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The statement explains what is cultivated is Madagascar periwinkle and not its derivative. Hence, A can be eliminated as it implies that Madagascar periwinkle has proven to be useful. B and C are incorrect as they suggest that the derivative is cultivated. D can be eliminated due to incorrect usage ...
- by atrayee345
Wed Dec 19, 2018 4:00 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC - 1000 - #33
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7667
(A) Does not strengthen the claim. City may have been destroyed earlier and later historical work was written. (B) An emperor living around AD410 discovered in the ruins meant there was trade between Cephesa and that other country. If the city was already under ruins in 410, there would have been li...
- by atrayee345
Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:59 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: The ancient city of Cephesa
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3798
(A) has no error. (B) Word "they" lacks a clear precedent - Farmer here is singular so they cannot refer to farmer (C) Incorrect comparison, "planting crops" compared with "large farms" and that is illogical comparison (D) Word "they" lacks a clear precedent -...
- by atrayee345
Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:57 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC - Comparison
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2561
(A) The non underlined sentence "occurred before the title changed hands" should modify correctly the pollution but not responsibility
(B) Correctly placed modifier
(C) Wrong Tense and wrong formation
(D) Similar to A, incorrect modifier
(E) Similar to A, incorrect modifier. Hence (b).
- by atrayee345
Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:56 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: supreme court
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4492
A- reasons to avoid being counted is irrelevant. B- This is not true. The argument considers rich and poor people of US. This does not mean that all people can be classified into one of the two categories. C- This accurately states the assumption of the argument. Since the percentage of both the cat...
- by atrayee345
Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:55 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: census
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8464
The equation can be setup as J>K=N>M L>M But there is no relation between J, or L and K, N and L can be deduced. (A) As written this is not deducible. (B) As written this is not deducible. (C) As written this is not deducible. (D) Yes it is deducible. As J > M. (E) False. K>M and not shorter than M....
- by atrayee345
Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:54 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: June..nancy
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2864
(A) Phrase “exercise and associated� are wrong tense combination (B) Phrase “exercise and associated� are wrong tense combination (C) The phrase “They required� used wrongly as past tense in combination with the future tense with phrase “will gain� (D) The phrase “have required and...
- by atrayee345
Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:53 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Explanation for a SC
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6465
Option (A) is the correct choice asit uses past perfect tense because major depression or its effect is continuous and both of these sentences are independent and related as we are talking about Americans. Hence (a).
- by atrayee345
Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:52 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Panel of Health Officials
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7019
A fragment in the paragraph states ’the corporation’s unbroken six-year record of growth’. Thus it can be properly inferred that ’the corporation has expanded steadily over the past six years’.Hence (d).
- by atrayee345
Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:50 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Letter from Chairman
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7744
Although Anne agrees with Reva that the West Virginia program failed, she (Anne) does not agree that extraneous incentives won’t work in changing teenagers’ attitudes. Anne indicates that the weak point in the argument is the fact that West Virginia issue is a single example and the incentive pr...
- by atrayee345
Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:49 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Using extraneous incentives to get teenagers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3878
Option A is incorrect because "likely" is not followed by "to verb". This word is always followed by a "to verb".In this choice what we have is "likely... in planning to practice". This is the incorrect idiom here. Option B is also incorrect for the same reaso...
- by atrayee345
Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:48 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: according to survey of graduating Source Gmat prep
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4411
a) "like" is a preposition and modifies the noun preceding it. b) "comparison as" is a conjunction (subordinator) and must be followed by a clause c) Improper comparison d) Improper comparison e) Correct as it refers to the subject phrase "owning and living in a freestanding...
- by atrayee345
Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:47 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG10 - Sentence Correction Question#60
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11126
Option A and option B strengthen the argument.Option C tells us why Canada had problems but it doesn't directly attack the main conclusion i.e. no country can survive unless people have a common tongue. Option D tells us that the languages are related. So it doesn't weaken the conclusion. Option E g...
- by atrayee345
Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:46 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: DS - 1000 CR
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5735
(A) Compares quantity with process of enrolling
(B) Compares quantity with people
(C) Compares quantity with people
(D) Comparesincomparable things (quantity with process)
(E) The subject "people" has been omitted. The sentence is written in an analogous way. Hence (e).
- by atrayee345
Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:45 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18534
A. Incorrect
B. Illogical construction - Incorrect
C. This is correct and logical conclusion.
D. Illogical comparison. Incorrect.
E. Illogical comparison. Incorrect.Hence (c).
- by atrayee345
Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:44 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: More likely than vs as likely as
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10741