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You've nailed it on the head with the auxiliary/notional distinction. "Have" does not carry over semantically when it is used in the first instance as a notional verb. A correctly constructed parallelism is not only a technical matter of grammatical form. The parallel parts must also be lo...
- by Ilana@EconomistGMAT
Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:16 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Parallelism~ Expert, plz help
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1447
Sometimes we need to discern the 'intended meaning' of the original sentence, if there is something illogical about it. What precisely troubled you about the original sentence? Can you be more specific about your doubt?
- by Ilana@EconomistGMAT
Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:00 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: MEaning based SC. !
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3126
The question asks about the speed with which tryptophan is provided to the brain cells of a rat. This means we should look for a section in the passage that relates to speed at which tryptophan is provided . The following sentence does precisely that: The more protein is in a meal, the lower is the ...
- by Ilana@EconomistGMAT
Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:44 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: It was once believed that the brain was independent
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4655
The key to 15 is the first sentence of the second paragraph: "Wulf overstates the Quaker school's impact" - this critique of Wulf focuses on schools - the vehicle of 'dissemination'. A is correct. 16: A, B, D, and E are not supported by the passage - only C is. A - contradicts the argument...
- by Ilana@EconomistGMAT
Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:23 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Tough RC
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4756
A few notes/corrections to your descriptions: Main Idea - not only the first paragraph. The correct answer choice should reflect aspects covered in each of the paragraphs, but without giving too much weight to particular arguments. It is a bird's eye view of the passage. Logical Structure - relates ...
- by Ilana@EconomistGMAT
Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:01 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: RC Question approach
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1531
C is the more proper inference. In Critical Reasoning we choose the minimal inference, and, as others have noted, D goes a bit too far. Here's popular example: In a stormy, overcast day, a student comes into class dripping with water - what is the minimal inference we can draw? a- it has just starte...
- by Ilana@EconomistGMAT
Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:16 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Instructor Help Request
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1258
Certainly.
Examples:
-Mike wants to learn to play tennis.
-The witness intends to refuse to testify.
- by Ilana@EconomistGMAT
Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:05 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Usage of two infinitives together in a sentence
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4447
I would say that the correct answer is B, although the elimination process is a bit tricky, because the errors are hard to describe - they are mostly issues of "diction" - the choice of the appropriate words. A - the original sentence is flawed for two reasons. Rhetorically, we expect the ...
- by Ilana@EconomistGMAT
Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:03 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Antarctica
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1246
B is incorrect because 'species' is singular, and so the pronoun "those of" does not agree with the antecedent. C is incorrect, because the relative clause "which apparently assists..." is incorrectly placed after "courtship", creating an illogical sentence. The courtsh...
- by Ilana@EconomistGMAT
Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:28 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Flies
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1541
Our approach to idioms - especially if you are a non-native speaker - is to downplay their importance. There is little point spending energy trying to memorize idioms, as the list is theoretically endless. With a few exceptions of idioms we see recurring frequently, we encourage students to relax ab...
- by Ilana@EconomistGMAT
Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:20 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Sentence Correction-Idiom strategy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1114
On the GMAT a list is parallel only when all the items are the same part of speech. The GMAT would consider your list incorrect because 'coffee' and 'tea' are nouns, whereas 'running' is a verbal form. Although this is not a GMAT style sentence, if we wanted to convey this idea, we would either rewr...
- by Ilana@EconomistGMAT
Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:14 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Parallelism
- Replies: 1
- Views: 809
As GMAT destroyer points out, only C is logical and correct because the other answer choices make it seem as though archeologists were around 5000 years ago.
- by Ilana@EconomistGMAT
Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:07 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: archaeologists
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1464
When a question asks for a specific statement that it "asserts" - we must look for the answer near the question's keywords, here: "the claim that ALH84001 originated on Mars ". Where is this claim mentioned? In the second sentence of the passage: "the Mc-Kay team announced t...
- by Ilana@EconomistGMAT
Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:32 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: RC from Verbal Review, 2nd Edition
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3815
A is incorrect because we cannot logically say that "the phrase" is a phenomenon in which, etc. The phrase "refers to" - but is not equated with the phenomenon described.
- by Ilana@EconomistGMAT
Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:01 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: urban gentrification
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1627
This is an elliptical expression, equivalent to "As [s/he did] in the previous case, the judge took an early break".
- by Ilana@EconomistGMAT
Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:37 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: like/as in the previous case, ...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5280