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in option A what is "who refused to move to the back of a bus " referring to ? Rosa or Jackie ?

by hemanth28

Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:24 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Jackie Robinson was a Brooklyn Dodger
Replies: 6
Views: 6654

In the option D what confused me the use of "them". I am sure that D is the best of all the options given however i have some confusion. From Manhattan SC I understand that "them" should refer back to object nouns. How did everyone come to a conclusion that "new small busine...

by hemanth28

Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:13 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Formulas
Replies: 9
Views: 2042

Here is the link.just read this and nothing more to avoid confusions. You will not have any doubts. Atleast I never had doubts after this.

http://www.beatthegmat.com/one-of-the-t40356.html

by hemanth28

Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:48 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: fnctn of THAT
Replies: 4
Views: 1534

Remember these rules

Uptowngirl, The links you have posted are not proper. Would you please edit the links properly. In the mean time try to remember these set of rules. And if you find anything any question that doesn't fit in these rules please post the links to them as well. I was trying to find the actual post of RO...

by hemanth28

Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:39 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: fnctn of THAT
Replies: 4
Views: 1534

Re: Question:

What would be the right sentence: A group of students is walking. or A group of students are walking. I understand the singular form "group", but in the sentence it comes as a group of students who "have" suggesting plural form as against "has' which would suggest singular ...

by hemanth28

Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:59 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Please suggest a answer - clarify doubt
Replies: 5
Views: 1445

Let's start with this sentence: Tracking satellites (is/are) important for the satellite agency. Here, tracking is acting a gerund -- a verb form that acts as a noun. What is the thing that's important? Tracking. For that reason, the singular verb is is required. Now, the word satellite is acting a...

by hemanth28

Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:28 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG 10th Edition Q 140
Replies: 14
Views: 8209

Subject verb agreement issue.

Look at the sentence below.I picked the sentence from Manhattan SC 4th edition. Tracking satellites ( is /are) important for the satellite agency. Can someone tell me how "are" is correct in the case below and not in the case above. Declining values for farm equipment and land (is/ are ) g...

by hemanth28

Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:04 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG 10th Edition Q 140
Replies: 14
Views: 8209

parallelism

1) George Sand (Aurore Lucile Dupin) was one of the first European writers to consider the rural poor to be legitimate subjects for literature and portray these with sympathy and respect in her novels. A) to be legitimate subjects for literature and portray these B) should be legitimate subjects for...

by hemanth28

Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:49 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: parallelism
Replies: 10
Views: 6157

kbharadwaj.1987 wrote:What about "C"?
C changes the meaning ..the recent surge is to lead to increase in delays.... naaah....

Also C is not parallel.

by hemanth28

Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:42 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The recent surge in the number of airplane flights has
Replies: 7
Views: 10206

<<Nuclear fusion is the force that powers the Sun and merges the nuclei of atoms >> sounds really weird.

OA can't be E. I will go with C.

by hemanth28

Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:13 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Nuclear fusion
Replies: 13
Views: 4726

I would rather say you demolished it.... congrats dude..

by hemanth28

Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:54 pm
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: Killed it - 790 (51 quant / 49 verbal)
Replies: 47
Views: 25327

Re: Byron

Byron possessed powers of observation that would have made him a great anthropologist and that makes his letters as a group the rival of the best novels of the time. A makes his letters as a group the rival of B makes his letters as a group one to rival C makes his letters a group rivaling D make h...

by hemanth28

Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:17 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Byron
Replies: 10
Views: 3253

Even I am stuck with A and E.
A - One sounds awkward. However parallelism is maintained.

E - academies improving their recruiting is a verb phrase and the others are noun phrases.

I think A should be the right answer.

OA please.

by hemanth28

Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:07 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: three military academies
Replies: 9
Views: 3161

the questions meant that the number of delays increased i.e if previously 100 flights are delayed now 155 flights are delayed, and not the delay itself.

by hemanth28

Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:55 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The recent surge in the number of airplane flights has
Replies: 7
Views: 10206

even i fail to understand what is the subtle ( may be crystal clear) difference between "will" and "should" Would someone please explain with a suitable examples. Parallelism makes sense b/w X and Y for the idiom X while Y. but i see that D is passive... does this mean that Paral...

by hemanth28

Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:19 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 134. Canadian scientists have calculated
Replies: 12
Views: 7864