations for it . in this problem, the following data are given: * the new smog laws went into effect in early 1987 * the number of smog aler...
- by monge1980
Thu Sep 29, 2011 4:38 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: cr q2
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2292
Thanks for your reply. Following your giudelines I could write: 1) ... as many as 15% of my cars 2) ... as much as 15% of the sand 3) ... as many as 3 of my cars 4) ... as many as 3 of the sand ... mmm this does not sound well, probably we can't use a number with uncountable. My question stem was wr...
- by monge1980
Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:25 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: as mauch as vs as many as
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1389
as mauch as vs as many as
Hi guys, I would appreciate a clear explanation on this topic. For each of the following four cases, can you explain what idiom we must use between as much as and as many as? 1- [as much as/as many as] [percent] of [countable] 2- [as much as/as many as] [percent] of [uncountable] 3- [as much as/as m...
- by monge1980
Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:36 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: as mauch as vs as many as
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1389
Of the twin supernovas, the most recently discovered is the largest, but it is the small one that has irrevocably altered astronomers’ ideas about the origins of the universe. (A) the most recently discovered is the largest , but it is the small one (B) the one most recently discovered is the lar...
- by monge1980
Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:08 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: twin supernovas
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1546
Recent surveys indicate that, contrary to popular belief, total abstinence from alcohol does not correlate as strongly with good health as with moderate drinking A. as strongly with good health as does moderate drinking ... it correctly closes the idiom as/as. no change in the meaning. B. strongly w...
- by monge1980
Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:49 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Recent surveys indicate
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1853
Sales of United States manufactured goods to non industrialized countries rose to $167 billion in 1992, which is 14 percent more than the previous year and largely offsets weak demand from Europe and Japan. (A) which is 14 percent more than the previous year ... which incorrectly refers to 1992. (B)...
- by monge1980
Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:30 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: United States manufactured goods
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3372
ok, agreed to shovan and target 2009, but what about : In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material , the most nutritious parts of the plant, shatters and falls to the ground. if material is the subject--shatters...
- by monge1980
Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:15 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: tricky modifier sc
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1961