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All the best for your GMAT!!!
If you haven't so far attend Ron's classes Thursdays with Ron on main ideas questions. I was in your boat a month ago.. I found Ron's class the best way to improve this aspect of my preparation...

by dv2020

Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:45 am
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: Tips for Questions Relating to Main Ideas?
Replies: 5
Views: 1186

OG 12 Q 138

In no other historical sighting did Halley’s Comet cause such a worldwide sensation as did its return in 1910–1911 . (A) did its return in 1910–1911 (B) had its 1910–1911 return (C) in its return of 1910–1911 (D) its return of 1910–1911 did (E) its return in 1910–1911 [spoiler]og expla...

by dv2020

Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:55 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG 12 Q 138
Replies: 2
Views: 1255

Really don't understand what is the point you are trying to highlight here..... IMO-D C cannot be the ans because - Some cost-cutting processes might require such expensive investments that there would be no net gain for many years, until the investment was paid for by savings in the manufacturing p...

by dv2020

Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:54 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: CR_manufacturing process
Replies: 6
Views: 1207

Thanks I agree that to broadcast is more idiomatic in this case but I was confused with broadcast over private television cables laid on public land somehow this didnt sound correct to me...that means broadcast from and broadcast over are both idiomatic constructions depending on use.... Public-acce...

by dv2020

Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:29 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: MGMAT SC
Replies: 6
Views: 1573

Can you guys expand on what is tested here...plz..:)
Thanks

by dv2020

Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:17 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: MGMAT SC
Replies: 6
Views: 1573

MGMAT SC

Public-access cable television, created in the 1970s, allows the public to broadcast over private television cables laid on public land. A) the public to broadcast over private television cables laid B) public broadcasting from the laying of private television cables C) public broadcasts made from p...

by dv2020

Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:12 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: MGMAT SC
Replies: 6
Views: 1573

MGMT CAT 1

In the rectangular coordinate system, are the points (a, b) and (c, d) equidistant from the origin?

(1) a/b = c/d

(2) square root(a^2) + square root(b^2) = square root (c^2) + square root (d^2).

by dv2020

Thu Jun 09, 2011 4:19 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: MGMT CAT 1
Replies: 2
Views: 955

OG 12 Q 128

Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving as a kind of snorkel. (A) that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving (B) that has suggested ...

by dv2020

Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:25 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG 12 Q 128
Replies: 4
Views: 1513

OG 12 Q 118

The World Wildlife Fund has declared that global warming, a phenomenon most scientists agree to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels, will create havoc among migratory birds by altering the environment in ways harmful to their habitats. (A) a phenomenon most scientists agree to be cause...

by dv2020

Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:07 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG 12 Q 118
Replies: 2
Views: 1231

Thanks Brian, the doubt which I had for this one goes something like this... .....X named Y, which Z........ The way this sentence is written I thought Z is talking of X. so the phrase following which can quickly analyze the chemical elements in almost any substance without destroying it sounds more...

by dv2020

Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:53 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG 12 Q 107
Replies: 5
Views: 1638

The parachutelike membranes of Africa’s scaly-tailed flying squirrels differ from those of the flying squirrels in the family Sciuridae because they are attached to a cartilage rod at the elbow instead of the wrist. A. because they are attached to a cartilage rod at the elbow instead of B. becaus...

by dv2020

Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:30 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: differ in [gmatprep 700+ question]
Replies: 14
Views: 4384

OG 12 Q 107

Originally developed for detecting air pollutants, a technique called proton-induced X-ray emission, which can quickly analyze the chemical elements in almost any substance without destroying it, is finding uses in medicine, archaeology, and criminology. A) Originally developed for detecting air po...

by dv2020

Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:31 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG 12 Q 107
Replies: 5
Views: 1638

sandy217 wrote:
cans wrote:in A,B,C, 'its' has reference error.
IMO E
You mean 'its' should have possessive antecedent ?
the only thing it its can refer to is the leaves hence agreement error left with D and E of which E looks the best

by dv2020

Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:57 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The health benefits(197)
Replies: 11
Views: 2203

Logic of the sentence drives the tense used hence I found A the best choice Most studies approximate that 70 percent of individuals with an amputation experience phantom sensations in the amputated limb, often in the form of pain that is identical to the pain that they typically experienced when the...

by dv2020

Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:58 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Tricky one **
Replies: 13
Views: 1855

I picked C In 1972 votes were cast by 55% of the electorate; and 40% in 1996. A. electorate; and 40% in 1996---->the sentence before and after semi-colon shud be a complete on. Clearly this one is gone B. electorate; in 1996 the figure was 40%----->The figure was 40% looked awkward to me C. electora...

by dv2020

Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:52 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Electorate
Replies: 15
Views: 2851