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- by Bill@VeritasPrep
Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:44 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG11.... Why "b", which is also a noun, is wrong?
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IMO C ? B lacks verb, making the sentence a fragment. To maintain parallelism we need a verb to complete the sentence not a noun. Please post OA and OE. Hope it helps. I don't think B is a fragment because we have a subject and a verb: "the decision...could mean..." However, we do have an...
- by Bill@VeritasPrep
Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:35 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG11.... Why "b", which is also a noun, is wrong?
- Replies: 3
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With an Evaluate question, you're looking for an answer that resolves a gap in the argument. The answers are in general terms (they don't give you specific data), so you won't know if the new evidence strengthens or weakens the conclusion, but it will always fill in a cap. To break down this argumen...
- by Bill@VeritasPrep
Thu Mar 20, 2014 9:37 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Confusing OA
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Hey Bill! I read in Manhattan SC book that "which" points to the noun, which is just before the comma. The book says the above rule is a thumb rule. I'm confused! According to the logic that I previously drilled, your example must be wrong. Could you please clear my doubt? Help me with &q...
- by Bill@VeritasPrep
Thu Mar 20, 2014 9:27 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC Q5GMATPrep- EXPERT HELP NEEDED
- Replies: 7
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It requires some logical thinking. If you notice that you have a noun followed by a prepositional phrase, you have to check both the original noun and the noun in the phrase: Justin handed me a box of car parts, which I stacked on top of the other boxes. The noun directly before the relative clause ...
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Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:35 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC Q5GMATPrep- EXPERT HELP NEEDED
- Replies: 7
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I'm glad 
It's definitely a strange one, and on the GMAT past perfect will nearly always be followed by simple past.
- by Bill@VeritasPrep
Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:32 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: question about the past perfect
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A and C have a pronoun issue. "they" and "them" are plural, but they refer to "R&D team", which is singular. In B, "revolutionarily potential" is bizarre, and I'm not even sure what it means. D has a weird tense, conditional progressive ("would be con...
- by Bill@VeritasPrep
Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:31 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Magoosh prob 2
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3) The CEO of Laminar Flow gave his R & D team a new $300 million dollar research facility, with cutting-edge technology, that they can research potentially revolutionary innovations in. (A) that they can research potentially revolutionary innovations in (B) for conducting research about revolut...
- by Bill@VeritasPrep
Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:28 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Magoosh prob 2
- Replies: 3
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The first distinction I see is "like" or "such as". Since we're giving examples of parasites, "such as" is the correct choice. Eliminate A and E. In B, "for the purpose of eliminating" is unnecessarily long and awkward (especially when we have options that giv...
- by Bill@VeritasPrep
Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:22 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Magoosh prob
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2485
Found E
(E) to regenerate skin worn by ground contact and to eliminate parasites, like ticks and mites, and these cause ancient people to venerate
- by Bill@VeritasPrep
Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:18 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Magoosh prob
- Replies: 4
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Here is an easier to read version for anyone else who might want to try it :) I think we're missing the 5th answer choice, though. 1) Snakes molt their skins regularly, for the purpose of regenerating skin worn by ground contact and for eliminating parasites, like ticks and mites, and this made anci...
- by Bill@VeritasPrep
Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:12 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Magoosh prob
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2485
- by Bill@VeritasPrep
Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:06 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC GMATPrep- EXPERT HELP NEEDED
- Replies: 3
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I think the bigger problem with "it" in B is that it's a little ambiguous about what it's replacing. Is it the oil barge, or is it the cargo?
- by Bill@VeritasPrep
Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:05 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC Q2GMATPrep- EXPERT HELP NEEDED
- Replies: 3
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Yup, "had" in that sentence would be the simple past of "to have".
I think you need 2 commas here. One to mark off the opening modifier and one to mark off the modifier that follows the name.
- by Bill@VeritasPrep
Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:04 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC Q4GMATPrep- EXPERT HELP NEEDED
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Yeah, "another" and "in addition" are redundant in D.
You have to be careful with that logic for A, B, and C. It's possible for the modifier to describe the noun before the prepositional phrase, as we have here: "news (of these shots)".
- by Bill@VeritasPrep
Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:03 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC Q5GMATPrep- EXPERT HELP NEEDED
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2088