GMATGuruNY, thank you for explaining this in detail. However, I have a follow-up question. I learnt from my course with Knewton that in order to form an elliptical construction, only those words can be removed that have a prior presence in the sentence. But here, "that are" does not come i...

I agree with paes. infinitives are used to show the intention. e.g. 1. Airline workers went on a strike to cause a major delay in air traffic. This sentence means that workers in fact intended to cause an air traffic delay. 2. Airline workers went on a strike, causing a major delay in air traffic . ...

I agree. Now, I am not able to find any problem with A. PS: As a side note, I think you examples above "Tarantino's offbeat movies have made him a huge star" contains a pronoun error. "him" does not have an antecedent in this sentence. Actually both examples are structurally the...

In A, the clause three out of seven people will file tax returns suggests that each person is filing several returns. Since each person likely is filing only one return, the phrase three out of seven people will fill a tax return (in B) makes the meaning clearer. Eliminate A. The correct answer is ...

niksWorth@ Alpha Behn's plays made her famous . There is no ambiguity in this sentence. A possessive pronoun can refer to a possessive noun. [ From MgMat] Now coming to D, I am seeing 2 problems. (1) It looks that it is changing the meaning of the sentence. More emphasis is given on year of publica...

OA is D, not C. You can check Ron's explanation at the following link:

http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/sc- ... t7830.html

Answer choice E does indeed mention something that is true of both woodpeckers and is not unique to ivory billed woodpeckers - this could weaken under the right circumstances. However, in this problem the case in favor of the ivory-billed was not relying on the wing motion of the woodpecker, but on...

Are these questions really representative of GMAT? I have never seen any official question on these lines.