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With the advent of YouTube, Facebook, and Flickr, many savvy political consultants undertook revolutionary micro-targeting and get-out-the-vote techniques that enabled political candidates with cash-strapped budgets to be able to reach numerous likely voters and succeed in raising large numbers of ...

by mad2011

Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:23 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: With the advent of YouTube
Replies: 7
Views: 2098

Use of WHICH

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, whose government has frequently been criticized for paralysis on policy, has pledged not to reverse the decision to allow foreign direct investment in retail, which could see big-box stores like Walmart, Tesco and Carrefour set up shop in India (Economic Times). “I a...

by mad2011

Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:19 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Use of WHICH
Replies: 1
Views: 980

hi vivian

Can you please help me understand why "are" is incorrect.

"Are" is for plural noun "windows"
"is" is for singular now "floor",, I don't see any err

by mad2011

Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:53 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: finest Italian marble
Replies: 10
Views: 2121

Cynics charge that Major League Baseball lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices . A. lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. B. lobbied for stadiums with less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. C. ...

by mad2011

Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:46 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Cynics charge
Replies: 6
Views: 1644

IMO B

Action has happened "in" department not "of" department.

by mad2011

Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:41 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: In vs. Of
Replies: 7
Views: 1496

(D) with an audacity never matched by Abigail Adams or Dolly Madison, 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 (E) with an audacity never matched either in the case of Abigail Adams...

by mad2011

Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:42 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Eleanor Roosevelt
Replies: 8
Views: 2446

IMO C

believed to be the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.

by mad2011

Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:09 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Quetzalcoatlus
Replies: 11
Views: 1585

I don't have a systematic method but this is how I did it

80% of 50Gms is Gold

GOLD =40 Gms Silver 10 Gms
now we are not changing Sliver portions so we need 9 times gold to make it 90%
90Gms -40gms = 50gms

by mad2011

Mon Oct 03, 2011 1:19 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Percentage problem
Replies: 6
Views: 11549

One legacy of crecent campaign to appeal to people fifty years old and over is the realization that as a person ages, their concerns change as well. (A) the realization that as a person ages , their (B) the realization that as people age, their (C) to realize that when a person ages, his or her (D)...

by mad2011

Mon Oct 03, 2011 1:08 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Madison Avenue
Replies: 7
Views: 1503

Over five thousand years ago, archaeologists have discovered that Mesopotamian cooks were preparing chicken with coriander and tamarind, just as Egyptian cooks are still doing today. (A) Over five thousand years ago, archaeologists have discovered that (B) Over five thousand years ago, archaeologis...

by mad2011

Mon Oct 03, 2011 1:05 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: archaeologists
Replies: 7
Views: 1464

dev.gavande wrote:I don't understand why A is wrong?
Nothing wrong with A, its second best choice we have here.

IMO..In GMAT grammar modifier+main clause+ sub clause is preferred over Main clause+s. Clause + S.clause

by mad2011

Mon Oct 03, 2011 12:59 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Eyewitness Account
Replies: 9
Views: 4329

Is OG sentence correction questions level is normal in actual gmat?. I studied Manhattan sc almost everything. Still finding OG questions difficult and confusing specially verb form. Since I have one week left for my test and have started sweating looking at OG question.I was feeling very confident ...

by mad2011

Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:58 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG sentence correction
Replies: 3
Views: 1330

Of the twin supernovas, the most recently discovered is the largest, but it is the small one that has irrevocably altered astronomers’ ideas about the origins of the universe. (A) the most recently discovered is the largest , but it is the small one (B) the one most recently discovered is the larg...

by mad2011

Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:52 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: twin supernovas
Replies: 5
Views: 1545

S+V agreement leaves us with option D and E

I feel WILL in E doesn't make any sense, IMO D

by mad2011

Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:17 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 1000 SC, 500
Replies: 13
Views: 2064