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Dear Mitch, Could you please explain why choice C is wrong? I understand that it is important to have the logical subject in the sentence containing "unlike". The subject in choice C is mountain yellow-legged tree frogs . Also, I think the verbing modifier "thus being restricted"...
- by bubblehead0922
Wed May 17, 2017 11:45 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC: "Unlike frogs that metamorphose..."
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Please rate my writing with the concern mentioned above. The editor contends that forecasts based on opinion polls have little better value in predicting election outcomes that a random guess would be, because many voters are indecisive. This argument is poorly constructed with unsubstantiated assum...
- by bubblehead0922
Thu Jan 12, 2017 1:55 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Please help me rate my argument essay
- Replies: 3
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Can someone please help me with my confusion on this prompt? I face a dilemma here. In this argument, the author contends that forecast based on opinion polls has no better predicting value on election outcome than a random guess. It seems to be true according to the latest presidential election. Bu...
- by bubblehead0922
Thu Jan 12, 2017 10:03 am- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Please help me rate my argument essay
- Replies: 3
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Thx for your explanation. I had exact the same confusion. I like your explanation than OE. OG explanation D, the final descriptor in present tense now drawing conclusions…does not fit the opening clause, which is in present-perfect tense (have amassed a wealth..) and seems to modify adulthood .) M...
- by bubblehead0922
Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:50 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG16-51 VerbING part refers to which noun in a sentence?
- Replies: 4
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Point of price viability_paradox
Innovations in production technology and decreases in the cost of equipment have made recycling paper into new paper products much more cost-efficient over the last twenty years. Despite these advances, though, the "point of price viability" (the price that new paper made from trees must ...
- by bubblehead0922
Tue Dec 13, 2016 6:40 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Point of price viability_paradox
- Replies: 1
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For people who are interested in this question, the correct answer is B. Dear all, Below is a sentence correction question from my Manhattan Mock exam. Though I know how to fix the underlined part, I am confused with the structure of the sentence. Can someone please explain me the structure of this ...
- by bubblehead0922
Tue Dec 13, 2016 2:30 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Manhattan cat exam
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2670
This is really helpful. It totally makes sense for me now. Thanks for your note. It is instructive as always! After removing all the fluffs, the backbone of the sentence, " there is the danger should word get out " makes no sense for me. Is there a special idiom or grammar rule for this ty...
- by bubblehead0922
Tue Dec 13, 2016 2:27 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Manhattan cat exam
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2670
Manhattan cat exam
Dear all, Below is a sentence correction question from my Manhattan Mock exam. Though I know how to fix the underlined part, I am confused with the structure of the sentence. Can someone please explain me the structure of this sentence? After removing all the fluffs, the backbone of the sentence, &...
- by bubblehead0922
Sun Dec 11, 2016 9:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Manhattan cat exam
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2670
Please rate my AWA essay_computerized on-board warning syste
Dear all, I just started to practice the AWA. Could you please provide some feedbacks on my essay. I did the sample question from OG2017. Thx for your time! Prompt: The following appeared as part of an article in a daily newspaper. “ The computerized on-board warning system that will be installed ...
- by bubblehead0922
Wed Nov 09, 2016 11:32 am- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Please rate my AWA essay_computerized on-board warning syste
- Replies: 0
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The world wildlife fund has declared that global warming
Hi thought I could guess the answer , I would like to understand the resumtive modifier thing . Can you please give some example to explain it ...would really appreciate it . Thanks. This SC employs not a resumptive modifier but an APPOSITIVE: a phenomenon is IN APPOSITION TO global warming . Two n...
- by bubblehead0922
Tue Sep 20, 2016 2:37 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The world wildlife fund has declared that global warming
- Replies: 42
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Hi everyone, I am a little concerned about OA. "Even though Clovis points, spear points with longitudinal grooves chipped onto their faces, have been found all over North America ,they are named for the new Mexico site where whey were first discovered in 1932." I think the explanation on w...
- by bubblehead0922
Sat Sep 10, 2016 11:17 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Clovis Points
- Replies: 9
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Hi GMATGuruNY, Can you please explain the logical connection between " with the animal sometimes overcompensating and growing " and the rest of the sentence? What does this modifier modify to? Thx for your time in advance, Victoria Generally, a COMMA + with modifier that follows a clause ...
- by bubblehead0922
Sat Sep 10, 2016 10:43 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG13 SC Starfish, with anywhere from five to eight arms, hav
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Hi GMATGuruNY,
Can you please explain the logical connection between "with the animal sometimes overcompensating and growing" and the rest of the sentence? What does this modifier modify to?
Thx for your time in advance,
Victoria
- by bubblehead0922
Fri Sep 09, 2016 2:41 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG13 SC Starfish, with anywhere from five to eight arms, hav
- Replies: 8
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tourism commission
The tourism commission has conducted surveys of hotels in the most popular resorts, with the ultimate goal of reducing the guests who end up expressing overall dissatisfaction with the service in the hotels . (A) with the ultimate goal of reducing the guests who end up expressing overall dissatisfac...
- by bubblehead0922
Thu Sep 08, 2016 12:23 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: tourism commission
- Replies: 12
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Please explain the role of HAS in OA The present perfect (HAS/HAVE + past participle) is often interchangeable with the simple past tense. The only additional implication is that the action is more recent, and/or that its effects are still lingering. I read the book. --> at some point in the past. ...
- by bubblehead0922
Wed Sep 07, 2016 2:18 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: computer chips
- Replies: 5
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