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Many airline carriers are attempting to increase profitability while keeping overhead low by offering, in terms of flights, an equal amount as last year, doing so by using larger planes that fly more efficiently. A. an equal amount as last year,doing so by B. the same number offered last year C. an...
- by Md.Belal Hossain
Thu May 28, 2020 12:21 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT prep question-Confusing one !
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I received a PM requesting that I explain why A is wrong. There are several reasons to eliminate A and choose B. so X as to Y implies that Y SEEMS TO BE TRUE. Official examples: Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable from ordinary fluctuations in the weather . The features of the...
- by Md.Belal Hossain
Sun Oct 07, 2018 6:10 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT OG 2019 Technically, “quicksand� is the term
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Bears overturn rocks to find the insects, as many as 40,000 per bear in a single day . Here, the modifier is green is nonessential and ends the sentence. For this reason, only one comma is required, as per the discussion above. OA: The army cutworm moth is a critical source of fat for as many as a ...
- by Md.Belal Hossain
Sun Aug 19, 2018 12:07 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMATPrep 2: The army cutworm moth
- Replies: 15
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A scrub jay can remember when it cached a particular piece of food in a particular place, researchers have discovered, and tend not to bother to recover a perishable treat if stored long enough to have rotted. A. tend not to bother to recover a perishable treat if B. they tend not to bother recover...
- by Md.Belal Hossain
Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:06 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: A troublesome scrub jay
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In A, tend (plural) does not agree with a scrub jay (singular). The intended meaning here is that a scrub jay CAN REMEMBER...and TENDS . Eliminate A Thank you sir for your explanation. I have some confusion on option A. Would you please shed some lights on following issues: >>why you are taking “...
- by Md.Belal Hossain
Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:02 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: A troublesome scrub jay
- Replies: 10
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D: A Swiss government panel recommended that the country sell about half of its gold reserves, with fears Here, with fears seems to modify sell -- the nearest preceding action -- implying that the country will use FEARS to sell its gold reserves. This meaning is nonsensical. The intended meaning is ...
- by Md.Belal Hossain
Sat Jan 06, 2018 6:40 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: A Swiss government panel recommended
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Sometimes a single comma will serve dual purposes. The army cutworm moth is a critical source of fat for as many as a third of Yellowstone National Park's grizzly bears, which overturn rocks to find the insects , as many as 40,000 per bear in a single day . Here, the second comma serves dual purpose...
- by Md.Belal Hossain
Fri Oct 06, 2017 5:52 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMATPrep 2: The army cutworm moth
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The army cutworm moth is a critical source of fat for as many as a third of Yellowstone National Park's grizzly bears; they overturn rocks to find them, as many as 40,000 per bear in a single day. (A) bears; they overturn rocks to find them, as many as (B) bears; overturning rocks to find the insec...
- by Md.Belal Hossain
Wed Oct 04, 2017 6:17 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMATPrep 2: The army cutworm moth
- Replies: 15
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John lives in a house where he has a mother and a father. Conveyed meaning: The house is where John has a mother and a father, implying that OUTSIDE THE HOUSE John might not have a mother and a father. This meaning is nonsensical. Regardless of his location, John has a mother and a father. A: wasps...
- by Md.Belal Hossain
Wed May 10, 2017 8:01 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: wasps
- Replies: 30
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John lives in a house where he has a mother and a father. Conveyed meaning: The house is where John has a mother and a father, implying that OUTSIDE THE HOUSE John might not have a mother and a father. This meaning is nonsensical. Regardless of his location, John has a mother and a father. A: wasps...
- by Md.Belal Hossain
Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:29 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: wasps
- Replies: 30
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In A, the pronoun they suggests that the wasps consist almost entirely of females; the intended meaning is that the society consists almost entirely of females . Also, where should used to refer only to a place. Eliminate A. Sir, Please discuss why the intended meaning is that the society consists ...
- by Md.Belal Hossain
Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:58 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: wasps
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16916