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- by niksworth
Wed May 18, 2011 6:38 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG Bold Faced CR
- Replies: 27
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- by niksworth
Wed May 18, 2011 5:55 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: road
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14728
- by niksworth
Wed May 18, 2011 5:49 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1634
Atul, you are over-analyzing and getting lost in grammar jargon. you are suggesting that OP A is actually a fragment as it contain no VERB right...This is where i'm not 100% sure...in Op A, notice this adverb "reportedly"...if caused is a verb then "reportedly" modify VERB and th...
- by niksworth
Mon May 16, 2011 7:22 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: What's your approach for these Longlong SC's?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1689
In my opinion, GMAT sentence correction is so much more than spotting grammar errors in a sentence . The first thing that should come to mind is - how can the meaning be sent across in the most clear and concise manner. Here we are expressing the limiting characteristics of a towel. Why would we wri...
- by niksworth
Sat May 14, 2011 10:25 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Parallel SC
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1534
- by niksworth
Tue May 10, 2011 9:31 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Subordinate Clause Parallelism
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3386
I'll go for A. We can do this purely from a semantics point of view. Notice that there needs to be a comparison between the two different factors. at least as great an impact in choice A does that well. Choices B, C, and D do not establish this at all. In fact, in these choices, although government ...
- by niksworth
Mon May 09, 2011 12:50 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: One study found that----comparison
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1351
hei can any expert plz explain "specifically" why choice "c" is wrong? thnks to inoculate is a verb. to do is also a verb. In C, the noun inoculation is used with the verb to do to form a wordy passive construction ' inoculation is done ' when the simple use of ' are inoculated ...
- by niksworth
Sun May 08, 2011 10:53 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Sentence correction -question for the forum
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3066
That'd be rather sad, if its on the way out. I'm such a fan of the subjunctive. It provides such flair to the language!Jim@Grockit wrote: The subjunctive in English is so tricky because it's on its way out of use. Unfortunately, it won't be gone by the time any of you take the GMAT.
- by niksworth
Sun May 08, 2011 10:41 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Several senior officials spoke to the press
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5633
Use the Pareto principle. Take a test, see which topics you mess up the most, and study these.
uwhusky,
you still lurking in these places?
- by niksworth
Sun May 08, 2011 10:36 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SENTENCE CORRECTION STUDY HELP
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1002
Well, the answer should be A. It is the only option that correctly uses the subjunctive and has a properly constructed independent clause after the semicolon. A nitpick (and out of GMAT scope) : Wouldn't might be a better word than may in this sentence? ( I know that may and might are often used int...
- by niksworth
Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:38 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Do you speak Russian?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 16653
I concur. Indeed, improving is a gerund here. Why? The Baldrick Manufacturing Company has for several years followed a policy aimed at improving the efficiency of its distribution system. The underlined part is a noun phrase. improving is the gerund in the noun phrase. We can construct a different s...
- by niksworth
Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:29 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Wrong explanation in OG...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4383
- by niksworth
Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:23 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Sentence Correction Doubt
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2758
@niksworth : C - Gerund with a possessive noun is incorrect. Without a conjunction, a comma splice exists in C. I agree that C is incorrect answer, but i have certain doubts for the reasons mentioned above . Could you please explain. 1. Gerund with a possessive noun is incorrect ? the California ne...
- by niksworth
Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:16 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Comparison#13
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3174
Hmmm, can we have a "critic of a trend towards something "? Don't we generally have a "critic of something "? I am interested in the source of this question because of the weirdness of the aforesaid construction. Please provide the source. The answer choices can be eliminated by ...
- by niksworth
Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Sentence Correction Doubt
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2758