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Sorry, here is the original question. Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile Delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates. (A) that flouri...
- by hanspaul
Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:44 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Do we need a verb after "as" comparison indicatior
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3196
- by hanspaul
Sun Oct 31, 2010 4:48 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The use of "what"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1425
Do we need a verb after "as" comparison indicatior
Quoted from OG Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile Delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates. According to what I have learnt, when ...
- by hanspaul
Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:10 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Do we need a verb after "as" comparison indicatior
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3196
The use of "what"
Can someone explain a few things about "What" 1) Is what a modifier? In some cases it looks like it can replace "which" or "that" 2) Does to modify a noun or a clause? From OG: His studies of ice-polished rocks in his Alpine homeland, far outside the range of present-da...
- by hanspaul
Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:46 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The use of "what"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1425
RULE: If a noun is neither subject or object of main clause/sentence then it doesn't introduce pronoun ambiguity in that sentence. The above rule contradicts with the explanation provided by the official answer explanations. In the incorrect answer D, as shown below, official explanation describes ...
- by hanspaul
Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:14 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: One pronoun, so many antecedents?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5091
Reference letter from a referrer who's unemployed
Hello, One of the reference letters that I plan to attach is from a science researcher, whom I worked with at a Berkeley research faciliy. At that time I was a freah grad, while she was doing her Post-Doc. In my opinion, it would be a good reference because she was leading the research initiative an...
- by hanspaul
Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:03 am- Forum: The Application Process
- Topic: Reference letter from a referrer who's unemployed
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3540
Thanks guys for all the posts. I understand A) is not the correct choice because of past perfect tense, but I disagree the ordering of the two sentences matter. Now let's fix A and change the past perfect to past tense as follows- "Last month Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 2...
- by hanspaul
Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:23 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Sachin Tendulkar
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3454
Sachin Tendulkar
Quote from e-gmat.com A: Last month Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 200 runs, thirty years after the first one day international game had been played. B: Thirty years after the first one day international game was played, Sachin Tendulkar, last month, became the first batsman to s...
- by hanspaul
Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:59 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Sachin Tendulkar
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3454
Thanks.
"Just as" seems a better answer to me, as I never thought of "what" can be used to compare 2 expressions.
- by hanspaul
Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:52 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Gregor Mendel
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1864
Gregor Mendel
Quoted from e-gmat.com Father of modern genetics, Gregor Mendel discovered genes that are to understanding to complex structure of human body ______ atoms are to understanding of architecture of universe. A : Just As B : What I chose "A" but answer is "B". Anyone can explain why ...
- by hanspaul
Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:14 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Gregor Mendel
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1864
Winship
Quoted from e-gmat.com "Winship estimate that the three largest carriers - Delta, United, and American - each generate roughly $1 billion annually." Should generate be plural or singular? The office answer is plural - generate. However, I learned from some other resources that "each&q...
- by hanspaul
Mon Aug 23, 2010 8:52 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Winship
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1662
Is "However" a conjunction like "but"
I don't think "however" can be use as a conjunction to connect two independent clauses together. For example, 'He is very frustrated, however he's keeping himself calm." I don't think it sounds right. Well, nonetheless, the following sentence from OG uses "however" to connec...
- by hanspaul
Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:24 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Is "However" a conjunction like "but"
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2175
Question from MGMAT practice
A question from Manhattan Practice. It's very obvisous that most of the answers except C can be eliminated. However, I am still not convinced that "C" really makes sense, even it's best compared to the others. Anyone? ----------------------------------------------------- The Ergonomic Soci...
- by hanspaul
Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:39 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Question from MGMAT practice
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1154
Disagree with the answer from Data Sufficiency question
The question is from Official Guide (12th), page 282, Q 106 If x and y are integers, is xy even? (1) x = y+1 (2) x/y is an even integer. Clearly we need to find if either x or y is an even. It's pretty obviously that (2) is sufficient since x is an even. For (1), I disagree that the answer. The answ...
- by hanspaul
Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:28 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Disagree with the answer from Data Sufficiency question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1113