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Although the production sector has currently added many new manufacturing units around the world and its profit figures have increased unexpectedly, its sales at manufacturing units open for more than 2 years have decreased. (A) the production sector has currently added many new manufacturing units...
- by Ali Tariq
Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:31 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Although the production sector
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Like the beautiful old growth forests that provide the necessary habitat for the marten and fisher cat, the animals themselves are disappearing across North America because of increased logging and development. (A) the animals themselves are disappearing across North America because of increased lo...
- by Ali Tariq
Tue Nov 07, 2017 9:43 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Like the beautiful old growth forests that provide the neces
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I am asking this question because I have seen that OG clearly explains that an answer choice is wrong because " and also" is redundant. Nah. Ignore OG's explanation that says and also is redundant.(BTW, you will have to ignore a lot that which official explanations offer, time and again)....
- by Ali Tariq
Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:30 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Is "and also"in OG definitely wrong?
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- by Ali Tariq
Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:09 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Papgust's GMAT SENTENCE CORRECTION FLASHCARDS directory
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From OA, I am unable to make out the purpose of ' but thank to '. Well, Hardy is the one only who recognized Ramanujan but, I feel, there is not show a contrast with a conjunction such as 'but thinks'. Please help as to how this conjunction is justified here. In 1913, Srinivasa Ramanujan mailed 120...
- by Ali Tariq
Sun Oct 15, 2017 8:18 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG2018 SC 684- In 1913, the largely self-taught Indian
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What's the source? Text is quite similar to the following one- Metallurgy, the process of refining metals from naturally mined ores, as a method of the moulding of metals, it was well known as early as the medieval period, but until about several decades ago workers did not realize that bacteria tak...
- by Ali Tariq
Thu Oct 12, 2017 8:16 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Bloodletting, the withdrawal of small quantities of blood fr
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B cannot be the OA.
B is basically two independent clauses joined without an appropriate connector such as "semicolon" or "and", an error known as comma splice.
Furthur, GMAC avoids the first-person pronoun, such as 'i'.
Whats the source?
- by Ali Tariq
Wed Oct 11, 2017 4:40 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Five of the committee members
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- by Ali Tariq
Tue Oct 10, 2017 1:27 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG In 1913, the largely self-taught
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- by Ali Tariq
Tue Sep 19, 2017 7:38 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Attempts to maintain the current level of funding for museum
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Unlike the virginal, whose single set of strings runs parallel to the front edge of the instrument, the harpsichord’s several sets of strings are placed at right angles to its front edge. A. whose single set of strings runs parallel to the front edge of the instrument, the harpsichord’s several...
- by Ali Tariq
Mon Sep 18, 2017 6:29 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Sentence correction
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recognized is a transitive verb. A transitive verb is a verb that takes a direct object. A direct object answers what? (or whom? ) In 1913, the largely self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan mailed 120 of his theorems to three different British mathematicians; only one, G. H. Hardy, r...
- by Ali Tariq
Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:25 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG2018 SC 684- In 1913, the largely self-taught Indian
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Could someone explain what is wrong in C ? C is illogical irrespective of whichever way you parse it or whichever way you try to interpret it. GMAT SC tests two types of errors: 1) grammatical errors. 2) logical errors. C has no grammatical error; It, however, has a logical error( again irrespectiv...
- by Ali Tariq
Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:01 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Especially in the early years, new entrepreneurs may need to
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believe X as Y is an incorrect idiom. Correct idiom is believe X to be Y have a look at the following official SCs( emphasized parts) Providing initial evidence that airports are a larger source of pollution than they were once believed to be , environmentalists in Chicago report that the total amou...
- by Ali Tariq
Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:32 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Exam Pack 2: SC (Tense + idiom) Financial Analysts
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Why B is wrong? Major issue- Faulty logical parallelism. Minor issue- castor oil was a construction lubricant is not same as castor oil served as a construction lubricant This difference cannot be ignored, more so when castor oil's other usages/benefits are also mentioned and that too in underlined...
- by Ali Tariq
Sat Aug 26, 2017 10:05 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG VERBAL REVIEW 18 - In early Mesopotamian civilization
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The North American (B) moose's long legs enable it to move quickly through the woods, stepping easily over downed trees while predators pursuing them must leap or go around (C) moose's long legs enable it to move quickly through the woods and to step easily over downed trees, but predators pursuing...
- by Ali Tariq
Sat Aug 26, 2017 1:04 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG VERBAL REVIEW 2018 -The North American moose's long legs
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