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Re: Sentence Correction
A one arm is lost it quickly replaces it, sometimes by the animal overcompensating and--- it seems as if the plural starfish is pronounced by the first, singular it; in addition in an active voice sentence, the use of by is improper B one arm is lost it is quickly replaced, with the animal sometimes...
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Fri Oct 01, 2021 11:21 pm- Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
- Topic: Sentence Correction
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Re: (SC)The Dikes of the Netherlands
• Split #1 - PAST PERFECT? If two events happen in the past and one precedes the other, we use past perfect (had verbED) for the earlier event and simple past or a time marker for the later event. The simple past tense, a time marker, or some other fact that clearly marks off the later event must be...
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Fri Oct 01, 2021 11:16 pm- Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
- Topic: (SC)The Dikes of the Netherlands
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Re: CR (700 Level)
Premise: the product quality is said to be down when the product is established as a bargain. Pre-think- We have to show that the product being established as bargain is not the reason why company product value went down. The option weakening the argument is: A. Client switching agencies is not the ...
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Fri Oct 01, 2021 11:10 pm- Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
- Topic: CR (700 Level)
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Re: Sentence Correction(700 level)
The recent discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb by Egyptologists has provided information that suggests that the wealth accumulated by ancient Egyptian pharaohs was greater than believed. 2 actions - in the sub ordinate clause followed by that believe and the belief that is no longer believed. Hence what...
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Fri Oct 01, 2021 11:08 pm- Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
- Topic: Sentence Correction(700 level)
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Re: Sentence Correction(700 level)
The sentence lists three characteristics of the industries that many states most desire to attract. The answer choices each provide ways to conjoin these characteristics within the sentence. Normally, a series of three nouns or adjectives would have a comma following each one, with and preceding the...
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Fri Oct 01, 2021 11:03 pm- Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
- Topic: Sentence Correction(700 level)
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During periods of extreme economic volatility, it is easy to mistake an increase in overall stock prices as the start of
Sentence Correction
Re: During periods of extreme economic volatility, it is easy to mistake an increase in overall stock prices as the star
During periods of extreme economic volatility, it is easy to mistake an increase in overall stock prices as the start of another bull market. A. an increase in overall stock prices as the start of another bull market --> correct idiom: mistake A for B B. the overall increasing of stock prices as the...
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Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:57 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: During periods of extreme economic volatility, it is easy to mistake an increase in overall stock prices as the start of
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Margaret Mead, the best-known anthropologist of the twentieth century, helped shape public opinion on fundamentally impo
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Re: Margaret Mead, the best-known anthropologist of the twentieth century, helped shape public opinion on fundamentally
Let's first get rid of choices A, C and E for using like to denote examples. Such ... as is the correct idiom to use. Now between B and D: D is wrong on a few counts as below. A. Helped the shaping of' is inferior to the bare infinitive 'helped (to)shape'. B. 'For' fundamentally important areas - is...
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Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:40 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Margaret Mead, the best-known anthropologist of the twentieth century, helped shape public opinion on fundamentally impo
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Used by many natural history museum curators in the preparation of animal skeletons for display, dermestid beetles feed
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Re: Used by many natural history museum curators in the preparation of animal skeletons for display, dermestid beetles f
Meaning Analysis: The curators use dermestid beetles in the preparation of animal skeletons for display because these beetles feed on flesh and by doing so, they pull the fat out of the bone. Error Analysis: Notice this phrase in the non-underlined portion of the sentence – “…with its mouthparts…”. ...
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Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:17 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Used by many natural history museum curators in the preparation of animal skeletons for display, dermestid beetles feed
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Among other things, chronic inflammation in the digestive tract – particularly the small intestine - may interfere with
Sentence Correction
Re: Among other things, chronic inflammation in the digestive tract – particularly the small intestine - may interfere w
Official Solution Usually, when you find pronoun decision points in a sentence correction problem, you should start by assessing those. However, in this problem that decision point is quite tricky! When assessing “it” versus “them,” you might think that the pronoun should be plural, as it seems to b...
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Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:08 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Among other things, chronic inflammation in the digestive tract – particularly the small intestine - may interfere with
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When the temperature of a gas is increased, it is either accompanied by an increase in pressure if the gas in enclosed
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Re: When the temperature of a gas is increased, it is either accompanied by an increase in pressure if the gas in enclos
When the temperature of a gas is increased, it is either accompanied by an increase in pressure if the gas in enclosed in a container, or an increase in volume if the gas is able to expand. A. When the temperature of a gas is increased, it is either accompanied by an increase in pressure if the gas ...
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Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:51 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: When the temperature of a gas is increased, it is either accompanied by an increase in pressure if the gas in enclosed
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