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In many communities, expanded and improved

In many communities, expanded and improved neighborhood watch programs have helped reduce the crime rate by sending a message to potential criminals that illegal activities will not go unnoticed. Studies have shown that the more that these watch programs patrol, the more crime is reduced. In some of...

by patanjali.purpose

Sat Mar 02, 2013 3:40 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: In many communities, expanded and improved
Replies: 1
Views: 1038

As it is with traditional pharmacies, on-line drugstores rely on prescriptions to be successful , since it is primarily prescriptions that attract the customers, who then also buy other health related items. A. As it is with traditional pharmacies, on-line drugstores rely on prescriptions to be suc...

by patanjali.purpose

Sat Feb 23, 2013 1:44 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Help
Replies: 7
Views: 1880

Although just inside the orbit of jubiter, amateur astronomers with good telescopes should be able to see the comet within next few weeks. a. b. Although it is just inside the orbit of c. Just inside the orbit of d. Orbiting just inside e. Having orbited just inside A/C/D/E - it appears ASTRONOMERS...

by patanjali.purpose

Sat Feb 23, 2013 4:33 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Modifier
Replies: 10
Views: 2053

Hey Avik, I think we're overthinking this, but I don't quite understand your point. A "time" modifier could never modify a noun, so there's no confusion over whether it's modifying "Paris". It simply can't. -t Hi Tommy, Could you explain TIME MODIFIERS in bit more detail with so...

by patanjali.purpose

Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:56 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG#12, Que 52
Replies: 24
Views: 5330

A new study suggests that the conversational

A new study suggests that the conversational pace of everyday life may be so brisk it hampers the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words and, the result is, to make sense of speech. A. it hampers the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words...

by patanjali.purpose

Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:39 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: A new study suggests that the conversational
Replies: 3
Views: 4579

This castle was built on this site by the royal family over a period of five hundred years; the hill on which it stood was of great strategic importance . A. This castle was built by the royal family on this site over a period of five hundred years; the hill on which it stood was of great strategic...

by patanjali.purpose

Sat Feb 16, 2013 2:57 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Castle bult by royals
Replies: 6
Views: 1655

The passage suggests which of the following about the workers who took temporary jobs during the 1980s? (A) Their jobs frequently led to permanent positions within firms. (B) They constituted a less demographically diverse group than has been suggested. (C) They were occasionally involved in actions...

by patanjali.purpose

Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:22 pm
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: Some observers have attributed
Replies: 8
Views: 6006

A - use of WHICH wrong; Not clear WHAT CANNOT reasonably be disputed - WISHES OF ELECTORATE or ELECTED OFFICIALS or their decision to IGNORE THE WISHES; IMO sentence intends to suggest that the THE FACT THAT OFFICIALS IGNORE WISHES cannot be disputed B - IGNORING...ELECTORATE is made non-essential;...

by patanjali.purpose

Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:14 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 700+ Electorate
Replies: 10
Views: 2171

On this issue, this state’s elected officials ignored the wishes of their electorate, which cannot reasonably be disputed in light of the legislative record. A. On this issue, this state’s elected officials ignored the wishes of their electorate, which B. This state’s elected officials, ignor...

by patanjali.purpose

Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:52 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 700+ Electorate
Replies: 10
Views: 2171

NOT A METHOD

OG12- 30 For members of the seventeenth-century Ashanti nation in Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential items of military equipment, a method to protect warriors against enemy arrows and spears. (A) a method to protect (B) as a method protecting (C) protecting (D) as a prote...

by patanjali.purpose

Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:27 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: NOT A METHOD
Replies: 3
Views: 1308

sachindia wrote:Hi Folks,
In E , the correct ans choice, isn't the usage of indefinite article 'an' flawed?
AN indicates more than one owner of the resturants while THE indicates ONLY ONE chef. IMO AN is OK

by patanjali.purpose

Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:35 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Aristotle SC
Replies: 12
Views: 2848

If the Metropolitan Museum of Art had not decided to display together the 34 paintings, 58 works on paper, two sculptures and sundry items including prints that make up its Picasso collection If the Metropolitan Museum of Art would not have decided to display together the 34 paintings, 58 works on ...

by patanjali.purpose

Sat Feb 09, 2013 4:49 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Sentence correction
Replies: 5
Views: 1785

A surge in new home sales and a drop in weekly unemployment claims suggest that the economy might not be as weak as some analysts previously thought. (D) claims, suggesting about the economy that it might not be so weak as previously thought by some analysts In (D), there is no main clause. The sub...

by patanjali.purpose

Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:38 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG 12th, #13, please help~
Replies: 7
Views: 2247

Hailed as a key discovery in the science of evolution, the fossils of a large scaly creature resembling both a fish and a land-animal provide evidence of a possible link in the evolutionary chain from water-based to land-based organisms. the fossils of a large scaly creature resembling both a fish ...

by patanjali.purpose

Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:19 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Nice one : Hailed as a key discovery
Replies: 6
Views: 2180

"iPhone is DUE TO weaker-than-expected demand" implies WEAKER DEMAND modifies iPhone. Or we can say iPhone WAS CAUSED BY WEAKER DEMAND (illogical). Drop A/C @patanjali.purpose, first of all great attempt at this question. Secondly, may I ask you to revisit your analysis of choice A. You i...

by patanjali.purpose

Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:44 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Another new 700 level SC problem
Replies: 18
Views: 4061