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- by sharkss
Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:13 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Critical reasonong from GMAT Prep
- Replies: 4
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- by sharkss
Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:18 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability Confusion: OG-11 PS Q-217
- Replies: 10
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Why can't one team have its members get 7th, 8th and 9th place and therefore get 0 points? NVM - just figured out why --- because if one team scores 0,0,0 points , then one of the other two teams end up with more than 6 points...which is not allowed =D I love this website !!! makes you really figur...
- by sharkss
Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:45 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Race problem
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8143
NVM - just figured out why --- because if one team scores 0,0,0 points , then one of the other two teams end up with more than 6 points...which is not allowed =Dsharkss wrote:Why can't one team have its members get 7th, 8th and 9th place and therefore get 0 points?
- by sharkss
Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:44 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Race problem
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8143
- by sharkss
Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:35 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Race problem
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8143
Re: LIKE vs. AS
. "AS" is used with things that as essentially similar.... "hazardous waste" is smiliar to "pesticides, batteris, fertilizers" etc etc "LIKE" is used to compare unlike things... eg: his perfume smells like oranges therefore, E is the right answer Hope this hel...
- by sharkss
Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:58 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: LIKE vs. AS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3378
Re: Neanderthals had a vocal tract
Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes and so were probably without language, a shortcoming that may explain why they were supplanted by our own species. (A) Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes (B) Neanderthals had a vocal tract resembling an ape...
- by sharkss
Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:14 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Neanderthals had a vocal tract
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8622
The population has increased as a result of 2 things, so these 2 things should be parallel. And in A, both the causes which led to this population increase are in parallel. I picked C as well when I saw this in the prep test but I later figured the error. Choice C is a trap making "resulting&q...
- by sharkss
Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:02 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: parallelism
- Replies: 15
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Re: After the 1973 drought's 70% total cattle loss,
1. can't be right -- because the comma before the "but" needs to be a period. 2. can't be right -- because if you remove the clause within the commas, the sentence does not make sense. 3. seems wordy...but appropriate and clear 4. "while...,still..." --- INCORRECT 5. needs to be ...
- by sharkss
Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:31 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: After the 1973 drought's 70% total cattle loss,
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2422
The correct answer is B because "whom" is the right word usage in this sentence.... The SUBJECT of this sentence (sort of): speakers The OBJECT of the sentence (sort of): artists When we are trying to modify the artist (object)...we use WHOM - Like in this sentence, we are trying to state ...
- by sharkss
Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:55 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Who/Whom - Please Help
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3721