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Results from the 1998 National Demographic and Health Survey confirm that, even when compared with densely populated countries like Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippine nation's fertility rates consistently exceed all of its Southeast Asian neighbors. (A) like Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippin...

by tryingtocrack

Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:15 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Thailand!
Replies: 3
Views: 2240

Scientists claim that the discovery of the first authenticated mammal bones in amber could provide important clues of determining, in addition to how, when mammals colonized the islands of the West Indies. A. of determining, in addition to how, when mammals colonized the islands of the West Indies (...

by tryingtocrack

Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:52 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: westindies
Replies: 5
Views: 2571

Agree with everyone has to be "A"

by tryingtocrack

Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:22 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Inequalities
Replies: 4
Views: 1866

@liferocks

very well explanied . I solved by plugging numbers but your approach is much faster and safe

by tryingtocrack

Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:18 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Inequalities 2
Replies: 3
Views: 1182

IMO C
Agree with @asamaverick

by tryingtocrack

Tue Jun 01, 2010 2:43 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 1000SC #757
Replies: 8
Views: 2362

IMO - D also
agree with @liferocks

by tryingtocrack

Wed May 26, 2010 2:44 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Kaplan CR Verbal workbook
Replies: 6
Views: 1682

The network determined that seventeen commercials should be shown during a half-hour sitcom, while a one-hour drama can be expected to contain twenty-nine. A: seventeen commercials should be shown during a half-hour sitcom B: in a half-hour sitcom seventeen commercials will be shown C: in a half-hou...

by tryingtocrack

Mon May 24, 2010 5:08 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: network determined
Replies: 9
Views: 2175

@ansumania , very valid point about the comma . IMO - E also.

However , after reading Akhilesh's example the meaning of sentence changes in E

Author is trying to tell the "superiority of troops" not "superiority of Attila "

Still confused but very good question ..

by tryingtocrack

Sun May 23, 2010 6:54 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Rome
Replies: 15
Views: 3197

IMO - C also , with the reasons mentioned above .

by tryingtocrack

Sat May 22, 2010 11:32 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The underlying physical principles
Replies: 4
Views: 1455

IMO - A

Each of them is the right construction .

Subgroup Modifier can take three forms as per Manhattan GMAT
1. some of which were
2. some of them
3. some only.

where some can be replaced by SANAM pronouns or many , each

by tryingtocrack

Sat May 22, 2010 11:25 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: taste buds
Replies: 12
Views: 2265

To meet the rising marketing demand for fish and seafood, suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment by nearly half and raising them on special diets. A. their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment B. their natural growth rate, the...

by tryingtocrack

Sat May 22, 2010 11:19 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: fishing problem- help me
Replies: 6
Views: 1331

resulting in a political climate that some analysts claim favors => CORRECT

IMO

we need singular "Favors" as political climate is singular ..


Your thoughts ?

by tryingtocrack

Thu May 20, 2010 7:46 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: MGMAT Labour a 600-700 question
Replies: 9
Views: 4148

Can you tell the source of the problem ? I dont think it is related to subjunctive but it's "subject verb " problem as mentioned in the subject See below the higlighted portion " Each member nation ..means there are multiple nations -- needs plural have " then an inflation rate r...

by tryingtocrack

Sat May 15, 2010 2:21 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: subject-verb agreement
Replies: 6
Views: 2380

X, Y , Z

y=x+1
z=x+2

x+y+z = 3(x+1) Q is x+1 having 2, 5 as factors ?

statement a
x+z = 2(x+1) / 10 ( means x+1 ) surely has one 5 in it but not necessarily 2 , so insufficent

statement b , x+1/ 10 , means x+1 has 2, 5 as factors , so b is sufficient

by tryingtocrack

Sun May 09, 2010 9:34 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Remainder
Replies: 5
Views: 1169

IMO - D

For |a| < |b|, and a > b to be true , both should be - ve

by tryingtocrack

Tue May 04, 2010 7:07 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: necessarily true
Replies: 7
Views: 1557