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- by apple100
Mon May 25, 2009 11:58 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: an asteroid
- Replies: 29
- Views: 11291
A. Their （company是单数，没有出现复数的主语，their指代不清） share of the country’s $21 billion bo...
- by apple100
Sun May 24, 2009 4:22 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: publishing divisions
- Replies: 18
- Views: 17639
sanjaylakhani wrote:Hi, Issues to be considered-
1) Use of Will Vs would
2) The number of - Singular
3) Use of WHO
4) Placement of THAT
IMO -A
when do you use "will" vs "would"?
- by apple100
Thu May 21, 2009 10:46 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: plane tickets online
- Replies: 40
- Views: 13524
Usage of "that" is redundant in this sentence.. we don't need a relative pronoun here.. because the sentence after "the first trenches" is not a subordinate clause.. so u can straightaway remove a and b c is as such wrong for using having.. between d and e.. d is wrong because i...
- by apple100
Thu May 21, 2009 3:17 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Set7-20
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4068
any other reasons why E is wrong? Misplaced Modifier : the Bold part has to come before Adult. (E) As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb, its rudimentary sense of vision, which would be deemed legally blind for an adult, would be rated about 20/500. Hope this helps so in E, "would be...
- by apple100
Mon May 18, 2009 10:50 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Baby emerging out
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11971
any other reasons why E is wrong?loki.gmat wrote:A - it refers to (baby, womb or vision - not clear.
B - legally blind incorrectly modifies "vision".
C - it refers to (baby or womb) - not clear.
E - same as C n B.
hence IMO D.
Thanks!
- by apple100
Mon May 18, 2009 9:27 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Baby emerging out
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11971
Re: percent increase or decrease
If x and y are positive numbers and z=x * (y^2), a 50 percent increase in x and 20 percent decrease in y would result in which of the following changes in z ? (A) A decrease of 4% (B) A decrease of 14% (C) An increase of 4% (D) An increase of 20% (E) An increase of 30% I was able to figure out the ...
- by apple100
Mon May 18, 2009 4:56 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: percent increase or decrease
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2010
Thelonious Monk
I will choose D because of the same reason above. But are we missing commas in the choices ? Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work that was rooted Jazz pianist and composer, Thelonious Monk, produced a body of work that was rooted I also feel that we are missing commas. ...
- by apple100
Mon May 18, 2009 4:42 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMATPREp
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3744
Couples of ways: First method We need to choose 3 people First person we hve 8 choices For the 2nd person(out of 7 remaining) we have 6 choices (since one of them would make a couple with the first person already chosen) For the 3rd person(out of 6remaining) we have 4 choices (since two of them wou...
- by apple100
Sun May 17, 2009 5:08 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Combinations Question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1326
IMO C a phenomenon that most scientists agree is caused by human beings' burning of fossil fuel. This is the active voice..caused by humans burning fuels D) which most scientists agree on as a phenomenon caused by human beings who burn fossil fuels, -- who burn is passive E) which most scientists a...
- by apple100
Thu May 14, 2009 7:37 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: World Wildlife Fund
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1287
World Wildlife Fund
The World Wildlife Fund has declared that global warming, a phenomenon most scientists agree to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels , will create havoc among migratory birds by altering the environment in ways harmful to their habitats. B) a phenomenon most scientists agree that is cau...
- by apple100
Thu May 14, 2009 2:09 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: World Wildlife Fund
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1287
Re: According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation
According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, companies in the United States are providing job training and general education for nearly eight million people, about equivalent to the enrollment of the nation's four-year colleges and universities. (A) equivalent to...
- by apple100
Thu May 14, 2009 1:23 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18544
Re: Observatory
Vemuri wrote:The usage of 'where' in B is not correct because it can either refer to the recently discovered site or New Mexico (which is closest to it).
Doesn't "where" incorrectly modify just New Mexico?
- by apple100
Mon May 11, 2009 12:19 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Observatory
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1869
Re: GMAT Prep
In the fraction x/y, where x and y are positive integers, what is the value of y? 1.) The least common denominator of x/y and 1/3 is 6 2.) x = 1 OA E Both A & B alone are insufficient. If taken together, the question states that 1/y and 1/3 have a common denominator of 6. This is still insuffic...
- by apple100
Sun May 10, 2009 5:18 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: GMAT Prep
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1370
Observatory
A site once used as an observatory by the Anasazi,ancient dwellers of New mexico,has been recently discovered where patterns of light and shadow were employed to establish the precise limits of the positions of the sun and moon over a ninteen-year cycle. b)A recently discovered site was once used a...
- by apple100
Sun May 10, 2009 4:04 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Observatory
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1869