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Re: SC - Tektites
Tektites, which may have been propelled to Earth from lunar volcanoes, are much like the volcanic glass obsidian, but their chemical composition is different than any terrestrial lava; they contain far less water than obsidian does and none of its characteristic microcrystals. (A) is different than...
- by apple100
Sun Jun 14, 2009 4:55 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC - Tektites
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5471
ildude02 wrote:extent that is unidiomatic, extent of or extent to is preferable.thegmatbeater wrote:Why answer A is incorrect?
Are there any other reasons why B is better than A?
- by apple100
Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:57 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Question 20 Test Code 42 GMAT Test Paper
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5389
parallel structure is one reason why (c) is worse than (d) or (e). to wit, look at the blue parts below. note that "rather than" is a one-part signal - i.e., unlike two-part constructions such as "both ... and" and "not only ... but also", it lacks a left-hand part ind...
- by apple100
Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:18 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Stone Age
- Replies: 44
- Views: 26757
Re: GMATPrep Tough Questions
Hello All, Could we have this post as a repository for tough(700 level) Gmat Prep Quant PS questions? I think this could be made into a sticky post so that BTG members can have a good question bank at hand! To start with I have doubts with the following questions which have been obtained from GMATP...
- by apple100
Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:13 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: GMATPrep Tough Questions
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4055
Re: GMATPrep Tough Questions
Hello All, Could we have this post as a repository for tough(700 level) Gmat Prep Quant PS questions? I think this could be made into a sticky post so that BTG members can have a good question bank at hand! To start with I have doubts with the following questions which have been obtained from GMATP...
- by apple100
Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:21 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: GMATPrep Tough Questions
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4055
Re: Gmat Prep 2
In a certain class, 72 percent of the male students and 80 percent of the female students have applied to college.What fraction of the students in the senior class are male? A) There are 840 students in the senior class B) 75 percent of the students in the senior class have applied to college. B So...
- by apple100
Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:53 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Gmat Prep 2
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1365
Re: Turtle makes ur head spin Controversial OA and Q
I am no expert, but I remember reading somewhere that the proper use of the idiom "so...that" is to place the "so" next to the word that needs to be intensified. This might be a reason for E not to be correct. Thanks for that and you are correct, I checked up on one of the forum...
- by apple100
Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:19 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Turtle makes ur head spin Controversial OA and Q
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7732
Re: But not for
Medicare, the United States government’s health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, covers the full cost of home health care, but not with other nonhospital services where 20 percent of the costs must be paid by beneficiaries . A. but not with other nonhospital services where 20 percent...
- by apple100
Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:06 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: But not for
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3708
IMO E what is the reasoning behind E? Argument: removing the tariff would seriously hamper the government’s effort to reduce urban unemployment over the next five years. how to weaken the above argument? by Proving: tariff => do not reduce urban unemployment => increase the urban unemployment E) A ...
- by apple100
Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:27 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Kernland imposes a high tariff...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11790
- by apple100
Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:25 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Kernland imposes a high tariff...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11790
computer chip
Because an oversupply of computer chips has sent prices plunging, the manufacturer has announced that it will cut production by closing its factories for two days a month. A. Because an oversupply of computer chips has sent prices plunging B. Because of plunging prices for computer chips, which is ...
- by apple100
Sun May 31, 2009 5:42 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: computer chip
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1915
Rey, You been busy?? We would like you to spend more time here. This Q hits on "use like when you see nouns" trap How ever its not Hungary and EE that are compared. Hungary like EE is correct In Hungary like much in EE is wrong In Hungary is describing a condition in H. Like is wrong for ...
- by apple100
Wed May 27, 2009 10:43 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC As Vs Like
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8350
Re: help, pls,
What is the OA??thang wrote:Sorry my friend
in A, it is "made" not "make". So why it is wrong"
this is question 41 of the test set 12 in "15 test set" on the internet.
pls, help
- by apple100
Tue May 26, 2009 11:19 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: hard SC question. Please,explain to me, friends.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5249
Re: genetic modifications to cotton
Scientists have made genetic modifications to cotton to increase its resistance to insect pests. According to farmers’ report, the amount of insecticide needed per acre to control insect pests was only slightly lower for those who tried the modified seed than for those who did not. Therefore, since...
- by apple100
Tue May 26, 2009 9:45 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: genetic modifications to cotton
- Replies: 22
- Views: 15273
SaleCo employees
An overwhelming proportion of the most productive employees at SaleCo’s regional offices work not eight hours a day, five days a week, as do other SaleCo employees, but rather ten hours a day, four days a week, with Friday off. Noting this phenomenon, SaleCo’s president plans to increase overall pro...
- by apple100
Tue May 26, 2009 8:26 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: SaleCo employees
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8380