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Nice Post. I wonder though, after giving up with the veritas and manhattan tests, what kind of tests do you recommend to practice with??
- by Fernando diaz
Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:22 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: 710 (Q46, V42): Do not, do NOT give up!
- Replies: 12
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I agree with both of you that the answer should be B but still I want an expert opinion.. I choose that and i got it wrong.
- by Fernando diaz
Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:37 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Veritas Question
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2084
that does not modify 'chieftians' here, instead, modifies the act of placing power... No. 'that' modifies chieftains only. Relative pronoun 'that' can be used for persons also. Btw, if 'that' really refers to 'the act of placing power', first it is illogical and second the verb it follows should be...
- by Fernando diaz
Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:43 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Veritas Question
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2084
Veritas Question
Among developing nations, Latin American states are more likely than Asian nations to place power in the hands of communist-leaning chieftains creating hostile environments for Western firms and discouraging aid groups from undertaking development initiatives, and prefer unconditional loans. creatin...
- by Fernando diaz
Sat Aug 06, 2011 8:25 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Veritas Question
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2084
Hey Patrick, Can you please tell me if the following construction is the same as the above(meaning is the modifier acting as an adverb) years ago, according to some scientists, an asteroid bigger than Mount Everest slammed into North America, an event that caused the plant and animal extinctions th...
- by Fernando diaz
Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:14 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Project SETI
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14592
It's a modifier problem. the first part of the sentence before the comma is a modifier - a descriptive clause that has no subject or verb on its own, and is not standalone - it modifies/describes something else. The rule with such a modifier appearing before the comma is that it MUST modify the nou...
- by Fernando diaz
Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:59 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG 12 Verbal SC
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1308
OG 12 Verbal SC
Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy picture of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century B.C., worshipped a goddess known in Latin as Bona Dea, “the good goddess.� (A) Based on accounts of various ancient writers, (...
- by Fernando diaz
Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:39 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG 12 Verbal SC
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1308
I think A because the other alternatives change the "meaning" of the original sentence. Furthermore, since is a propossal you can´t be logically sure, so answers with "will" - "can" are out of the way.
Fernando.
- by Fernando diaz
Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:29 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: will or would
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1690
Always try and see 1) the modifier is as possible to the thing it modifies. NOT NECESSARY but preferred. 2) the modifier unambiguously modifies the part it is to modify. NECESSARY. Sometimes this may happen that modifier would be placed such that it seems applicable on 2 parts. Then this is ambiguo...
- by Fernando diaz
Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:56 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG 12 Verbal SC
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1429
Faced With an eslimated $2 billion budget gap the city's mayor proposed a nearlv 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city’s major cultural institutions and to subsidize hundreds of local arts groups. (a) proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amou...
- by Fernando diaz
Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:53 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG 12 Verbal SC
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1429
I would say this is becuase of MEANING. Structure: X has proposed Y for A and B. A and B are infinitive. in option C: "amount from previous year" is awkward & "that" modifies amount so it should be next to it. Faced With an eslimated $2 billion budget gap the city's mayor pr...
- by Fernando diaz
Tue Jun 28, 2011 8:53 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG 12 Verbal SC
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1429
OG 12 Verbal SC
Faced With an eslimated $2 billion budget gap the city's mayor proposed a nearlv 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city’s major cultural institutions and to subsidize hundreds of local arts groups. (a) proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amoun...
- by Fernando diaz
Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:07 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG 12 Verbal SC
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1429
In this particular question i think is not that relevant but it could be in another one 
. By the way thanks for the thanks given.
- by Fernando diaz
Fri Jun 24, 2011 6:14 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG12 SC Question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3581
So perhaps you could thank me also xDDDdeep.amangmat wrote:Wow, I am getting a good dose of meaning difference. :)Good one.
- by Fernando diaz
Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:23 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG12 SC Question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3581
Only is a limiting modifier. Surpassed only by - surpassed only by A & B ..... this shows how dangerous diabetes is that only 2 disease were able to surpass it Only surpassed by - this does not show that mightness of diabetes, in fact it kind of shows pity on diabetes that diabetes only surpass...
- by Fernando diaz
Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:24 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG12 SC Question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3581