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nikhilgmat31, In option A, the standardized way .. that will protect and (will -implied) foil the relative that-clause uses future tense. will protect and will foil is the correct tense form for the singular 'standard way' GMATGuru, can you please confirm if this is right? Even though they are wrong...


Thanks a lot, Marty, Dave and Guru. I realize the importance of applying rules without being too mechanical. 'Going by the ear' didn't quite work for me all the time. I am a non-native speaker. Sometimes, sentences that don't pass the test for the right usage of 'it' appear right to me. So, knowing ...

by vidhyamurali

Fri Aug 28, 2015 1:34 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: SC - No referent for 'it'
Replies: 10
Views: 3268

SC - No referent for 'it'

Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk are mountain dwellers, while they once ranged over virtually all of the continental United States except for a small strip in the extreme Southwest. A. Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would...

by vidhyamurali

Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:15 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: SC - No referent for 'it'
Replies: 10
Views: 3268

SC Question from Exam Pack - Restrictive Participle modifier

Giuseppe Alessi, a world-class chef whose life has been a search for the genuine and the delicious in Florentine cooking, is an accomplished scholar not only unearthing many of his recipes from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts but also a poet and philosopher who draws his inspiration from the id...


Here the participle phrase "letting medical personnel..." presents the result of the sentence for which the subject is "programs". programs will work for doctors and nurses in the same way flight simulators do for pilots, letting medical personnel... Only options A , C and E pres...

by vidhyamurali

Wed Aug 26, 2015 12:22 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Researchers are using computer images to help surgeons
Replies: 6
Views: 5740

Thanks a lot, Dave and Guru. The explanations provided by both of you for B helped me understand why B is the right option. I now see why D is irrelevant. I misinterpreted choice B as something like this - It has been many years since the restriction was actually applied in the region on the right t...

by vidhyamurali

Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:10 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: CR Question from Exampack
Replies: 7
Views: 2300

B: starting...and then continually C: starting...and continually A conjunction such as and must connect PARALLEL FORMS. In B and C, starting (adjective) and continually (adverb) are not parallel forms. Eliminate B and C. GMATGuruNY, thanks for the detailed explanation. you're great! I have a few qu...

by vidhyamurali

Tue Aug 25, 2015 5:59 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: GMAT PREP_Exam Pack I:Experts Please help !
Replies: 3
Views: 4616

CR Question from Exampack

Some species of Arctic birds are threatened by recent sharp increases in the population of snow geese, which breed in the Arctic and are displacing birds of less vigorous species. Although snow geese are a popular quarry for hunters in the southern regions where they winter, the hunting season ends ...

by vidhyamurali

Tue Aug 25, 2015 4:19 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: CR Question from Exampack
Replies: 7
Views: 2300