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Absolutely right...C is the answer.
GHong14 wrote:I think the answer is C!
B's issue is the pronoun agreement. Each employee should be conjoined with He/She
- by pesfunk
Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:25 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT PREP
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1683
Guys, as per the explanation, THEIR could refer to either cars or manufacturers. Thus, their should be eliminated.
However, I'm not sure if THEIR can refer to objects ( Cars in this case )
Could someone please help ?
Target2009 wrote:IMO - C
- by pesfunk
Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:06 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Small Car Fuel Efficiency
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14613
The explanation couldn't be better than this...awesome !! While they 1) remove carbon dioxide from the air, 2) conserve soil and water, 3) and house thousands of species, forests also 4) supply potentially valuable pharmaceuticals and , as sources of building material and firewood, provide employmen...
- by pesfunk
Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:42 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Is it grammaticaly correct to place a comma after and?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4755
In that case, would A be correct it were "Like earlier generations" instead of "Like that of earlier generations" ? Someone, please help me with the basics. According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of youn...
- by pesfunk
Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:30 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Recent poll
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2925
Tani, In that case, could you kindly help us with a generic answer for these kind of questions ?
Tani Wolff - Kaplan wrote:This is a tricky idiom.
A number or quantity is greater, but there are more birds or things.
- by pesfunk
Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:15 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: "greater than" vs. "more than"
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2691
[spoiler]D is indeed the correct answer http://gmatclub.com/forum/distinguished-architecture-83305.html 247. Distinguished architecture requires the expenditure of large sums of money, even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produce distinguished architecture. (...
- by pesfunk
Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:47 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Distinguished architecture requires the expenditure of large
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2376
Totally missed this one..you're right....the parallelism does look quite convincing here.. 22．In recent years cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreeding， in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor. (...
- by pesfunk
Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:37 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG 11 verbal review/SC Q22
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1908
+1 for D.
Can we have the OA please ?
jaygirl001 wrote:I also chose D, but just bc the remaining choices seemed weird. However, "on Saturn that is solid enough to stand " i feel like it is missing "on" after "stand" which makes B a possibility
- by pesfunk
Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:37 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: a st from gmat
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1676
+1 for C The increase in unemployment rates, coupled with significantly increased retail prices as well as energy costs, are forcing many homeowners to look into alternative sources of fuel in order to save money on winter heating. A unemployment rates, coupled with significantly increased retail pr...
- by pesfunk
Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:26 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: manhattan test
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1576
- by pesfunk
Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:23 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Within the boundaries of artistic rivalry----tricky one
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1970
"Since 1989" says that this is in continuous tense. Thus, option A, B and C eliminated. Between option D and E, chose D for "HAS BEEN". Need help with this question , Difficulty (600 - 700) Since 1989, after the Berlin Wall had been demolished, one of the most problematic ethnic ...
- by pesfunk
Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:12 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: MGMAT SC Question - Berlin Wall
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1765
Well the answer C is pretty evident as all the other options have modifier issues and can be eliminated. IMO C. Conceived of X as Y....is the correct idiom. A. Marconi�s conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation; instead, it is a tool modifies t...
- by pesfunk
Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:19 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: gud1
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4703
Absolutely correct. Even I was stuck with options A and D. I eliminated option D since it didn't have the "HE" at the end. missing "he" at the end. read it with "he" and without "he" Galileo did not invent the telescope, but on hearing, in 1609, that such an o...
- by pesfunk
Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:40 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Galileo did not
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5377
Thanks for this important note. Added to my reference material :) Could someone explain more on B ? @Gmat-perfect: it has subject verb agreement because of 20 percent of uncountable ? Can you explain more please X% of Y: Whether X% of Y will be singular or plural depends on the NUMBER of Y. If Y is ...
- by pesfunk
Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:41 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: harvesting forage crops
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2943
[spoiler]E is the correct option. Until is used when we know the specific time. Until 10 pm, Until Monday etc. as long as should be used when end time is based on meeting condition(s) The sale of government surplus machinery will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until the supply lasts. (A) will begin at...
- by pesfunk
Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:28 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The sale
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1551