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In the English-Speaking world Anton Chekhov is by far better known for his plays than for his short stories, but it was during his lifetime that Chekhov's stories made him popular while his plays were given a more ambivalent reception, even by his fellow writers. (A) by far better known for his pla...

by gui_guimaraes

Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:43 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: GMAT Prep QP1 : In the English-Speaking world Anton
Replies: 4
Views: 1566

As David mentions below, the CR as written has two viable answer choices. For only the OA to be correct, the red phrase below should be omitted. My posts that follow depend on the omission of this red phrase: To be considered for inclusion in the Barbizon Film Festival, a film must belong either to...

by gui_guimaraes

Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:23 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Tough OG - CR
Replies: 17
Views: 7147

In order to conserve the energy and heat they need to spend the entire winter sitting motionless over incubating eggs, male emperor penguins huddle over the nests in groups, thereby reducing the rate at which they burn energy so that it is 25 percent lower than it would be for isolated birds. A)the...

by gui_guimaraes

Tue Jun 04, 2019 8:15 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: In order to conserve the energy and heat
Replies: 21
Views: 10489

We're given a set of necessary conditions that the new dean must have: - respected by staff => has a PhD - knows about computers - must be on this university's staff The conclusion is that the new dean must be a professor from this university’s computer science department . So now we need to ques...

by gui_guimaraes

Mon Jun 03, 2019 9:54 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Assumption based CR PRoblem
Replies: 3
Views: 1677

Despite an expensive publicity campaign, ticket sales for the new play were poor enough that it closed only after two weeks . poor enough that it closed only after two weeks poor enough that it was closed after only two weeks so poor that it closed only after two weeks so poor that it was closed af...

by gui_guimaraes

Fri Apr 26, 2019 10:29 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: only after Vs after only
Replies: 4
Views: 4072

Unearthed in China, fossils of feathered dinosaurs offer the most dramatic evidence yet discovered of the close evolutionary relationship between dinosaurs and birds . A. offer the most dramatic evidence yet discovered of the close evolutionary relationship between dinosaurs and birds B. offer evid...

by gui_guimaraes

Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:15 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Fossils of feathered dinosaurs - GMAT prep Exam pack 1
Replies: 5
Views: 3438

Hi Stacey! It's from OG, an old version, pre 2000...

Stacey Koprince wrote:Received a PM asking me to respond. I don't see a source posted for the question. Can you please post the source? I'm not allowed to respond until / unless the source has been properly cited. Thanks!

by gui_guimaraes

Fri Feb 01, 2019 5:22 am
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: Free Market vs price fixing
Replies: 12
Views: 10829

Hi! In alternative E as in A, the verb "... agree to be" is right?! It seems to imply a future "situation"... Many tsk!!! The world wildlife fund has declared that global warming, a phenomenon most scientsts agree to be caused by human begings in burning fossil fuels, will create...

by gui_guimaraes

Sun Dec 02, 2018 10:35 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The world wildlife fund has declared that global warming
Replies: 42
Views: 31743

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Hello! Thank you for your question. I think that richachampion is partly correct - this is an issue of using parallel structure (more about...than about...). There is also an issue with where the modifying phrase "as a trophy property" should go. So let's break down each answer, and figur...


This is a relevant information question. The right answer is something where, if it goes one way, the argument is strengthened, and if it goes the other way the argument is weakened (as such, we can call these "hybrid strengthen/weaken" questions). A good paraphrase of the argument would ...

by gui_guimaraes

Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:32 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Columnist: People should avoid using a certain artificial
Replies: 8
Views: 5910

Hi, Contemporary cognitive scientists maintain that emotions, which are biological functions, evolved in the nervous system to help animals survive in the hostile environment and procreate, and feelings are products of the conscious mind, reflecting the interpretation of emotions. A) procreate, and...

by gui_guimaraes

Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:01 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Parallelism
Replies: 11
Views: 4621

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Hi, Gui. Thanks for your contribution. Let's see whether we can clear up your confusion. The first thing you need to realize is that only official questions have official answers . The only light you have shed on this problem is that the author of the problem wanted (B) to be the best answer. That ...

by gui_guimaraes

Wed Nov 08, 2017 4:23 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: "Durability" is the measure of how long@veritas CR
Replies: 5
Views: 2017

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As always, we start by reading the question, and we see that we are asked to undermine the question. Accordingly, we want to weaken the conclusion. What is the conclusion? It is: "At that time, people must have considered refrigerators to be nearing the end of their operational life at an age ...

by gui_guimaraes

Tue Nov 07, 2017 8:14 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: "Durability" is the measure of how long@veritas CR
Replies: 5
Views: 2017

OA is A Nice analysis "Niksworth." The correct answer will describe the roles of both portions in bold. The first portion describes two possible advantages of the new salt water system. The second portion replies with two disadvantages that are not directly related to the two advantages l...

by gui_guimaraes

Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:28 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Salt Water Pools
Replies: 17
Views: 6750

While most of the earliest known ball courts in Mesoamerica date to 900–400 b.c., waterlogged latex balls found at El Manati and representations of ballplayers painted on ceramics found at San Lorenzo attest to the fact that the Mesoamerican ballgame was well established by the mid-thirteenth cen...