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Hi abhasjha, This SC is "quirky" - it doesn't quite follow the common patterns that the GMAT uses for pronoun and verb rules. 1) Noun-Noun "match": The early part of the sentence refers to magpie attacks (a "magpie" is a type of bird); the sentence goes on to describe ...
- by tathastuGMAT
Thu Aug 21, 2014 6:07 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GPREP SC- 15
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1332
- by tathastuGMAT
Thu Aug 21, 2014 4:14 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GPREP SC- 16
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1400
Hi abhasjha, Part of the proposed increase in state education spending is due to higher enrollment, since the number of students in public schools have grown steadily since the mid-1980’s and, at nearly 47 million, are at a record high. A. enrollment, since the number of students in public schools...
- by tathastuGMAT
Thu Aug 21, 2014 4:14 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GPREP SC- 16
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1400
Hi abhasjha, Mideast immigrants' rates of entrepreneurship exceed virtually every other immigrant group in the increasingly diverse United States economy. (A) Mideast immigrants' rates of entrepreneurship exceed Wrong: the sentence compares “rates� with immigrant groups. Makes no sense to compar...
- by tathastuGMAT
Thu Aug 21, 2014 2:02 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GPREP SC- 13
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1367
Hey shibsriz, This sentence features a couple of issues; let’s spot and take care of them. A) Good example of the so called “run-on� sentence. A “run-on� sentence has two independent clauses; it is a structural flaw that is fixed with the introduction of a subordinator to properly connect ...
- by tathastuGMAT
Sun Jul 27, 2014 9:12 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Placement of comma
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1754
Hey moloy, There are a few issues with this sentence, but as always let's figure out its underlying meaning. The author is blatantly comparing Holland's GDP percentage allocation towards coastal environmental issues to America's allocation on defence. He probably wants to point out that America's al...
- by tathastuGMAT
Sun Jul 27, 2014 8:00 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC help
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4307
Hi AnuragRatna, This sentence, among other things, entails the intrinsic knowledge of common English constructions. “so that� is used to introduce the concept of consequence. For instance, I am studying hard for the GMAT, so that I can get a good score. The president is tapering IT industries’...
- by tathastuGMAT
Sun Jul 13, 2014 4:25 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Verbal OG question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1346
Hi ProGMAT, D features a few problems. The author aims to highlight a comparison between people’s and snowflakes’ diversity. D) that no two snowflakes, just like no two people, are similar enough to justify the labeling of them 1. Just like is a comparison signal; the comparison is alright (both...
- by tathastuGMAT
Sun Jul 13, 2014 3:36 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Veritas Prep question- The kindergarten teacher
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1746
Hi sana.noor and thanks for your question, Meaning is always pivotal. Our first task is to “figure out� what the author aims to convey. This sentence says that a defeat prevented the “Armada's" meeting with Parma’s army. It then presents two causes highlighted by “due to�. “Due to...
- by tathastuGMAT
Tue Jul 01, 2014 8:48 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: help
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2197
Hello abhasjha and thanks for your question, The Chicago and Calumet Rivers originally flowed into the St. Lawrence by way of Lake Michigan, but having been redirected by constructing canals so that the water now empties into the Mississippi by way of the Illinois River. (A) Rivers originally flowed...
- by tathastuGMAT
Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:03 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GPREP SC-4
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3386
Hello abhasjha and thanks for your question, This sentence features two beloved topics by the GMAT SC authors. Tricky comparisons and parallelism. 1. “more� is a comparison marker, thus every time you sight it in a sentence you should do two things: M. Make sure that the author wants to make a c...
- by tathastuGMAT
Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:58 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: gprep sc
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1568
Hi ani781 and thanks for your question, There are a few things to clarify in this sentence; we will examine every sentence and fetch what makes it wrong. Although it claims to delve into political issues, television can be superficial such as when each of the three major networks broadcast exactly t...
- by tathastuGMAT
Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:53 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Television Broadcast
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1605
Hi dqtuan9627 The main game changer here is the infinitive pronoun “each�. When “each� is used as subject, everything that refers to it has to be singular. In this sentence “each� is used to replace “cities�. Even if the noun it replaces is in fact plural, “each� used as subject ...
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Sun May 11, 2014 7:11 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The election is determined by the
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1920
Hey Hi mukherjee This sentence features motley issues. A) “this� has no clear referent. Moreover the construction “preposition+noun+verb-ing� is wrong unless it refers to the noun. Thuse “of stinging causing� is wrong. B) “As� is used as connector for two independent clauses. The sen...
- by tathastuGMAT
Sun May 11, 2014 7:08 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Difficult 1 from GMAT
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2080
Hi Mukherjee In this sentence we have a modifier/parallelism as well as a pronoun issue. A) pronoun “them� has no clear referent, does it refer to investors or to challenges? If the referent is the latter, then the sentence (“including among them�) is redundant. Moreover “the threat� is ...
- by tathastuGMAT
Sun May 11, 2014 7:00 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Among them_GMat Prep
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3475