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B. She turned away from literary realism and wrote romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, and novelist Selma Lagerlöf in 1909 became the first woman as well as the first Swedish writer that won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Look for EASY reasons to eliminate an...
- by Alchemist14
Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:05 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Gmat Prep in addition to
- Replies: 15
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Hi Marty, Thanks for the great explanation. I got stuck between B and C. This is how I resolved it. Here is the analogy that I made. Al has not been able to do well on the GMAT. Therfore to increase his score , he plans to take XYZ private tutors coaching. To Weaken A. One reason why he is not able ...
- by Alchemist14
Sun Oct 23, 2016 7:55 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG: CR 43-NowNews, although still the most popular magazine
- Replies: 3
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All the E answers are wrong for basically the same reason. Yes, you nailed it. For what it's worth, this, "C says something like, losing weight increases lung capacity-better inflow and outflow of oxygen, helping you to run faster" does not quite sound like a GMAT right answer, in that it...
- by Alchemist14
Fri Oct 14, 2016 8:05 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Solar Power
- Replies: 20
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Marty and Mitch, Please help me on this one. If I lose weight, I can run faster E says something like, I have spoken to fitness experts and it is feasible to lose weight. C says something like, losing weight increases lung capacity-better inflow and outflow of oxygen, helping you to run faster Now E...
- by Alchemist14
Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:07 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Solar Power
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7707
- by Alchemist14
Thu Oct 13, 2016 3:46 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG2016 A certain cultivated herb is one of a group of closel
- Replies: 5
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the best way to "justify" the oa here is to eliminate the other answers. this is more straightforward than on many other problems, because ALL of the wrong answers are VERY much outside the argument's scope. (a) irrelevant, as the numbers of collared vs. uncollared rhinos are irrelevant t...
- by Alchemist14
Thu Oct 13, 2016 12:20 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: In a certain wildlife park,
- Replies: 12
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One of the most significant trends that the auto industry has experienced in the last 50 years is the migration of motorists from passenger cars to minivans, sport utility vehicles, and pickups. A preposition such as of signals the start of a MODIFIER. In the sentence above, the portion in red serv...
- by Alchemist14
Sat Oct 08, 2016 7:01 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC Question
- Replies: 7
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Similar to rising interest rates, consumer and producer prices have been rising. (A) Similar to rising interest rates, consumer and producer prices have been rising. (B) Consumer and producer prices have been rising, as have interest rates. (C) As interest rates are rising, so have consumer and pro...
- by Alchemist14
Sat Oct 08, 2016 7:29 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Similar to rising interest rates
- Replies: 10
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Experts, Please help me in understanding the meaning of B. I was able to narrow down to A and B. But I am not understanding the difference between A and B. In A, seem is a linking verb and in B, seemingly is an adverb modifying are.But what does seemingly are resistent to bacteria even mean? If I we...
- by Alchemist14
Fri Oct 07, 2016 11:41 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Modifier confusion
- Replies: 6
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Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go without food for long periods, hibernating bears exist for months on only their excess fat. (A) Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go (B) Unlike human beings, who waste away when they go (C) Unlike human beings, wasting awa...
- by Alchemist14
Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:29 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 1000 sc #898
- Replies: 4
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Offshore oil-drilling operations entail an unavoidable risk of an oil spill, but importing oil on tankers presently entails an even greater such risk per barrel of oil. Therefore, if we are to reduce the risk of an oil spill without curtailing our user oil, we must invest more in offshore operation...
- by Alchemist14
Sun Oct 02, 2016 4:54 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Offshore oil-drilling operations and Tankers
- Replies: 3
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Hi Mitch, Thanks for the great explanation. Here is how I did the question, Goal: Economy and Quick Turnaround time Action: By switching to sky busses. We already have info about economy but we dont have information on turnaround time. Will switching to skybus lead to quick turnaround time and econo...
- by Alchemist14
Sun Oct 02, 2016 2:51 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG13 117 CR Northern Air has dozens of flights daily into an
- Replies: 13
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73. Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from the sale of oil into a special fund, with the intention to sustain the state’s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves. (A) fund, with the intention to sustain the state’s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves (B) fund, ...
- by Alchemist14
Sat Sep 24, 2016 8:34 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 1000 SC Q#73
- Replies: 2
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147. At a recent session, the French government has decided that Paris needs a second, larger opera house to complement the famous Paris Opera. (A) has decided that Paris needs (B) decided that Paris needs (C) has decided that Paris will need (D) decided that Paris has a need of (E) has decided tha...
- by Alchemist14
Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:40 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC 1000 | Q147 - tense sequence in complex/compound sentence
- Replies: 5
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Hi Mitch, Thanks for the great explanation. Can you explain why A is incorrect. If we reverse the answer , we get 'there will be new industrial development around the lake that will create renewed pollution in its waters'. This will destroy the conclusion right? I usually get stuck in answers like t...
- by Alchemist14
Tue Sep 20, 2016 11:09 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: konfa
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5596