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The hognose snake puts on an impressive bluff, hissing and rearing back, broadens the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does, feigning repeated strikes, but, having no dangerous fangs and no venom, eventually, if its pursuer is not cowed by the performance, will fall over and play dead. (A) bro...
- by SaraiGMAXonline
Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:13 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The hognose snake
- Replies: 13
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Hi Guys, Let's now look at every issue that comes into play here. Remember, the more ways you have of identifying a wrong answer, the fast you can solve future problems! Although the first pulsar, or rapidly spinning collapsed star, to be sighted was in the summer of 1967 by graduate student Jocelyn...
- by SaraiGMAXonline
Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:18 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Pulsar!
- Replies: 6
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Hi kvcpk, There is nothing grammatically wrong with D. Both A and D correctly express the same meaning. D is only a more expanded version of A, and since on SC and in business English in general, your goal is to communicate meaning as quickly and clearly as possible, you go for the most concise opti...
- by SaraiGMAXonline
Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:49 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: As vbaried as!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1980
By a unanimous vote, the city council granted the school board considerable autonomy allowing it to make spending decisions without seeking council approval. A.allowing it to make spending decisions B. for it to make spending decisions C. for making decisions of spending D. that enable them to make...
- by SaraiGMAXonline
Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:12 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: By a unanimous vote
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4826
Hello Sarai, I read your explanation on SC1000 - 385 http://www.beatthegmat.com/in-its-most-recent-approach-the-comet-crommelin-passed-the-t1278-15.html I'm wondering whether you could explain why in D) we can omit the main verb"pass"? It seems to me that because the two sentences have di...
- by SaraiGMAXonline
Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:01 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: In its most recent approach, the comet Crommelin passed the
- Replies: 21
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The New Cognition computational tool is actually now the world’s fastest in terms of potential maximum performance, but that is considered to be a less relevant measure than the actual computing rate obtained on a standardized test. A. The New Cognition computational tool is actually now the world...
- by SaraiGMAXonline
Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:15 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAX Challenge Question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1225
Good Job! The correct answer is E! 1. Gesticulations, the hand motions that accompany a person's speech, are often involuntary and sometimes are produced entirely unwittingly when a person is involved in an emotional or heated conversation. Clearly then, when drivers have a fit of road rage, step ou...
- by SaraiGMAXonline
Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:03 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: GMAX Challenge Question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1530
You seem to have got it, but just to recap the major issues... Rhizobium bacteria living in the roots of bean plants or other legumes produce fixed nitrogen which is one of the essential plant nutrients and which for non-legume crops, such as wheat, normally must be supplied by applications of nitro...
- by SaraiGMAXonline
Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:22 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: CR 1000
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4196
GMAX Challenge Question
Gesticulations, the hand motions that accompany a person's speech, are often involuntary and sometimes are produced entirely unwittingly when a person is involved in an emotional or heated conversation. Clearly then, when drivers have a fit of road rage, step out of their cars, and in the midst of t...
- by SaraiGMAXonline
Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:07 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: GMAX Challenge Question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1530
Good work guys! 2. Every book written by June Summers, winner of the Booker Prize, has received critical acclaim from literary reviewers the world over. Moreover, five of her novels have been on the best-seller list over the past decade. Thus, her latest novel, despite initially having earned a rath...
- by SaraiGMAXonline
Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:06 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: GMAX Challenge Question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1537
GMAX Challenge Question
The New Cognition computational tool is actually now the world’s fastest in terms of potential maximum performance, but that is considered to be a less relevant measure than the actual computing rate obtained on a standardized test. A. The New Cognition computational tool is actually now the worl...
- by SaraiGMAXonline
Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:02 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAX Challenge Question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1225
385. In its most recent approach, the comet Crommelin passed the Earth at about the same distance and in about the same position, some 25 degrees above the horizon, that Halley's comet will pass the next time it appears. (A) that Halley's comet will pass (B) that Halley's comet is to be passing (C)...
- by SaraiGMAXonline
Sat Jul 17, 2010 4:53 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: In its most recent approach, the comet Crommelin passed the
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15166
By a unanimous vote, the city council granted the school board considerable autonomy allowing it to make spending decisions without seeking council approval. A.allowing it to make spending decisions B. for it to make spending decisions C. for making decisions of spending D. that enable them to make...
- by SaraiGMAXonline
Sat Jul 17, 2010 4:27 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: By a unanimous vote
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4826
Good Job! Published anonymously and first attributed to George Eliot, Far from the Maddening Crowd won Hardy immediate success, combining both an architecturally perfect plot with the philosophical overtone that were to set the theme for his later works. A. Published anonymously and first attributed...
- by SaraiGMAXonline
Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:14 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAX Challenge Question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1723
Hi pradeepkaushal9518, GMAX (http://www.gmaxonline.com) is a GMAT-preparation school that has been preparing students internationally for the GMAT for nearly two decades. Online courses come in the form of online videos , and in August I'll be teaching an intensive 21-hour live on-line verbal course...
- by SaraiGMAXonline
Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:06 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAX Challenge Question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1723