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i have one question here..regarding choice A ( dont assume i am questioning it but want to know what i am missing ) --- If used repeatedly in the same place, one reason that certain pesticides can become ineffective is suggested by the finding that there are much larger populations of pesticide-degr...

by sumitpune

Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:50 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Certain Pesticides (OG#10)
Replies: 17
Views: 11379

Really tough question. I trim it down to A or E but I don't know much difference between "because" and "in that". Hence i googled and got very powerful explanation by Mr Ron of ManhattanGMAT. -- "because" signifies an actual cause-effect relationship. if the latter thin...

by sumitpune

Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:35 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Real tough one :)
Replies: 12
Views: 1999
by sumitpune

Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:57 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: soil composition
Replies: 6
Views: 1707

Really tricky ... i choose A first but when found OA is B found out why A is incorrect. first from one necklace to another is correct , so the choice will be Between A and B. if you look closely pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another is NOT a clause. moving mysteriously from one nec...

by sumitpune

Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:36 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: like/as
Replies: 9
Views: 3077
by sumitpune

Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:12 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: An American woman
Replies: 9
Views: 2377

Between Have/Had .. Had because we need past verb
A E out
C out because of Rule we need Ruled

B . being !! not required here

D is only choice left and correct one.

D wins

by sumitpune

Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:07 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: .....
Replies: 6
Views: 1355

IMO A Two actions are here. 1. progressive past and simple past. we use progressive past to denote something is ongoing/ progressive in past , when some other past event occurs. AS I was eating cake , when you came. OG explanation for past progressive ------ Past progressive: Used with was or were, ...

by sumitpune

Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:43 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: KAPLAN SC
Replies: 11
Views: 1402

This question will be cake if you find out that prevent(ing) OR/AND inhibit(ing) here we must use OR , not AND why ? because preventing , inhibiting can't be done at the same time. Tea either inhibit disease if its already there OR prevent it but not both at the same time. Hence A C D out in E "...

by sumitpune

Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:28 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: parallelism
Replies: 7
Views: 1544

blow the mind.. really tough one. i was also confused D) wrong more likely .... rather than bad construction A) X are nearly four times more likely than are Y in planning to practice should be good if X are nearly four times more likely than Y are in planning to practice but that's still bad ...see ...

by sumitpune

Fri Oct 07, 2011 3:20 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: tricky q
Replies: 6
Views: 1375

it may be between A and E B. HAD ..wrong tense C. inevitable show intention so "to" or that may follow , at least in this case D. the approval of the Senate of , looks bad construction A seems more apt but cant find out error in C as well. Though E change the meaning .....but looks good too

by sumitpune

Fri Oct 07, 2011 2:54 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Trichy SC
Replies: 4
Views: 1221

I read below points on net and may be useful to get correct Answer here a pronoun modifying a gerund must be in the possessive case, which is "his" not "him" The gerund is "having". So you can eliminate B, D, E. usually with a gerund the infinitive form of the verb is u...

by sumitpune

Fri Oct 07, 2011 2:33 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Tough, Gerund testing SC
Replies: 4
Views: 1031

Published ON doesn't look good to me. A . excavating from --> suggest ongoing process, we need past action here B . were wrong E . it is missing excavation , change in meaning D also doesn't look good published on stone projectile , looks as report physically written on it. C : published about stone...

by sumitpune

Fri Oct 07, 2011 2:20 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: years of excavation
Replies: 2
Views: 1097

Lesser vs Lower.....
price is countable , even if it doesn't look ( mug it )
Hence ACE are wrong

D is using "one" but here "you" is preferred because non underlinr portion has "your garage"

B wins

HTH..

Sumit

by sumitpune

Fri Oct 07, 2011 2:03 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Confusing SC
Replies: 3
Views: 1062

Correct Answer is C to borrow .... to protect ( C is more concise than A). Now Why E is wrong is for borrowing money, limitations with the intent of protecting for borrowing .... of protecting looks ||el but limitations intended in C looks better than limitations with the intent ok if you want solid...

by sumitpune

Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:40 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Most states impose limitations
Replies: 7
Views: 6020

Yes it is , Include is main verb here. this sentence will be something like after omitting appositive Possible long-term consequences of the "greenhouse effect" include melting of the polar ice caps and a rise in sea level. underline portion also ||el -noun....noun- in case of preposition ...

by sumitpune

Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:29 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: greenhouse effect
Replies: 7
Views: 1600