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IMO E, in addition to karmayogi's reasoning, Following the split in 1980
modifies the fans and can't stand alone
- by S0laris
Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:13 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Following the split in 1980
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1817
1st. had is correct bc next action follow
2nd While - incorrect bc changes the original meaning
3rd acquiesced to..... by - not for(B), in(C,D,E)
4th -acquiesced to its - not it(B)
5th -in support of(C)(even if appropriate) redundant - by supporting better
so A is left
- by S0laris
Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:50 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: United Mine Workers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1499
I am surprised :shock: As per my understanding, we should not use gerund form as possessive noun. imo noun + gerund = subject besides, i think human being sounds so inseparable that even gerund is hard one to spot in it. a - ...agree to be......in burning... - noisy b,e - ...by fossils... - rather ...
- by S0laris
Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:21 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The World Wildlife fund (possesive!)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3828
I think E is irrelevant bc there is no evidence that teenagers would participate in school programs from 3 to 6 pm, it's possible that they'd rather commit some crime instead of takeng after-school party. B - weakens, bc: conclusion: they(measure) are unlikely to affect the problem that concerns cit...
- by S0laris
Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:17 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: CR from GMATPrep
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3646
prob( Presidents mistake)= 1-prob(all ministers correct) (mutually exclusive events) prob(1st minister correct)=90% prob (2nd minister correct)=80% prob (3rd minister correct)= 70% prob (Presidents mistake)= 1-(90/100*80/100*70/100) = 1-(9/10*4/5*7/10) =248/500 =62/125 62/125=0.496 or 49% - seems l...
- by S0laris
Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:27 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: President's chances of correct decision
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1234
Re: President's chances of correct decision
Let M1 be the event that Advisor one makes a mistake M2 event of Advisor 2's mistake M3 even of advisor 3's mistake then Probability of mistake is given as P(M1)=1/10 P(M2)=1/5 P(M3) 3/10 If we let E be the event that the president makes a mistake, then since one advisor's probabity of making mista...
- by S0laris
Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:34 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: President's chances of correct decision
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1234
wow, would never have got that. is it a retired gmat q? i thought for conditionals with "if" we had a structure: if x happened, y would have happened . but didnt know if that was the only way in which "would have" is used. If she wins……she will gave…... If she won…… she would/co...
- by S0laris
Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:40 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Is C better than E
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2204
President's chances of correct decision
President has 3 advisors. 1st-adviser mistakes 10% times. 2nd-adviser mistakes 20% times. 3rd-adviser mistakes 30% times. Each adviser gives with 1 advise to every one president's decision. President makes final decision basing on all given advises. If there is only one decision to make, what are th...
- by S0laris
Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:45 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: President's chances of correct decision
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1234
ha ha, seems like Manhattan pays back fot its guidelines in SC-book )
http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/usa ... t4375.html
- by S0laris
Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:52 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Guys, am I blind or is it Kaplan's error ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1594
Here is the explanation: ------------------------ David Hughes to me show details 3:01 PM (21 minutes ago) Reply Oleg - As soon as I hung up I realized that I had made a mistake, which is one reason why these things are better done by email - more time to think clearly. None of my friends has been a...
- by S0laris
Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:26 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Guys, am I blind or is it Kaplan's error ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1594
Guys, am I blind or is it Kaplan's error ?
this morning I started The sentece correction by Kaplan GMAT800, 2007-2008, page 135(Higher Score Guaranteed) previously I finished Princeton and Manhattan, so what I've found: -------------- As of this morning, none of my friends have been able to solve the puzzle contained in last week's newspaper...
- by S0laris
Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:50 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Guys, am I blind or is it Kaplan's error ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1594
Re: burning calories
..... Both D and E are parallel. D is much better than E as far as the GMAT is concerned however. The GMAT (and academia in general) considers "their burning", "their eating" and similar constructs weak writing (though not always wrong) and tends to prefer subject+verb construct...
- by S0laris
Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:26 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: burning calories
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2116
IMO - D, as ppl mentioned the right idiom is "so X(adj.) that Y"
I think E is incorrect bc correct idiom supposed to be like:
"so X(adj) as to be Y" - in this case Y="unlikely that nuclear...."- Y is absolutely undefined
- by S0laris
Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:10 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: energy analysts
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2119
I learned from PrincetonTOEFL how and what to scrap, it's really helped me on exam to avoid stress and "mental absence" bc of it.For me, It's like a tuned-autopilot after some practice. And gmat verbal strategy added up a little to the extent. Maybe it works only for me and there are a lot...
- by S0laris
Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:50 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: How to understand and remember author's flow of thoughts ?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8095
IMO - the key word is mass distribution , in addition " land " and " mantle " consist of the " mass " hence: The distribution of land mass....., like that(mass distribution) of the mantle surrounding the core....... so C i think people are hunger for OA ;) however, fro...
- by S0laris
Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:15 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Distribution of land mass
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5172