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Out of all options I find A to be closest to correct
The agile and athletic Agassi also refers to only one proper noun i.e Agassi
I share Harsha's concern about "who IS..." changing the tense
Experts please explain...
- by VikingWarrior
Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:05 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: quiz7-q1
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(A) a building owned by an individual or individuals having less than eight units and no commercial space [this option seems to suggest that individuals posses commercial space. is that ever possible? buildings can possess commercial space and not individuals. Eliminated!] (B) one that an individua...
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Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:36 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Private House_SC
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I chose E too, but the official answer is B, which I'm not convinced about! The following is the official explanation for the answer: "The lengthy intervening phrase characterized by cartilage and bone....the immune system masks the subject/verb problem. The singular subject autoimmune disease...
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Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:09 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Edited by fibbonnaci: cytokines
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Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:12 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Edited by fibbonnaci: cytokines
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- Views: 4540
- by VikingWarrior
Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:57 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: puzzle
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2551
My answer is C
Why not D?
increasing amount of fines = increasing fines
increasing the number of fines means increasing the number of things that one can be fined for
D changes meaning
- by VikingWarrior
Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:43 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Good one...
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- Views: 2055
- by VikingWarrior
Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:37 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: In her later poems, Phyllis Wheatley's blending of solar ima
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- by VikingWarrior
Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:33 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: a committee
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- Views: 3060
I would also go with B just because it sounds more idiomatic than D...but that is intuitive...what's the technical reason for D being incorrect?
- by VikingWarrior
Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:15 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Ted, Dan, Diane and me were all cited
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My answer is B
idiom- only about; as many as...rule out C & D
tense- received/did vs had (received) :: simple past vs past perfect
past perfect required here as we are comparing 2 events that occurred in the past
- by VikingWarrior
Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:05 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: tense issue
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4857
- by VikingWarrior
Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:55 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Einstein
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1391
- by VikingWarrior
Fri Feb 12, 2010 7:24 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: "Between"
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- Views: 1479
My answer is A
B is incorrect because of subject verb disagreement.
trenches being the subject one must use plural verb "have" as in A, rather than "yields", as in B
- by VikingWarrior
Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:58 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT Prep2
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1397
- by VikingWarrior
Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:44 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT Prep problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1104
- by VikingWarrior
Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:18 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: GMAT Prep problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2904