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Hi, Please answer this "weaken" question . I will provide 2 options , since others can be easily eliminated. Converting vinyl records to CD or other digital formats makes little sense.Vinyl records produce a more natural sound than do their digital counterparts, since the latter use compu...
- by thestartupguy
Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:29 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: critical Reasoning doubt 3
- Replies: 1
- Views: 975
Usage of 'is' and 'are'...Ron/Mitch/Stacie/Bill?
Sentence A: What concern me are the election results Sentence B: The time when the apartment building in downtown Milwaukee started on fire has been determined by the fire department, but what is more problematic to establish is the source of the flame, the mechanism by which it ignited the building...
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Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:59 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Usage of 'is' and 'are'...Ron/Mitch/Stacie/Bill?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1101
The Missouri Compromise of 1820, a legislative effort to mediate the radical differences between slaveholders and abolitionists, did not achieve its goal and thus is remembered by history as a failure, just the first of more than a half-dozen attempts to avert sectional civil war. a. just the first...
- by thestartupguy
Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:16 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Missouri Compromise
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2640
having been/has been/had been
Can any expert discuss how/when to use having been/has been/had been with examples?
Also, is the sentence 'He invited criticism for himself after having written such an article in the news paper' correct?
Can anyone share links/article/GMAT materials that discusses the above in detail?
- by thestartupguy
Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:13 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: having been/has been/had been
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1056
hello, Please take a look into this CR question.... The New Deal in America began in 1933 and included widespread bank reforms, unprecedented government infrastructure spending, and unparalleled expansion in the size of government. Some political commentators and economic historians contend that Pr...
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Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:04 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: critical Reasoning doubt
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1208
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. • Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper crops, sugar beet and walnut in the region, but in the 1880s, more effecti...
- by thestartupguy
Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:44 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: pest control
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1940
The pattern in the stimulus is cause-and-effect. The cause is a recurring account and the end result is wealth. It then says that every time the effect has occurred (all people who have become wealthy), then the cause has occurred as well. A--no cause-and-effect B--does not follow the pattern. C--c...
- by thestartupguy
Mon Jul 02, 2012 3:37 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Similar statements - CR
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2298
A scientist is studying bacteria whose cell population doubles at constant intervals, at which times each cell in the population divides simultaneously. Four hours from now, immediately after the population doubles , the scientist will destroy the entire sample. How many cells will the population c...
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Sun Jul 01, 2012 2:41 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: MGMAT CAT Exam PS | Another Way of doing it
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1235
Does the GMATprep or Manhattan match to the difficulty to the actual tests? I have heard many say that the mocks are easy as compared with the actual day. Is it true?
- by thestartupguy
Sun Jul 01, 2012 12:40 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Familiar questions - 760 twice and confused!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1248
Although the discount stores in Goreville’s central shopping district are expected to close within five years as a result of competition from a SpendLess discount department store that just opened, those locations will not stay vacant for long. In the five years since the opening of Colson’s, a...
- by thestartupguy
Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:46 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: CR Weaken
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2172
Familiar questions - 760 twice and confused!
I gave GMATprep (the new package) twice, and got 760 both the times. The second time I wrote, I felt some of the questions were the same I solved in the BTG forum (or in other materials). I felt this way with the Manhattan Test on which I scored 740. My question is, should I be too worried that I am...
- by thestartupguy
Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:44 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Familiar questions - 760 twice and confused!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1248
Hi folks, I'll see if I can answer your questions! nishant, (C) is just a very wordy construction. Remember, the GMAT doesn't just test grammar. Style is important as well. "A question that is irrelevant..." is a clunky, wordy phrasing that doesn't clearly reflect the intended meaning. As...
- by thestartupguy
Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:18 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Is it C or D?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1648
Question on Tenses
Despite its brief existence between March 18 and May 28, 1871, the Paris Commune seems as embodying the vision of a socialist democracy that protects the rights of citizens and workers , but the leaders’ failure to consolidate an effective defense against the vengeful onslaught from Versailles sug...
- by thestartupguy
Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:37 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Question on Tenses
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1198
- by thestartupguy
Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:31 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Super tough CR [Experts help required]
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3120
Super tough CR [Experts help required]
Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium transmitted to humans by deer ticks. Generally, deer ticks pick up the bacterium while in the larval stage by feeding on infected white-footed mice. However, certain other species on which the larvae feed do not harbor the bacterium. If the population of these s...
- by thestartupguy
Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:24 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Super tough CR [Experts help required]
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3120