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Governor Verdant's state budget
This question has been posted before on the forum but I did not find a convincing answer, so posting it again: While Governor Verdant has been in office, the state’s budget has increased by an average of 6 percent each year. While the previous governor was in office, the state’s budget increased...
- by neonite
Sun May 16, 2010 8:05 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Governor Verdant's state budget
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1639
First, it's a good idea to identify the subject of the sentence containing the underlined words: the brewed leaves of C. (plural) . After a semicolon, you always find a complete sentence, unless it is used in a complex list Thus A, B and C can be quickly ruled out. Looking at D and E, the former co...
- by neonite
Tue May 04, 2010 5:44 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Health Benefits
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1338
As discussed "is" is correct since "Either of the X" should be followed by a singular verb. Further, "to recite at tryouts" signifies that we need present tense - and hence "is" and not "were" or "was". Had the sentence been "to recit...
- by neonite
Tue May 04, 2010 4:34 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Casting Director!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2734
The four-million-year-old fossilized skeleton known as Lucy is so small compared with many other skeletons presumed to be of the same species , and so some paleontologists have argued that Lucy represents a different lineage. A. presumed to be of the same species, and so B. presumed to be of the sa...
- by neonite
Tue May 04, 2010 3:17 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Lucy skeletons
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8878
As discussed "is" is correct since "Either of the X" should be followed by a singular verb. Further, "to recite at tryouts" signifies that we need present tense - and hence "is" and not "were" or "was". Had the sentence been "to recite...
- by neonite
Tue May 04, 2010 3:11 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Casting Director!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2734
Reviving an old discussion, since no closure was achieved.
Can a GMAT instructor please explain why E is correct?
- by neonite
Thu Apr 29, 2010 12:04 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Modernization program for the steel mill
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3159
Hey,
Congrats on the good score. Can you let me know what exactly are the GClub quant tests and where I can access them?
- by neonite
Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:57 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: 730 (Q50,V38) AWA 6.0...not really excited!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1568
- by neonite
Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:56 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: crimes
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6392
Wanted to revive this discussion,
The OA is A as per the source. IMO it was coming to be B.
Any suggestions?
- by neonite
Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:18 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: crimes
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6392
Hey Varun,
Can you let me know where I can find the Manhattan tests?
Did you register for them online?
- by neonite
Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:21 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: My journey from 590 to 710 – Reliving my GMAT experience!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13440
IMO C, since the remaining 4 options clearly weaken the conclusion.
(C) option is irrelevant to any argument point.
OA please?
- by neonite
Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:13 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: postal service
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1718
@LoveuSonu
I think u r on the right track, except that the reason you have given for discarding (C) is probably not accurate.
IMO C should be the answer.
- by neonite
Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:31 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: scholarship
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4563
Kevin, Thanks for the explanation.
One follow up question: If instead of "fast" we had "high", then would the statement be grammatically correct, since "rate of increase" can be "high" ?
(F) twice as high as the 1970s.
- by neonite
Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:26 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: A puzzling SC
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1967
Hi,
Which are the best books for practicing math questions? I have heard from a few that OG 12 math is relatively easy compared to the actual GMAT math.
- by neonite
Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:13 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: GMAT 720... My GMAT Experience
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5179
Question
Need help on the following SC question: While the owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling, owners of cooperative apartments have shares in a corporation that owns a building and leases apartments to them. (A) While the owner of a condominium apartment has free and c...
- by neonite
Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:46 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1190