Search found 9 matches
-Ok, so let's eliminate D as well because it is the exact same use of "contributing"...GMATGuruNY wrote: Here, contributing serves not as a verb but as an ADJECTIVE.
Since the relative clause in C lacks a verb, eliminate C.
.
- by gloube
Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:53 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Isaac Newton
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3219
The first things to note is that "is" is not underlined, so we're talking about the present, then in the second-half "made" and "were given" indicates we've moved to the past. So the first error we can spot and use to eliminate are any Verb Tense jumps (B)'s "was&...
- by gloube
Fri Jan 17, 2014 4:34 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Anton Checkhov
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1695
"each of which" on its own is no worse than "each". The former just needs to be used in the right context. It would be correct to say "all the planets, each of which contributes". However, the answer choices say "each of which contributing" (B) and "each...
- by gloube
Fri Jan 17, 2014 4:18 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Isaac Newton
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3219
"each of which" on its own is no worse than "each". The former just needs to be used in the right context. It would be correct to say "all the planets, each of which contributes". However, the answer choices say "each of which contributing" (B) and "each...
- by gloube
Fri Jan 17, 2014 4:17 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Isaac Newton
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3219
- by gloube
Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:53 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Isaac Newton
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3219
- by gloube
Thu Jan 09, 2014 2:37 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Election time
- Replies: 91
- Views: 41857
Are you for real?Chanakya1 wrote:As far as the GMAT goes, I don't think there's any difference amongst them. I've done a lot of official questions and have never come across a sentence where it boiled to a choice between/among these.
- by gloube
Wed Dec 18, 2013 3:07 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Difference between usage of Despite and though
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1941
Hi, I don't understand the question "If y is the smallest positive integer such that 3,150 multiplied by y is the square of the integer , then y must be" => which integer are we talking about here? Good catch. The problem was transcribed incorrectly. It should read as follows: If y is the...
- by gloube
Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:00 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Factor question
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3630
Hi,
I don't understand the question
"If y is the smallest positive integer such that 3,150 multiplied by y is the square of the integer, then y must be"
=> which integer are we talking about here?
- by gloube
Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:50 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Factor question
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3630