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Can you figure this out?
Even though more money was removed out of stock funds in July as in any month since October 1987, sales of fund shares in July were not as low as an industry trade group had previously estimated. (A)as in any month since October 1987, sales of fund shares in July were not as low as (B)as had been in...
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Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:58 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Can you figure this out?
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By the same techniques used for genetically enhancing plants, making them disease- or pest-resistant, researchers have been able to increase the amount of protein in potatoes, sweet potatoes, and tobacco. A.By the same techniques used for genetically enhancing plants, making them B.With the same te...
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Wed Jun 30, 2010 5:21 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Tough question in GMAT Test
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Tough question in GMAT Test
By the same techniques used for genetically enhancing plants, making them disease- or pest-resistant, researchers have been able to increase the amount of protein in potatoes, sweet potatoes, and tobacco. A.By the same techniques used for genetically enhancing plants, making them B.With the same te...
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Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:04 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Tough question in GMAT Test
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B. A balanced portfolio of stocks and bonds is less than eighty percent as volatile as the overall stock market.
A balanced portfolio of stocks and bonds is less than eighty percent(, and is)as volatile as the overall stock market.
Is (, and is) needed?
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Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: confusing question for me
- Replies: 3
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This question is on parallelism and consicion. Here is the extended version of the sentence. The time it takes for a star to change its brightness is directly related to the time it takes for a star to change its luminosity. ..and here is its summarized version. The time it takes for a star to chan...
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Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:36 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: please help
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I guess C.
As to me, C is better than A.
'ways to begin to'in A is wordy and, in a sense, is confused.
What's the OA?
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Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:27 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: tricky question-
- Replies: 9
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I really appreciate your answers, which make me understand this problem from a wider perspective. It seems quite easy to choose the right answer A, but it seems rather tough to eliminate the option A for reasonable grounds. Anyway, our aims are to catch the right answers in the exam as soon as possi...
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Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:05 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: strange: the rising cost
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Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:08 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: strange: the rising cost
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strange: the rising cost
52. The rising of costs of data-processing operations at many financial institutions has created a growing opportunity for independent companies to provide these services more efficiently and at lower cost. (A)The rising of costs (B)Rising costs (C)The rising cost (D)Because the rising cost (E)Becau...
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Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:49 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: strange: the rising cost
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Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:03 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: gerund vs noun
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gerund vs noun
In the mid-1960's a newly installed radar warning system mistook the rising of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets. (A)rising of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets (B)rising of the moon for a massive Soviet missile attack (C)moon rising to a massive missile attack by...
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Sun Jun 13, 2010 11:36 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: gerund vs noun
- Replies: 9
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