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You should read the origin sentence again. I do not see any sentence contain curators (plural) in singular form. "The curators" --- is singular. As there is an article "the" and what follows the article is always singular. In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Field Of ...
- by tuanquang269
Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:23 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Kaplan/Curators
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2489
The curators - singular . So "their" in A and E is wrong. D - wrong modification. "In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Structural Engineering Field" should modify the curators. - eliminate. Left with C and B : here "its" should refer to swiss designers, whic...
- by tuanquang269
Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:01 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Kaplan/Curators
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2489
Because have is not helping verb in this sentence. The right helping verb is COULD. So, we can eliminate which sentences contain HAVE. Use DO is more correct 
- by tuanquang269
Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: parallelism! please help!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1669
why not b since it has past perfect structure.first his campaign became successful and then he lent his name. Instructors please clarify my doubt First, you should consider the meanings of the sentence. This is not Cause - Effect relationship. Using "because" is ridiculous. Second, use PA...
- by tuanquang269
Mon Feb 20, 2012 2:07 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Modifier/Misc: PR Cat Question
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25849
The answer really is B. The explanation is below.
1977 vs 1989
The before-tax Income of 1% richest people: $100 vs $175 (increase 75%)
Tax paid by 1% richest people: 40% x $100 = $40 (12,7%); 25% x $175 ~ $44 (16,2%)
- by tuanquang269
Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:58 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Federal Tax Question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2328
B is wrong because "she" is ambiguous. We do not know what exactly "she" stand for. The correct choice is C.
- by tuanquang269
Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:53 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Black Church!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4529
Many banks offer drive-through automatic teller machines
Many banks offer drive-through automatic teller machines (ATMs), which are located on the driver’s side of a lane accessible only to automobiles; pedestrians and cyclists are not allowed to enter the lanes. Clearly, blind people do not drive automobiles; nevertheless, like the universally accessib...
- by tuanquang269
Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:49 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Many banks offer drive-through automatic teller machines
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2566
Instead of turning out to be toxic to certain types of bacteria, the naltrexone inhibit the bacteria to migrate into the bloodstream. Choice B explain the result of experiment and also refute the prediction of researchers.
- by tuanquang269
Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:06 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Mice and bit of Morphine
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2914
Why not E? It clearly states that profit is greater in that case. I m confused between the approach for Assumption type questions and Strengthening the argument. Are these the same. Could one of you elaborate. e. The profit from selling 5 bunches of radicchio for the price of 4 will be greater than...
- by tuanquang269
Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:12 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: marmalade and radicchio
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6109
A mosquito bite can transmit to a person the parasite that causes malaria, and the use of mosquito nets over children’s beds can significantly reduce the incidence of malarial infection for children in areas where malaria is common. Yet public health officials are reluctant to recommend the use o...
- by tuanquang269
Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:44 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Mosquito Nets
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3530
tuanquang269, Thanks for verb parallelism rule. I read some where but couldn't recall where it was. Not to nit-pick but in your example: 'was' ( singular) children ( plural), these( plural) toy(singular) ; But I got what you were trying to say. Avi, Thanks for the elaborate treatment of will and fr...
- by tuanquang269
Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:35 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Repetition of a phrase?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2271
Do not find the OA of this question, but it's interesting
Dear friends, This question does not have OA. So, just discuss to find the correct answer. With all the recent news of steroid abuse in baseball, Congress has worried that the young fans of baseball will be tempted to try steroids, so they have argued that stiffer drug testing and stiffer penalties ...
- by tuanquang269
Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:25 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Do not find the OA of this question, but it's interesting
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1200
- by tuanquang269
Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:18 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: press reports
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1383
Thanks Vivian for your explanation but in Choice B: The answer is: has not been allowed to drive and probably never will be allowed to drive I eliminated this choice because of the term "never will". I found it more naturally to say "will never" than "never will". Is t...
- by tuanquang269
Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:16 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Repetition of a phrase?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2271
Dear Friends, I was having problems in answering the following question. The automobile company announced that the average price of next year's models would decrease four-tenths of one percent, amounting to about $72, as compared with comparably equipped cars and trucks this year. (A) The automobil...
- by tuanquang269
Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:00 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Automobile price
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3965