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Re: SC - GMAT Prep

Can before be an adv. like previously so the subject of option C and E is stopping the train?

by yxfmoon

Sun Feb 09, 2020 2:30 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: SC - GMAT Prep
Replies: 8
Views: 4832

Re: Gmat Prep Question Pack | Laboratory rats and mice live up t

I think D omits a that to compare with diet.
D. hat has at least 30 percent fewer calories than [that] they would normally eat but that otherwise
Can we omit it? Can someone help?

by yxfmoon

Sun Feb 09, 2020 2:04 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Gmat Prep Question Pack | Laboratory rats and mice live up t
Replies: 2
Views: 3356

Is "of late" an idiomatic expression?

The following sentence appears weird for me because the phrase of late. Does that mean recently and require to use perfect tense?

Just as the free computer operating system Linux has of late become even more crash resistant, so support for it within the computer industry has been growing.

by yxfmoon

Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:18 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Is "of late" an idiomatic expression?
Replies: 0
Views: 446

Re: Children's programming - what's the rule?

I don't see any need to use past perfect tense, so A and E are wrong.
With one's doing is almost always wrong, so B is out.
once limited... there are is awkward, so C is out.
D is the right answer.

by yxfmoon

Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:07 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Children's programming - what's the rule?
Replies: 5
Views: 2916

Re:

Thank you very much for the explanation.
I can understand the examples you gave, but still struggling about the original problem. Can you help to explain the original problem? Thanks in advance.

by yxfmoon

Sun Feb 09, 2020 12:53 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Some patients who do not respond to therapies of depression
Replies: 2
Views: 1859

Re: GPREP SC- 15

Is B a correct answer if we change it to "as with the case in"?

by yxfmoon

Sun Feb 09, 2020 12:39 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: GPREP SC- 15
Replies: 2
Views: 1508

Re: There are hopeful signs that we are shifting away

Can anyone help to explain how to use "the case" in comparison?
Is it flexible to refer anything? Or does it have specific rules?

by yxfmoon

Sun Feb 09, 2020 12:18 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: There are hopeful signs that we are shifting away
Replies: 8
Views: 5922

Re: 4 questions...

For question 4. I only found incidental to, but didn't find either incidental from or incidental of.
So I don't know whey E is wrong.

by yxfmoon

Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:06 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 4 questions...
Replies: 16
Views: 5931

One anther vs. The other

Hi, I came across two SC problems and don't fully understand the correct answers. Can any one help. Question 1. The correct answer is B The company is fortunate to have excellent relationships among its employees: they each have a relationship of respect for all the others. A they each have a relati...

by yxfmoon

Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:32 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: One anther vs. The other
Replies: 0
Views: 586

Re: one another vs. others?

I don't understand why we can use each... the other here. This structure is used for a pair rather than for a crow of over 3 entities. Can anyone help? For example, the answer of the following question is B. The company is fortunate to have excellent relationships among its employees: they each have...

by yxfmoon

Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:26 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: one another vs. others?
Replies: 17
Views: 10319