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With B, the sentence would be: Senator Lasker has proposed legislation requiring that all older workers be retained by employers indefinitely or show just cause for dismissal . So, from a parallelism perspective, the structure is: ...all older workers: i) be retained by employers indefinitely or ii)...
- by EducationAisle
Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:02 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Command Subjective
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1910
my doubt : i read somewhere that :Adverbs that refer to AN INDEFINITE TIME IN THE PAST (ever, never, already, yet) typically require the PRESENT PERFECT. is this question not flouting this rule? Basically indefinite time is associated with perfect tenses; whether the correct tense to be used is pre...
- by EducationAisle
Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:03 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Nothing quite like this Broadway
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2916
I don't see synthetic growth hormone in C.gauravprashar17 wrote: Plus,it cannot refer to the synthetic growth hormone as how can something synthetic be removed from the pituitary glands of human cadavers
- by EducationAisle
Tue Aug 05, 2014 7:25 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: what if every option seems to have some error
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1751
Yes, to is indeed implied in E. As for C, elect to do something is idiomatically correct; elect doing something is not. When two verbs (or verb forms ) appear together (in this case elect and do ), the first verb determines whether the second verb will be in the gerund form (-ing form of the verb) o...
- by EducationAisle
Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:31 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Verbal review 2 : SC : Q 39
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1363
2) "London and New York, which..." - Is this a valid construction? and if yes, does it modify New Yor or the entire "..and .." phrase? For the most part, if the intent is to modify both the cities ( London and New York ), GMAT would use that . OG has quite a few examples of this...
- by EducationAisle
Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:46 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: X and Y + modifier
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1518
that is actually a very versatile world in English language. that has the following three completely completely different usages. i) As a conjunction : In this capacity, that is used to connect two clauses. For example: Jack said that he would play in the match . In this case, that is used to conne...
- by EducationAisle
Mon Jul 14, 2014 8:35 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: That Vs Which
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2876
Hello experts, In the below question, How the modifier can be politicians, but not an ambitious plan. Please explain http://s30.postimg.org/x0bw83ijh/SC_2.jpg Technically , neither politicians nor ambitious plan is the modifier ; the modifier is: Finally reaching a decision on an issue that has lon...
- by EducationAisle
Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:32 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: How to approach this modifier problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1220
Hi, Can anyone please explain to the topic named "Demonstrative Pronouns"? A demonstrative pronoun points to and identifies a noun or a pronoun. Demonstrative pronouns this and these refer to things that are nearby either in space or in time, while Demonstrative pronouns that and those re...
- by EducationAisle
Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:32 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Demonstrative Pronouns
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2722
Last option has an obvious subject verb disagreement (anomalies is plural, and so, the verb should be were), but this does not look like an official question.
- by EducationAisle
Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:58 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Sentence correction
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1728
Also i think that i need lot of practice questions to get the expertise in this area. Forums such as these are an excellent source for such practice questions actually. Having said that, generally your intent should be to limit yourself to official questions only. And also if there is some book to ...
- by EducationAisle
Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:34 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Difficulty in remembering the rules
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1478
Well, both examine and decide are verbs, if that was your question.sparkles3144 wrote: I don't understand how examine and decide are supposed to parallel
- by EducationAisle
Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:41 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG Parallelism
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1507
In addition to what Mitch has already mentioned above, notice that but is used as a coordinating conjunction in this sentence, and so, must be followed by an independent clause (this is the property of coordinating conjunctions).
But in A, that is not happening.
- by EducationAisle
Wed Jun 25, 2014 6:33 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The Chicago and Calumet
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1772
In had had and has had , the first word (has/had)is an indicator that this is a perfect tense , while the second word ( had ) is the past participle of the verb have . The reason this becomes slightly tricky is that had is both: simple past and past participle of the verbs has and have . Let's see t...
- by EducationAisle
Wed Jun 25, 2014 6:15 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Usage of Has Had, Have Had, Had Had and Had Been
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1613
query: seems "like" used to compair clause ; however OE says "like" is compairing noun phrase to noun phrase for which i am skeptical Where do you see two "clauses" Vipul? With E, the sentence is: Based on recent box office receipts, the public's appetite for documenta...
- by EducationAisle
Thu Jun 19, 2014 11:13 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: comparison
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2012
C- almost all of which are gasoline powered and therefore not subject to emissions-control standards as stringent as those for -- sport utility vehicles not subject to emissions-control standards as stringent as those for Does it mean under the jurisdiction sport utility vehicles are not subject to...
- by EducationAisle
Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:27 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: law will require emissions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1788