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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

by vidyame

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Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.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...

by vidyame

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...

by vidyame

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

by vidyame

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...

by vidyame

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...

by vidyame

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 ...

by vidyame

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...

by vidyame

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...

by vidyame

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...

by vidyame

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...

by vidyame

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...

by vidyame

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...

by vidyame

Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:22 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 1000 cr # 707
Replies: 4
Views: 6125