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The way I solve this question: A) Wrong, because of Wrong Usage of Which : slowed sales... is incorrectly modifying Some Regions. B) Correct. was colder and wetter is correctly modifies Weather C) Same reason as in A D) Wrong Modifier - slowing sales... is correctly modifying regions . Also 'being' ...
- by itskals
Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:52 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Analysts blamed May’s sluggish retail
- Replies: 5
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Totally agree with Rich.C - Kalyan Hi swathi25, The plan that you just read appears to have worked for the person who posted it. Academically-speaking, it has some elements to it that are impractical. There's certainly no harm in attempting to replicate the results. The worse thing that will happen ...
- by itskals
Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:40 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: 10 days of GMAT prep !!
- Replies: 4
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The sentence is talking about the Possibility in Past ; hence usage of future 'will' ( A, C & D) and present perfect 'cannot have moved' (B) is wrong. Hence my Answer is 'E' What is OA ? If Nadia Comaneci had not been strictly monitored after the defection of her coach from communist Romania, sh...
- by itskals
Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:03 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Nadia
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1764
in 'D' - Comparative Word 'Greater' is also incorrect. We need superlative word 'greatest' Hope this helps. In the late nineteenth century Annie Besant was widely regarded as one of the greatest living public orators, second only to Gladstone in a culture where oratory was the dominant public medium...
- by itskals
Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:58 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: In the late nineteenth century Annie Besant was widely
- Replies: 3
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I guess it is a Comparison type question. .... ; in this case simply isolate the comparative items : the amount of commitment : younger generation have... vs parents and grandparents had... Hence Ans Choices - A, B, C are wrong. Ans choice E - is NOT using Parallel structure and usage of work 'lesse...
- by itskals
Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:09 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Career commitment
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1222
what do i need to find out ? Y intercept of line l What do i know : y = mx + c, where c is y intercept What else do i need to know : value of m, x, and y St:1 m=3c so the equation of line L becomes : y = 3cx + c ---> NS ; hence AD are gone St:2 x intercept = -1/3 : 0=m(-1/3)+ c => m/3 = c => m = 3c ...
- by itskals
Sat Jul 06, 2013 7:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Quant DS question. Please help explain
- Replies: 1
- Views: 933
Festival do not posses any month hence festival's month is incorrect - a, b, c ( wrong)
by Proclamation .... that was ... indicates too passive.
Hence the correct ans is D.
- by itskals
Sat Jul 06, 2013 7:19 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Idiom+ Rhetorical construction query
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1162
- by itskals
Sat Jul 06, 2013 7:00 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG Verbal supplement question #22
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1914
in ans choice (D) - "how frequently and often" are redundant, hence incorrect.
Hope this helps.
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Kalyan C. Chamarthi
GMAT Trainer @ Csqrl.com
- by itskals
Sun Jun 23, 2013 11:56 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT Verbal 2nd Edition
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2031
This is an Inference/Conclusion Questions Type. Tip : For inference questions the Correct Ans is blatantly stated in the passage. This means eliminate any answer choice blindly that brings in a new 'word' that is not spoken about in the Passage. So as you can see in Answer choices : (A), (B) and (E)...
- by itskals
Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:06 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Tough CR question-
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5109