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Hi Anjali, What is the source of this question. Regards Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm over-possible threats from asteroids, a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may collide with Earth. A. a scale developed...
- by Mission2012
Mon Jan 06, 2014 10:39 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Comet
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1572
OG - SC Question 28
Hi Experts, In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species dioxin induces the production of enzymes that are the organism’s trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it. (A) trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it. (B) ...
- by Mission2012
Wed Nov 27, 2013 10:11 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG - SC Question 28
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1277
Retailsales rose 0.8 of 1 percent inAugust, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the Julv-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter. (A) that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled ...
- by Mission2012
Tue Nov 26, 2013 5:53 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG13 - Q20
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3061
Many experts regarded the increase in credit card borrowing in March not as a sign that households were pressed for cash and forced to borrow, rather a sign of confidence by households that they could safely handle new debt. A rather a sign of confidence by households that they could safely B yet a...
- by Mission2012
Mon Nov 25, 2013 6:26 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG SC - Question 15
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2566
OG SC - Question 15
Many experts regarded the increase in credit card borrowing in March not as a sign that households were pressed for cash and forced to borrow, rather a sign of confidence by households that they could safely handle new debt. A rather a sign of confidence by households that they could safely B yet as...
- by Mission2012
Mon Nov 25, 2013 5:41 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG SC - Question 15
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2566
Books in European libraries last longer than books in libraries in the United States because, although the climate in Europe is fairly humid, libraries there are not subjected to the extremes of temperature and humidity that damage collections in the United States. A. because, although the climate ...
- by Mission2012
Sat Oct 19, 2013 7:17 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: European Libraries
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2326
Hi BTG champions,
I would request you to put reasoning along with the answer. Merely putting the correct option is not very helpful for discussion.
Regards,
- by Mission2012
Tue Oct 15, 2013 3:03 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Moulds
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2076
HI MinnieLiu, The problem is not with parallelism but if an action noun (gift) is present then one should not use complex gerund. Complex gerunds are more complicated then action nouns. Regards, From the Manhattan SC: The flower bouquet was the husband's giving of love to his wife. The two sides of ...
- by Mission2012
Tue Oct 15, 2013 3:00 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Parallelism
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1250
Rich, I am really stumped when the intended meaning of the sentence is incorrect in option A. GMAT doesn't expect the test takers to bring in any information about elephant seals. Say i replace "elephant seals" by "abcdxyz" - an animal that swim only twice a year to migrate. Now ...
- by Mission2012
Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:53 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Twice a year, northern elephant seals
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3527
Perfect example of "Meaning questions". Even if one knows no grammar rules, one can still rule out B,C and D (change in meaning) A is wrong because "her" can't have "Agatha Christie's" as antecedent. E is fine Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband ins...
- by Mission2012
Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:37 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Agatha Christie
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2430
Transfer molding is a process in which polymer resins are superheated, compressed in a charger, and then they are injected into a closed mold cavity; it is used to produce plastic moldings with variable wall thicknesses, as well as fine surface detail, such as the exterior panels of buses and troll...
- by Mission2012
Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:31 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Moulds
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2076
Citing increasing worker mobility between companies, poor financial planning by workers, and finding that the plans themselves are excessively complex, the authors of a recent study have found that most eligible American workers had not made the maximum allowed contribution to their employer-offere...
- by Mission2012
Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:20 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: MGMAT Tough SC
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1627
Thanks Ron for preempting my question.
Needless to say..but still awesome explanation
lunarpower wrote:If your next complaint is "it's not clear enough that we're talking about the percentage", then, yes, that's a valid point -- and that's almost certainly why the problem was removed from the OG.
- by Mission2012
Tue Oct 08, 2013 7:55 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: National safari park
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4297
Hi Guys,
I dont know if I am wasting my time on this concept.
1> Subject1 verb1 object1 and Subject1 verb2 object2
2> Subject1 verb1 object1 and verb2 object2
3> Subject1 verb1 object1 and Subject2 verb2 object2
Which of the above are breaching parallelism?
- by Mission2012
Tue Oct 08, 2013 7:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Parallelism
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2988
Rich, My reasons - "filing a deed of emancipation, SETTING FREE " It is the outcome of filing deed of emancipation Am i missing something Hi All, It appears that you've all properly solved this SC, but there is one additional grammar rule worth noting (and it doesn't appear in any of your ...
- by Mission2012
Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:36 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Pick the right answer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1807