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A) The ability of scientists to provide models of the atmosphere's complex responses to changing condition,like seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary motions, have become more accurate. - Sub verb disagreement B)The ability of scientist has become ever more accurate in provided models of ...
- by vidyame
Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:15 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: clarity
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2009
First is correct as per link below. Very useful link explaining prepositions.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/grammar/r ... tions.html
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Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:05 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Dog trainer prohibited...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1547
(A) Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished. - treated as 2 equal clauses but author's intent is "he will not publish as he is modest" (B) Although he is as gifted, if not more gifted, than many of h...
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Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:54 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Although he is as gifted as,
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7293
(A) which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive - which modifies rises instead of price rises (B) which makes substituting the distillation of alcohol from cereal grain attractive - which modifies rises instead of price rises (C) which makes distilling alcohol from cereal...
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Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:41 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: price of gasonline
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2176
E is right as Colon is used to link lists where the items contain commas to avoid confusion between list items
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Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:07 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Bacteria
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1661
(A) more audaciously than either Abigail Adams or Dolly Madison ever had been, Eleanor Roosevelt was appointed a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly by President Harry S Truman -appointed as someone or appointed to a position (B) more audaciously than either Abigail Adams or Dolly Madiso...
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Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:44 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Eleanor Roosevelt
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2452
(A) and many people assume that it was - "and" does not contrast, it was is ambiguous (B) many people assuming -not clear whether assuming is referring to movie or england (C) not what many people assume - grammatical wrong (D) not, as many people assume, in ---- as many people is just ext...
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Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:36 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Is 'Not' shows contrast ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1401
d is right because mining is a process to produce energy and this energy is enough for generating and for heating (A) and producing energy on a commercial scale, enough for efficient generation of electricity and heating - no parallelism, also flow of sentence parallels mining and producing (B) and ...
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Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:31 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prep-T1-Q44
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6301
D is right. (A) For the best extraction of the flavor of saffron threads , it should be soaked in liquid after being pounded - singular pronoun it refers to plural noun threads (B) To best extract their flavor, saffron threads should be soaked in liquid after pounding - best is adjective modifying a...
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Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:21 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prep-T1-Q68
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5224
A is right. B changes the important information "neutrinos are harmless" into an unimportant which clause with comma C neutrinos and which not parallel D - does not imply whether neutrions are harmless particles E-changes meaning by implying that elementary particles are neutrinos by showi...
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Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:09 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prep-T1-Q42
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2953
E is right A is wrong as the growing brain is right(growing is not the verb but present participle modifying noun, brain http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/1/ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/2/ B compares mice and canaries but these are not examples of neurogenesis which i...
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Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:06 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: neurogenesis
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5094
Found the below information that identifies the difference between "because of" and "because". Certain words, such as after, before, since and until may function either as prepositions or subordinate conjunctions. However it should be noted that in some cases different words must...
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Sun Oct 02, 2011 1:35 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Since vs Because
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1818
B & E wrong due to pronoun "they" ambigous C gives importance to "is irrelevant in assessing the problems that rural migrant workers face" as that makes it relative clause A- Clause that start with in assessing requires a noun who is doer of the action. Here question cannot b...
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Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:35 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Senetnce Correction
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1683
very interesting comment in the below link that GMAT will never make us chose one of the option.
http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-verbal/ ... tween.html
- by vidyame
Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:26 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: "distinguish between" Vs "distinguish from&qu
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1805
E is correct. conjunction required to join 2 clauses, hence A is eliminated. B lacks parallelism with striking and holds C and D have which without a comma preceding it and gives meaning that information following it is not important but actually information is very important for the sentence E corr...
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Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:22 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 1000 cr # 707
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6125