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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
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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...
- by gui_guimaraes
Mon Aug 06, 2018 7:48 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMATPREP6 - As a trophy property, the price offered for the
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2972
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...
- by gui_guimaraes
Wed Oct 04, 2017 11:43 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: While most of the earliest known ball courts in Mesoamerica
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7671