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Choice B is very tempting. The key strike against it is a parallelism problem . It is unclear whether its network is parallel to the patience of its customers as an object of the preposition With (the intended meaning) ... OR is parallel to its customers as another object of the preposition of . The...
- by Terry@ThePrincetonReview
Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:24 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: With the patience of its customers and.......OG2018
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What's interesting about this question is that it comes close to being "trivial" -- that is, a DS question that is always true/yes or always false/no based on the stem, without having to evaluate the statements. There is one little exception, when both x and y are 0, but the exception is c...
- by Terry@ThePrincetonReview
Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:08 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Is √x+x>-√y?
- Replies: 4
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Let's examine the stem before diving into statements. √ x must always be positive because by convention the square root is always the positive square root. We also know that x must be positive; otherwise its square root would be imaginary. So the left side is always positive, because we are adding...
- by Terry@ThePrincetonReview
Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:53 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Is √x+x>-√y?
- Replies: 4
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Choices A and B have errors in verb tense agreement. The events described in the sentence are all in the past, but choice A has he wrote a best-seller correctly in the past but later becomes a movie in the present. Choice B swaps the tenses, with he writes a best-seller in the present and later beca...
- by Terry@ThePrincetonReview
Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:06 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: As a result of this experience, he wrote a best-seller descr
- Replies: 2
- Views: 871
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The argument's conclusion is that it will be ... expensive ... to use the chemical in commercial applications . The premises are that the volume of ... chemical stored in ... glands is very small ; also that commercial applications ... require much greater amounts . To evaluate the argument, as per ...
- by Terry@ThePrincetonReview
Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:39 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: It has been discovered that a chemical compound present in a
- Replies: 2
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Clauses & Connectors Error. The most obvious error in choice B is that the three direct objects of the main verb have improved lack a conjunction between the last two nouns ( equipment and quality of seeds ). The conjunction and is there after the comma, but it joins not the direct objects but t...
- by Terry@ThePrincetonReview
Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:51 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Recent efforts of Panama's agricultural sector have improved
- Replies: 2
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Choice A has a misplaced modifier, because which must grammatically modify Europe . The logic of the sentence is that the actions described in the first clause, not Europe itself, are part of an effort . The possessive adjective their is plural, so it doesn't agree with its noun, insurance behemoth ...
- by Terry@ThePrincetonReview
Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:30 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The insurance behemoth has announced that it will hire 1,200
- Replies: 1
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Choice C has two problems. The phrase to suggest incorrectly implies that this (i.e., the insight about microbes living in sauropods ) was the purpose of the mathematical model . There is no reason to assume this to be the case. Also the verb suggests already implies mere possibility as opposed to a...
- by Terry@ThePrincetonReview
Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:07 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Researchers have developed a simple mathematical model that
- Replies: 2
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There is a LOT going on in this sentence. As is often the case, each of the incorrect answer choices has more than one error to disqualify it. But it's wisest to find one reason for each and move on. Choice A: The first thing that strikes me about this answer choice are the words introducing the und...
- by Terry@ThePrincetonReview
Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:56 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: During her presidency of the short-lived Woman’s State
- Replies: 2
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As written (choice A), the participial phrase defying .... inside prison wall s must modify the subject of the sentence, inmates . However, the inmates are not acting in defiance of anything; it's the situation described -- eat[ing] in the same cafeterias, sleep[ing] in the same campsites, and wear[...
- by Terry@ThePrincetonReview
Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:52 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The inmates of Arizona state prison who are selected by the
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1126