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- by nileshdalvi
Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:21 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: FORBID
- Replies: 3
- Views: 898
- by nileshdalvi
Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:18 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: HABITATS
- Replies: 1
- Views: 864
We do not know who activates, maybe some mechanism which is not mentioned in the sentence. Hence, no clear antecedent.
- by nileshdalvi
Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:27 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Got answer BUT confused by OG explanation
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1821
Despite forceful legal pleas for the restitution of expropritaed cultural artifacts to the place of their origin, the british Museum continues to rebuff the Greek authorities requesting that it should return the Parthenon marbles removed from the Acropolis by Lord Elgin in 1806 a. b. requesting them...
- by nileshdalvi
Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:16 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: British Museum
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1880
A is incorrect because it does not affect the conclusions validity that thin women can significantly increase their chances of larger babies by taking zinc supplements. Adding other zinc sources would not make the conclusion valid.
- by nileshdalvi
Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:37 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: thin pregnant woman
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2340
mysseo, Are you sure that B is the OA. Answer choice B looks more an Inference than an Assumption. Also negating it, does not affect the conclusion. None of the answer choices look good to me..
- by nileshdalvi
Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:31 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: thin pregnant woman
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2340
This question actually explores the basic of Strengthening Question and also the fact that outside knowledge is detrimental to the success of CR. The question stem says that the main conclusion is supported ONLY "by/through". How do you support the conclusion???. By: 1. Validating the Assu...
- by nileshdalvi
Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:42 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Strengthen_economic recovery
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1538
- by nileshdalvi
Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:37 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Computers Assisting Court Judges
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5904
- by nileshdalvi
Sat Jan 07, 2012 4:39 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: The effects of the second-wave women’s movement
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2304
- by nileshdalvi
Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:51 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Two new commentaries on the life and work
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3105
Hi David, In your explanation , you did not negate the Strengthen Answer Choice. I would like to know as to what would be the effect of negating a Strengthen Answer Choice for Assumption Question. If such an answer choice takes the conclusion apart and if I dont realise it to be a Strengthen Answer,...
- by nileshdalvi
Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:45 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Computers Assisting Court Judges
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5904
testluv, if that is a Sufficient Aassumption, then why does the correct answer choice on negation make the argument weak.
Also, is there any strategy to solve an Assumption Question of Sufficient when the answer choices contain both necessary and sufficient answer choices??
Thanks
- by nileshdalvi
Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:09 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: sufficient assumption vs necceassry assumption
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3801
Negating D does make the conclusion less likely. Just substitute NOT in place of Occasionally. If the university that has the motive does not act on that motive, then the university does not suppress information even if it has a motive to do so. So, the conclusion that supressing is against the obli...
- by nileshdalvi
Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:07 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: University
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1423
C does not weaken this enough because it says "The slop that swineologists predict for tomorrow is only expected to be distributed well outside the pigpen areas." The argument says that swineologists predicted slop starting tomorrow and the answer choice here says that the slop predicted f...
- by nileshdalvi
Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:44 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: The futures market lets investors speculate
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2391
sachin_yadav, I could not somehow understand this statement quoted by you "This extension of life expectancy (40 to 80) has also affect the population. If people were dying earlier at the age of 40, then their life was short as compared to now. " Using a similar HYPOTHETICAL example,which ...
- by nileshdalvi
Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:30 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: "Life expectancy" is the average age at death of t
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6446