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I have signed up for the free test but i want to know if i will get to review the test questions after completing the test. i think it is very important, i would like to solve again any questions that i answer incorrectly.. is possible to do this on attempting the free test?

by Pooja Bhula

Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:34 am
Forum: Ask a Manhattan Prep representative
Topic: Free Sample GMAT Test
Replies: 2
Views: 11501

D's structure: blamed for causing deaths and injuries as well as doing damage so: blamed for A (x and y) as well as B... everything else is not parallel your reason for picking A: because it can be read as 'Causing hundreds of deaths, causing injury to thoudsands, and seriously damaging' if you com...

by Pooja Bhula

Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:41 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Superficial parallelism vs Actual Parallelism..
Replies: 40
Views: 11298

For ppl who are trying to understand the 4th question, well i figured out two things..one v. imp point is that the idiomatic expression is incidentally from... so that leaves us with only 2 options A and B... and the 2nd imp thing is that the nine planets cant be developing from, they collectively c...

by Pooja Bhula

Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:47 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 4 questions...
Replies: 16
Views: 5897

good analysis Pooja. I think you're getting this :) try this one (pretty straight forward I think) All-terrain vehicles have allowed vacationers to reach many previously inaccessible areas, but they have also been blamed for causing hundreds of deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging th...

by Pooja Bhula

Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:28 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Superficial parallelism vs Actual Parallelism..
Replies: 40
Views: 11298

here's another one St. John’s, Newfoundland, lies on the same latitude as Paris, France, but in spring St. John’s residents are less likely to be sitting at outdoor cafes than to be bracing themselves against arctic chills, shoveling snow, or seeking shelter from a raging northeast storm. (A) r...

by Pooja Bhula

Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:05 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Superficial parallelism vs Actual Parallelism..
Replies: 40
Views: 11298

Hi i still did not understand the 1st one... LIKE as you correctly said is for similarity and comparison.... but it is used whilst comparing nouns... I the first question hovering is being compared with flitting so shouldn't we use AS? coz its used for comparing actions...

by Pooja Bhula

Thu Dec 03, 2009 2:23 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 4 questions...
Replies: 16
Views: 5897

The galloping boulder bumped against the hillside, kicking up cloud of dust, and slightly changed direction. A. kicking up cloud of dust B. a cloud of dust is kicked up C. a cloud of dust is kicking up D. kicks up a cloud of dust E. kicked up a cloud of dust if you insert "a" between up a...

by Pooja Bhula

Thu Dec 03, 2009 2:19 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Superficial parallelism vs Actual Parallelism..
Replies: 40
Views: 11298

here's another one St. John’s, Newfoundland, lies on the same latitude as Paris, France, but in spring St. John’s residents are less likely to be sitting at outdoor cafes than to be bracing themselves against arctic chills, shoveling snow, or seeking shelter from a raging northeast storm. (A) r...

by Pooja Bhula

Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:39 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Superficial parallelism vs Actual Parallelism..
Replies: 40
Views: 11298

Hi guys the answers are:
1.B
2.B
3.E
4.B

These are the one's I got wrong so those of you who have got the correct answers please explain the logic to me...

by Pooja Bhula

Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:11 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 4 questions...
Replies: 16
Views: 5897

Hey Capnx,
Your explanation was very good...ur really good at this..you have selected the correct answer...thanks...do you have any suggestions wrt material that I should use for practicing sentence correction? I am reffering to the archaemenid question...

by Pooja Bhula

Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:56 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Superficial parallelism vs Actual Parallelism..
Replies: 40
Views: 11298

hi guys I have found one more question on superficial parallelism...so lets see who gets it... The Achaemenid empire of Persia reached the Indus Valley in the fifth century B.C., bringing the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and southern Indian alphabets. A) the Aramaic s...

by Pooja Bhula

Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:24 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Superficial parallelism vs Actual Parallelism..
Replies: 40
Views: 11298

4 questions...

1. More than one hundred years ago, students of ornithology reported that hummingbirds can hover as insects flitting gracefully from one flower to another. A. As insects flitting gracefully from one flower to another. B. Like insects flitting gracefully from one flower to another. C. As insects do t...

by Pooja Bhula

Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:59 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 4 questions...
Replies: 16
Views: 5897

always use the information given. we have 3 verbs: bumped, kick_____, and changed... given the position of the comma, it is most likely that the three verbs are parallel in that they are all predicates to the noun. "The bolder bumped... kicked... and changed..." another clue is that A is ...

by Pooja Bhula

Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:44 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Superficial parallelism vs Actual Parallelism..
Replies: 40
Views: 11298

Well you can say 'the boulder kicked up a cloud of dust', it's not wrong but according to the logic of superficial parallelism A should be the answer. OA is E. I think we need an expert's explanation...

by Pooja Bhula

Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:28 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Superficial parallelism vs Actual Parallelism..
Replies: 40
Views: 11298

I kinda agree wid ur reasoning...but even i think its time we get an expert opinion...hope they solve this for us

by Pooja Bhula

Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:20 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Parallelism question please help...
Replies: 6
Views: 1300