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- by Nina1987
Tue May 17, 2016 11:21 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Found only in the Western Hemisphere (OG2016)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8649
- by Nina1987
Tue May 17, 2016 10:55 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Scientists have recently found (OG2016)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5608
Hi Kay-lee, Thank you for your detailed explanation. Though I could easily see how the misplaced modifier was corrected in B, I demurred at "their range extending from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, from sealevel rain forests to the edges of Andean snowfields and ice fields at altitudes of 15,000 ...
- by Nina1987
Tue May 17, 2016 5:04 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Found only in the Western Hemisphere (OG2016)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8649
Thanks NYGuru! I must confess though that I have very rarely seen the absolute phrase occurring at the end of a sentence and feels quite weird to my ear when it does so! I think it is more common for it to begin a sentence. Is it a recent (a few decades old) addition to grammar books or has it been ...
- by Nina1987
Tue May 10, 2016 10:37 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prescription medications
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14478
I am still not sure how choice B uses correct parallelism/comparison. It compares: cost of something with cost for something. If we were to write the complete sentence with omitting any words, we would write "While the cost of running nuclear plants is about the same as the cost of running othe...
- by Nina1987
Mon May 09, 2016 8:05 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: While it costs about the same
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17094
Experts: Choice A might be an OA but it sounds quite awkward to me. Here is why - It seems to me that the intent of the author is to say "Covering 71 percent of Earth’s surface, the oceans play an essential role in maintaining the conditions for human existence on land, BY moderating temperat...
- by Nina1987
Sun May 08, 2016 5:16 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Covering 71 percent of Earth’s surface
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5853
@Mitch, @Brent and other experts:
So is D incorrect simply cause we don't know if 'it' refers to knowledge or development? Thanks
- by Nina1987
Sun May 08, 2016 3:36 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Ryunosuke Akutagawa
- Replies: 30
- Views: 17051
Isn't C a run on sentence. I mean what kind of a modifier is 'the remainder of the increase coming'. Is the question correct and is it really from OG?
- by Nina1987
Sun May 08, 2016 12:50 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prescription medications
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14478
Should the right wording be --> 'The widely accepted big-bang theory holds THAT the universe began in an explosive instant 10 to 20 billion years ago and THAT IT has been expanding' for parallelism sake and in terms of general GMAT preference ? @GMATGuruNY
- by Nina1987
Fri May 06, 2016 9:33 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT PREP
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8095
Matt, I find that solution poetic. Thanks! Matt, one more question- Who is a typical Q51 test taker? -One who is eloquent in such approach? or -One who may not be really versed in such approaches but incredibly adept at number picking? Is there an algebraic way to solve this question? thanks Let's s...
- by Nina1987
Fri Feb 19, 2016 9:18 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: a is a nonzero integer
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4864
Thanks for your reply NYGuru! Thats what I guessed. Can you believe it- it is an official question? It appeared in my GMATFocus tests. What are these guys doing at gmac?!?!
- by Nina1987
Thu Feb 18, 2016 7:37 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Fence
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4050
regarding statement2: Say Marcel can finish the work in x hrs. Then Vyes can finish the same work in 2x hrs. So they together can finish the work in (2x^2)/3x hrs The statement says, this time is equal to 'half the time it would take Marcel alone'. Thus (2x^2)/3x = 2x/2 --> 2/3 = 1 I know that this ...
- by Nina1987
Thu Feb 18, 2016 7:12 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Fence
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4050
- by Nina1987
Tue Feb 16, 2016 12:43 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: a is a nonzero integer
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4864
Matt, Can you pls help me with the following as well?
Wow again! Never felt so clear about modulus and inequality. One more question how would you explain the following inequality? 1 ≥ |x + 1| ≥ 0
Can't thank you enough Matt
- by Nina1987
Sun Feb 14, 2016 10:01 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: What is the product of all the solutions of x^2 - 4x + 6 = 3
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2524
Let b, g and r be fraction of blue, green and red marbles in the box. so b+g+r=1 st1) b/(g+r) > r/(g+b) --> b/(1-b) > r/(1-r) --> (1-b)/b < (1-r)/r --> (1/b -1) < (1/r - 1) --> 1/b < 1/r --> b>r. INSUF St2) g > b INSUF 1+2--> g>b>r we know g is most likely to be picked. SUFF Ans:C
- by Nina1987
Sun Feb 14, 2016 12:45 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: A certain box contains only blue (b), green (g) and red(r) m
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1136