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nice platform to raise a perennial doubt of mine: how can we conclude whether the sentence uses ellipsis... for e.g. in this case can I append [rate of increase] to option E? will doing so make it correct? if not, why and any more examples when we CANNOT use ellipsis.. the point is, if the sentence...
- by jumsumtak
Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:16 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Rate of Increase of Population(Debatable OA)
- Replies: 17
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nice platform to raise a perennial doubt of mine: how can we conclude whether the sentence uses ellipsis... for e.g. in this case can I append [rate of increase] to option E? will doing so make it correct? if not, why and any more examples when we CANNOT use ellipsis.. the point is, if the sentence ...
- by jumsumtak
Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:19 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Rate of Increase of Population(Debatable OA)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3340
IMO : Let {A} = (a1,a2,b1,b2,c1,c2} (B} = (b1,b2) {C} = (c1,c2) Now {A} can be arranged as: 1 {a1,a2,b1,b2,c1,c2} 2 {a1,a2,c1,c2,b1,b2} 3 {b1,b2,a1,a2,c1,c2} 4 {b1,b2,c1,c2,a1,a2} 5 {c1,c2,a1,a2,b1,b2} 6 {c1,c2,b1,b2,c1,c2} 1.Condition Median of set A greater than B so b1+b2 > b1+b2 is false condit...
- by jumsumtak
Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:37 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Mean , Median- of sets -Any Easy method ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2510
Let the first no is the sequence be 'a' and second no be 'b'. Thus the sequence will be, a, b, b-a, -a, b , b+a, a , -b, -b-a, -a, -b, -b+a, a, b, ...... Careful. The 5th term = 4th-3rd = -a - (b-a) = -b . The 6th term = 5th-4th = -b - (-a) = -b+a. The 7th term = 6th-5th = -b+a - (-b) = a, which is...
- by jumsumtak
Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:35 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: 700+ question
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2402
The correct idioms is : from X to Y ( both X and Y should be noun or a noun phrase) A - practical communication - noun, here practical( adj) is modifying communication(noun) establishing - verb . not parallel structure B - communicating - verb, "the establishment of" - noun ( its a comple...
- by jumsumtak
Sun Dec 04, 2011 2:11 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: practical communication
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1203
The "are" in (A) is extraneous, and does not make a proper comparison. This is the same error with (E). The comparison would be parallel if we said "The floor...is more attractive...than...THE WINDOWS." (X is more __ than Y). (B) makes the comparison clear by comparing "its...
- by jumsumtak
Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:46 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: finest Italian marble
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2127
- by jumsumtak
Sat Dec 03, 2011 1:23 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Driver's license - grockit
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2045
Help!
please explain why the OA is E and whats wrong with other choices..
is [sold] implied in the option e?
- by jumsumtak
Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:58 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Kaplan SC practice
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1473
I agree.
But the explanation to this question says, as we are not certain whether the law will definitely be passed we should use conditional here i.e. would is correct.
Is that right ?
- by jumsumtak
Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:13 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Will vs Would
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1655
Will vs Would
State lawmakers are considering a law that would/will allow children of divorced parents as young as seven to choose the parent that they will live with, a policy that will likely dissuade their parents from disciplining or punishing their children.
So why will or why would ?
- by jumsumtak
Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:43 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Will vs Would
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1655
past vs past perfect
In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort to create a dictionary more comprehensive than the world had ever seen; although the project would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been born. a) would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English ...
- by jumsumtak
Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:30 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: past vs past perfect
- Replies: 1
- Views: 918
- by jumsumtak
Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:48 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Purchasing a new computer, the average consumer
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1977
- by jumsumtak
Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:42 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Although..!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1298
I don't see any difference between B & C.
B uses an ellipsis and C doesn't.
(2)almost twice as many as [there were] in
(3)almost twice as many as there were in
I'll go with B for concision...
- by jumsumtak
Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:35 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: In 1998, there were 3.2 million public school ....
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2176
As I mentioned in my earlier post, option C does not state the intended meaning. The reader never comes to know what the ant is similar to. It is illogical/ungrammatical to leave the comparison hanging in between. In D it is clearly stated that they are similar to one another. Also, in answer to som...
- by jumsumtak
Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:17 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Argentine Ant
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4015