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Correct Usage of Being
Charles Lindbergh, for his attempt at a solo transatlantic flight, was very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane, he therefore refused to carry even a pound of mail, despite being offered $1,000 to do so. A. Charles Lindbergh, for his attempt at a solo transatlantic flight, was very relu...
- by sungoal
Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:28 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Correct Usage of Being
- Replies: 4
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Parallelism Issue
So dogged were Frances Perkins’ investigations of the garment industry, and her lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt recruited Perkins to work within the government, rather than as a social worker. A. and her lobbying for wage and hour reform ...
- by sungoal
Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:54 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Parallelism Issue
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5671
GMATGuruNY has posted a very nice explanation for this CR at the below link:
http://www.beatthegmat.com/boldface-cr- ... 74038.html
Check it out
- by sungoal
Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:09 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Bold Face
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1179
Correct usage of present participial modifier after comma
Scientists have recently discovered that the ultrathin, layered construction of a butterfly’s wings, the same as the one making some butterflies shimmer via the phenomenon of iridescence, are enabling the insect to control how much heat energy is absorbed by its wings and how much is reflected awa...
- by sungoal
Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:57 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Correct usage of present participial modifier after comma
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1126
Hi cans,
Could you explain why you took the average of the probabilities for choosing point C? Please explain the logic behind taking the average.
//sungoal
- by sungoal
Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:22 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Tough!!!!!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1716
Hi cans,
Could you explain why you took the average of the probabilities for choosing point C? Please explain the logic behind taking the average.
//sungoal
- by sungoal
Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:20 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Tough!!!!!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1716
OA should be C. Option A is a sentence fragment, as after the semicolon, we have dependent clause in the sentence. A dependent clause can not stand on its own. It should always be followed by an independent clause. Option D is wrong for the same reason as mentioned above. "Should not be in a po...
- by sungoal
Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:00 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The chairman of the board
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1942
OA is C. Below is the explanation by "testluv" GMAT expert: The correct answer is definitely choice C, as many have pointed out. Choice C tells us that current workers may actually have a (current) drinking problem. So, by replacing them with those who have been treated for their drinking ...
- by sungoal
Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:55 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Industrial accident- drinking probs, pls help me
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1586
- by sungoal
Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:49 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Come an instructor, tough
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1565
Experts please explain why option C is wrong. I dont think that there is any subject verb agreement error in option C. "Young Deer" is plural in the sentence not singular as the non-underlined part of the sentence shows "young deer must leave the safety of their group" . For sing...
- by sungoal
Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:00 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Aristotle SC-Usage of Being
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2173
Hi Avik.ch, It is not necessary that "When we are beginning a modifier with - "with" - it acts as an adverb modifier, modifying the whole clause" . Please consider the below sentence: The manager lost his cell phone, with his employees screaming wildly throughout the store In thi...
- by sungoal
Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:24 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Correct usage of "with" in a prepositional phrase
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5439
Correct usage of "with" in a prepositional phrase
India, like Italy and China, has no single dominant cuisine: Indian food comprises many different styles of cooking, with each a product of their regional influences, from the fiery vegetarian dishes of the south to the Portuguese-influenced Goan cooking of the west, to the more familiar Mogul food ...
- by sungoal
Tue Oct 11, 2011 7:18 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Correct usage of "with" in a prepositional phrase
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5439
- by sungoal
Tue Oct 11, 2011 5:37 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Cost of children
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2925
The space program's missions to Mars have confirmed that the soil composition on that planet is similar to that on our planet . a. to that on our planet b. to our planet c. with the soil on our planet d. to this composition on our planet e. to our planet's soils composition IMO: E Edit highlighted ...
- by sungoal
Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:53 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: soil composition
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1707
Hi Shrutee,
Please post the question from the reliable source. In the original GMATPrep question, option B is different.
so gradual so that they can be indistinguishable
Please don't tweak the original options in case you did. It unnecessarily creates the confusion.
- by sungoal
Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:56 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Gmatprep
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1982