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The reasons for the pollution of Ganges were either because it is an easy target for effluents with several of its tributaries like Yamuna, Gomati etc flowing through industrial belts or for the simple reason that it had a massive catchment area in the thickly populated North India. A. that it had ...

by hrishi19884

Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:40 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Past Perfect or Simple Past
Replies: 7
Views: 2031

Yes, this is a correct GMAT question. A,B,C changes meaning indicating that management demanded, but that is not the case it is the "employees." "employees demanded that" is the better form than "employees demanded it" yes, generally, "should" is not used with...

by hrishi19884

Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:22 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: management
Replies: 1
Views: 1079

My stake on E

"requiring citizens to attest" is the correct correct form -requiring X to do(attest) Y

Also, to attest prior hand to have their -- are parallel.

by hrishi19884

Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:07 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: money laundering
Replies: 6
Views: 1779

OA is [spoiler] 1) A 2) D 3) B 4) D [/spoiler] explanation : 1) The structure of the passage is important. The author starts with a general statement about its being difficult to get people to recognize “an evil�. He goes on to say “for instance� and then talks about imprisonment. His last p...

by hrishi19884

Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:01 am
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: Difficult Words Used
Replies: 11
Views: 2273

My stake on C

"it" correctly represents the noun of the subject "computer software"

Also, it uses correct form of idiom "Not only ...but also"

Again, the correct form of writing "facilitate" is "to facilitate" and not "of facilitating"

by hrishi19884

Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:44 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: idioms
Replies: 4
Views: 1215

Thanks again. Is there a answers guide to 1000 SC ? Could you pls help me with the approach of solving these two problems : Question 29 - A shy, religious-minded publisher who had married a dukes daughter, Harold Macmillans rise to the position of Prime Minister in 1957 surprised many, though Churc...

by hrishi19884

Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:34 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Explanation to 1000 SC Question 14
Replies: 14
Views: 3337

word "they" clearly refers to "nuclear power stations". word 'they' can not refer to "international journalists" because "international journalists" is not a suject here. It's a "A majority of international journalists" that is subject. hm... I am s...

by hrishi19884

Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:24 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Explanation to 1000 SC Question 14
Replies: 14
Views: 3337

word "they" clearly refers to "nuclear power stations".

word 'they' can not refer to "international journalists" because "international journalists" is not a suject here.
It's a "A majority of international journalists" that is subject.

by hrishi19884

Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:38 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Explanation to 1000 SC Question 14
Replies: 14
Views: 3337

My pick is A. Data is Plural..singular form of data is Datum. [/color] Hi Prinit, Just want to emphasize that "Data" was plural in old English (especially in Latin -where Datum was singular) Now a days "Datum" is out of our modern English language(American English) In modern Ame...

by hrishi19884

Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:30 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Sentence Correction
Replies: 13
Views: 2571

Thanks. This was very helpful. Can you pls help with this one as well. 1000 SC - Q#13: A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future. A. that they will, or could, B. that th...

by hrishi19884

Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:21 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Explanation to 1000 SC Question 14
Replies: 14
Views: 3337

37Q ,35V -- should be around 600.....that's shocking!!


the correct idiom is as X as Y as infrequently as ........ as often as correct use of idiom in option B LIKE cannot be used to give examples, we should either use "such as" or "as" Here, "as" makes the correct place for idiom "as infrequently as once every.. "...

by hrishi19884

Tue Mar 02, 2010 3:04 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Explanation to 1000 SC Question 14
Replies: 14
Views: 3337

giriv26 wrote:Can someone help me with the explanation for the right answer ?

Thanks
Type in the question please

by hrishi19884

Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:49 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Explanation to 1000 SC Question 14
Replies: 14
Views: 3337

My stake on E, though not sure.

"they liken to putting" sounded absurd to me in A

others change the meaning of original sentence.

E uses "likening it to putting" - which is better than A

where "it" refers to nearest singular noun "technique".

by hrishi19884

Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:47 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: usage
Replies: 9
Views: 2047

girish3131 wrote:E makes sense to me 2...

A creates fragments....
Thanks Girish. This was the reason that I went for E.

rsadana, can you please check this one and make changes accordingly?

by hrishi19884

Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:05 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: SC Practice Questions
Replies: 15
Views: 3058