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OA is E. thanks guys to share your analysis. I took this question from BTG only. http://www.beatthegmat.com/the-man-was-aware-t25168.html http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/63572-than-him-than-he.html Everywhere the answer is E. I am not convinced with 'he' in E. I think it should ...

by FightWithGMAT

Tue Sep 07, 2010 7:52 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: the man was
Replies: 9
Views: 1790

68. After the Colonial period�s 50 percent mortality rate, life expectancy improved for children, but as late as the nineteenth century about one child in three died before reaching the age of six. (A) After the Colonial period�s 50 percent mortality rate, life expectancy improved for children,...

by FightWithGMAT

Tue Sep 07, 2010 6:12 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 1000SC # 68
Replies: 5
Views: 7409

Intended primarily to stimulate family summer travel, the new airfare, which allows both an adult and a child to fly for the price of one ticket, and also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven days rather than fourteen. (A) and also shortens the advance-p...

by FightWithGMAT

Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:06 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Shortens vs Lessen
Replies: 4
Views: 1486

According to some analysts, whatever its merits, the proposal to tax away all capital gains on short-term investments would, if enacted, have a disastrous effect on Wall Street trading and employment. (A) its merits, the proposal to tax (B) its merits may be, the proposal of taxing (C) its merits a...

by FightWithGMAT

Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:24 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: According to some analysts
Replies: 21
Views: 11689

New items developed for automobiles in the 1997 Model year included safer Air bag, which, unlike previous Air bags, eliminated the possibility that a burst of smoke would appear when the bag inflated, and making an already terrified passenger think the car was on Fire. A.inflated, and making B.infl...

by FightWithGMAT

Sun Sep 05, 2010 1:39 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: A good SC, Need experts' help!
Replies: 9
Views: 3664

For the last five years the Dutch economy has grown faster than Britain, France, or Germany, with the unemployment rate having remained well below that of the other three countries. A. Britain, France, or Germany, with the unemployment rate having remained B. have those of Britain, France, or Germa...

by FightWithGMAT

Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:16 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Dutch economy
Replies: 16
Views: 8623

Plays by Aphra Behn performed by the Duke's Company, and published in England in the 1670s, made her one of the first female authors to earn a living by writing. (A) Aphra Behn performed by the Duke's Company, and published in England in the 1670s, made her one of (B) Aphra Behn that they performed...

by FightWithGMAT

Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:20 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: sc29-veritas test
Replies: 35
Views: 5955

"The Ivory-billed Woodpecker has been considered extinct for the past several decades. Recently, researchers claim to have found a pair of Ivory-bills in Arkansas. Their best evidence is video that shows a large woodpecker flying away from the camera. The bird has the characteristic large whit...

by FightWithGMAT

Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:46 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Ivory Billed Woodpecker
Replies: 16
Views: 4917

Election officials should release the result tomorrow morning, if they have not already. A. release the result tomorrow morning, if they have not already. B. release the result tomorrow morning, if not already. C. have released the result tomorrow morning, if they have not already. D. be releasing ...

by FightWithGMAT

Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:04 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Election time
Replies: 91
Views: 41727

Regarded by opponents as ineffective and meddlesome and by supporters as a conserver of life and energy, the fight over the speed limit continues in our legislatures and on our freeways. A. Regarded by opponents as ineffective and meddlesome and by supporters as a conserver of life and energy, the ...

by FightWithGMAT

Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:44 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Speed limit - long one!
Replies: 282
Views: 109728

vulnerable to infections

Recently, some critics of the U.S. government have pointed out that this country is the only advanced industrialized nation without a national vaccine laboratory and suggested that this lack makes the American public more vulnerable than other developed nations to infectious diseases, such as avian ...

by FightWithGMAT

Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:45 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: vulnerable to infections
Replies: 8
Views: 1906

Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing of eight war ships as “fireships,� ves...

by FightWithGMAT

Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:03 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Monster SC from Mgmat
Replies: 12
Views: 4172

The price of a finished home bought through a real estate agent incorporates an abundance of service fees charged by all the companies involved in the creation of that home and by the entrepreneur. To reduce the final cost of a home, some people choose to form purchasing groups which independently ...

by FightWithGMAT

Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:27 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Reducing the cost of home
Replies: 11
Views: 2445

adi_800 wrote:I think we have a similar Sc in OG...

IMO C

A violates parallelism, a concept most commonly tested.

Not X, but rather Y

X and Y are not parallel.

X=driven (participle)
Y= High pressure fluids (Noun)

Can never be parallel. Just looking at NOT X, but rather Y would not help :(

by FightWithGMAT

Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:49 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Veritas SC
Replies: 4
Views: 1374

Top college graduates are having more difficulty demonstrating their superiority to prospective employers than did the top students of twenty years ago when an honors degree was distinction enough. Today’s employers are less impressed with the honors degree. Twenty years ago no more than 10 perce...

by FightWithGMAT

Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:35 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: CR
Replies: 5
Views: 1939