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So... "with more than..." modifies "scale" ,"of up to..." modifies "structures",and "connected by..." modifies "rooms"? Sorry, I want to know the rule of modifiers when I encounter a Q, like this one,that has a series of modifiers.In this c...
- by bettylll
Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:57 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Plz help analyze these modifiers~
- Replies: 6
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Plz help analyze these modifiers~
The Anasazi settlements at Chaco Canyon were built on a spectacular scale with more than 75 carefully engineered structures, of up to 600 rooms each, were connected by a complex regional system of roads. (A) with more than 75 carefully engineered structures, of up to 600 rooms each, were (B) with mo...
- by bettylll
Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:07 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Plz help analyze these modifiers~
- Replies: 6
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Parallelism~ Expert, plz help
Source: GMAT prep Some patients who do not respond to therapies for depression may simply have received inadequate treatment, having, for example, been prescribed a drug at a dosage too low to be effective or having been taken off a drug too soon. (A) having, for example, been prescribed a drug at a...
- by bettylll
Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:55 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Parallelism~ Expert, plz help
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1452
Kitchen magazine plans to license the use of its name by a line of cookware. For a magazine, licensing the use of its name for products involves some danger, since if the products disappoint consumers, the magazine's reputation suffers, with consequent reductions in circulation and advertising. How...
- by bettylll
Sat Aug 27, 2011 5:55 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Kitchen Magazine and cookware. PREP CR
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5094
Kitchen magazine plans to license the use of its name by a line of cookware. For a magazine, licensing the use of its name for products involves some danger, since if the products disappoint consumers, the magazine's reputation suffers, with consequent reductions in circulation and advertising. How...
- by bettylll
Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:39 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Kitchen Magazine and cookware. PREP CR
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5094
Sorry, I forgot about that. Kitchen magazine plans to license the use of its name by a line of cookware. For a magazine, licensing the use of its name for products involves some danger, since if the products disappoint consumers, the magazine's reputation suffers, with consequent reductions in circu...
- by bettylll
Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:13 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Kitchen Magazine and cookware. PREP CR
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5094
Kitchen Magazine and cookware. PREP CR
Kitchen magazine plans to license the use of its name by a line of cookware. For a magazine, licensing the use of its name for products involves some danger, since if the products disappoint consumers, the magazine's reputation suffers, with consequent reductions in circulation and advertising. Howe...
- by bettylll
Fri Aug 26, 2011 6:56 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Kitchen Magazine and cookware. PREP CR
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5094
Valid?
Two computer companies, Garnet and Renco, each pay Salcor to provide health insurance for their employees. Because early treatment of high cholesterol can prevent strokes that would otherwiseoccur several years later, Salcor encourages Garnet employees to have their cholesterol levels tested and to ...
- by bettylll
Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:32 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Valid?
- Replies: 1
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Hi .. this is a good 500-550 grade question... a probable first question.. Walmart stopped supplying carry bags..end result is I will just by one tooth brush and walk out from there. If walmart provides a person... to help the customer put back the goods into his wagon.. the customer may buy house ...
- by bettylll
Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:49 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: shopping behavior: shopping cart,more customers
- Replies: 4
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shopping behavior: shopping cart,more customers
Which of the following most logically completes the argument? According to experts on shopping behavior, more shoppers would shop at Jerrod’s department store if they were offered the convenience of shopping carts. In fact, even if the amount spent by these additional customers only just covered t...
- by bettylll
Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:30 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: shopping behavior: shopping cart,more customers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2923
That really helps, thanks~!! Bank depositors in the United States are all financially protected against bank failure because the government insures all individuals' bank deposits. An economist argues that this insurance is partly responsible for the high rate of bank failures, since it removes from ...
- by bettylll
Thu Aug 18, 2011 5:10 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Bank depositors and bank failure
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2318
Bank depositors and bank failure
Bank depositors in the United States are all financially protected against bank failure because the government insures all individuals' bank deposits. An economist argues that this insurance is partly responsible for the high rate of bank failures, since it removes from depositors any financial ince...
- by bettylll
Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:40 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Bank depositors and bank failure
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2318
Exactly! "as many [ people ] as" - people is understood. So if it was not because of the wrong usage of equal and equivalent in C and B respectively, choice B and C would be alright since "those" can refer to "people" and thus make a comparable structure? Thanks in adv...
- by bettylll
Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:38 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Carnegie Foundation
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1725
I guess there is no choice but to remember the usage of equivalent in heart. But about the other question, I'm not sure I really get it. "...eight million people, about as many as are enrolled in..." Does the sentence here omit a word which is comparable to “eight million people� betwe...
- by bettylll
Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:19 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Carnegie Foundation
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1725
Carnegie Foundation
According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching，companies in the United States are providing job training and general education for nearly eight million people，about equivalent to the enrollment of the nation's four-year colleges and universities． (A) equivalent...
- by bettylll
Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:32 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Carnegie Foundation
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1725