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by chaya009

Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:44 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: is samuel a bad fisherman?
Replies: 3
Views: 3361

is samuel a bad fisherman?

Samuel is obviously a bad fisherman. During the past season, in which he and the five members of his team spent four months on a boat together off Dutch Harbor, AK, he caught fewer fish than any of his teammates. Which of the following, if true, most weakens the argument above? A) Two seasons ago, S...

by chaya009

Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:14 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: is samuel a bad fisherman?
Replies: 3
Views: 3361

That was a nice and simple explanation bluementor.

i knew that both the statements are together sufficient, but ran out of time in solving it.

Thanks.

by chaya009

Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:03 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Managers and Directors
Replies: 9
Views: 2237

I think D is eliminated because it says Veterinarians strive to prevent the unnecessary death of an animal except in cases of severely ill or injured animals whose prospects for recovery are dim. But here the dog is perfectly healthy. Correct me if i am wrong. I find these CR questions a bit difficu...

by chaya009

Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:50 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Must be true
Replies: 6
Views: 2710

Thanks i got it now,If my understanding is right, if the stimulus had been

A person cannot get a job if he does not have positive letters of reference cannot get a good job. Therefore, the better the letters of reference a person has, the better the job that person will get.

Am i correct.

by chaya009

Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:40 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: parallel flawed reasoning
Replies: 6
Views: 1776

I narrowed it to D & E, and both followed the same logic.

by chaya009

Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:33 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: parallel flawed reasoning
Replies: 6
Views: 1776

Definitely it helped bhumika, i have come across such sentences elsewhere and now it makes sense. Subject is not required as the person is being compared to himself. just goggled, and found out this sentence, but the usage is very rare. No less an expert than Newt Gingrich says, "Hillary has be...

by chaya009

Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:55 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: I am no expert at this
Replies: 11
Views: 1822

Manhattan is a trusted source, though as you have pointed out, they are a few errors. I guess i should stop posting such questions.


gmatmachoman, can you explain the reasons, as osirius pointed out that in the absence of another subject, this sentence is grammatically wrong.

by chaya009

Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:41 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: I am no expert at this
Replies: 11
Views: 1822

The OA is A

Source: Manhattan review, no explanation given in the book.

by chaya009

Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:34 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: I am no expert at this
Replies: 11
Views: 1822

I am sorry, a big typo error here. Let me just rephrase the question. No less an expert than John H. Mc Whorter has claimed that African children do poorly in schools because of implicit social pressure to fail academically. A. same B. Not less an expert C. Not less expert D. Not less an expert than...

by chaya009

Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:32 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: I am no expert at this
Replies: 11
Views: 1822

I am no expert at this

Not less an expert than John H. Mc Whorter has claimed that African children do poorly in schools because of implicit social pressure to fail academically.

A. same
B. Not less an expert
C. Not less expert
D. Not less an expert than
E. An expert not less than

Answers with explanation please.

by chaya009

Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:08 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: I am no expert at this
Replies: 11
Views: 1822

Thanks a ton bhumika.

by chaya009

Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:04 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: equal or high
Replies: 6
Views: 1672

I have a question for you thephoenix, if C had the correct idiom, would the sentence be right.

"it could not agree on."

by chaya009

Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:23 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: State Assembly
Replies: 5
Views: 2839
by chaya009

Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:19 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Harper Lee
Replies: 3
Views: 1624

komal, your way of breaking down the CR and arriving at the answer has really hepled me a lot.

Thanks a lot...

by chaya009

Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:45 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: flaw in reasoning
Replies: 4
Views: 1610