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Hmmm.... I have to agree: I don't think that this question is too difficult. We are simply restating information already stated in the passage: the shark is more resistant to cancer than is any other organism. We are looking for an answer that cannot be true. (A) says that there are other organisms ...
- by chris@magoosh
Tue May 22, 2012 2:30 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Really a tricky Inference question...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1323
For this question we are looking for parallelism: 'judged not by A but by B' Gianlorenzo Bernini should be judged not by the degree to which his sculptures and architecture are admired throughout the world, but by his Bacchanalian lifestyle, his notorious temper, and his scathing jealousy of his cou...
- by chris@magoosh
Sat May 12, 2012 3:24 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Gianlorenzo Bernini
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1737
This one is tricky :). It wants us to believe that a false comparison is being tested, and we need to correct for it. However, we are not comparing 'apartment buildings' to 'rooms.' Nonetheless, we can eliminate those answer choices that make a false comparison: (A), (C). (B) is wordy, 'apartments t...
- by chris@magoosh
Sat May 12, 2012 12:03 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Apartment buildings
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1475
The proper idiom here is 'distrust of' not 'distrust in' . We can also eliminate based on 'being.' Due to his temperament being fueled by distrusting technology, Stanley Kubrik did his best to insulate himself from the he termed "the pains of modern living." 1. Due to his temperament being...
- by chris@magoosh
Sat May 12, 2012 11:32 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Stanley Kubrik
- Replies: 1
- Views: 922
Any political figure who is intending on running for president will not succeed without a large quantity of campaign money contributed by wealthy benefactors. a. who is intending on running b. who has the intention of running c. who is intent to run d. intending on running e . intent on running ANSW...
- by chris@magoosh
Sat May 12, 2012 11:28 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Political figure
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1176
Let's see if I can dispel any doubt on this question :). (A) Any automated system, no matter how rigorously tested, is susceptible to malfunction. This answer choice is too general. We want an answer choice that focuses on the proposed defect-detection systems (DDS). Anyhow, the argument that the em...
- by chris@magoosh
Tue May 08, 2012 1:55 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Another 700+ CR
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2584
A couple of things going on here: Idiom error and adjectival clause issues. First off, it should be 'fascination with.' Get rid of (C). Next, notice the comma splice in (A). Also you do not want 'this' floating around without modifying a noun. For this reason you can also get rid of (D). (E) is a re...
- by chris@magoosh
Tue May 01, 2012 1:52 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: On June 11, 1993, Steven Spielberg released
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1408
The key here is to avoid modifying college with the phrase 'involves the study of change. Answer (A) implies that students are planning to attend a college that 'involves the study of change'. We can get rid of (A), (C), and (E). We can also eliminate (D) because it uses the relative clause 'that in...
- by chris@magoosh
Tue May 01, 2012 1:42 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 700 level SC
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1782
Scientists' original hypothesis was that caterpillars move away from gravity and therefore climb up. Notice the hypothesis is not that caterpillars climb upward to find a leaf. Indeed, the direction they climb is not based on whether a leaf is above them or not. See, the experiment had a light sourc...
- by chris@magoosh
Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:38 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Hypotheses is best supported by the statements given?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3731
@vikram4689 Modified (C): In the 1980s advertising revenues accounted for approximately 40% of operating profits of a typical local newspaper ; in the 1990s they increased to 57% This sentence is fine from a semi-colon perspective: two independent clauses are being joined together. From a meaning st...
- by chris@magoosh
Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:16 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: A semi-colon question.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2742
In answer choice (A) there is a problem with modification. (A) is implying that our ancestors greatly reduced their own numbers (this is incorrect because it was the event that greatly reduced ancestors). When we have an independent clause followed by a participle phrase (one that starts with a geru...
- by chris@magoosh
Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:41 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: anthropologists
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7419
The key difference between (B) and (E) is the 'which were' and 'which was.' On the GMAT, at least from the research I've done and from what other experts have been able to glean, the word that comes directly before 'which' (right before the comma), does is not necessarily being modified by 'which.' ...
- by chris@magoosh
Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:52 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: effective legislator
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2667
In this question, the attempt at ellipsis is faulty. At least, I presume you are talking about answer choice (A), and why 'as it will no doubt continue to' does not constitute a valid use of ellipsis. The problem with this phrase is it omits 'do,' When substituting the auxiliary verb 'do' for anothe...
- by chris@magoosh
Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:38 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Ellipsis --->> Could any Expert Explains this Concept
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1225
The prepositional phrase, 'in her...' should modify Elyssa Dimant. Therefore, we can get rid of (C). Next several answer choices mix present and past tense (eliminate A, B). Finally, the correlative conjunction, 'not only...but also does not always require the 'not only.' This is surprising for GMAT...
- by chris@magoosh
Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:33 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: In her substantive new book, Elyssa Dimant
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1474
I think what is confusing everyone here is not necessarily a case of parallelism between gerunds/infinitives. In general, you should either have gerund and gerund, or infinitive and infinitive. The problem here is you cannot have infinitive and infinitive because it violates the idiom, enjoy verb-in...
- by chris@magoosh
Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:19 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Parallelism with Infinitive or Gerund?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4376