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A risk corridor is one of the main provisions, albeit not the only one, that protects the insurance industry from hitting rock bottom, like it did earlier in the decade. A. protects the insurance industry from hitting rock bottom, like it did B. protect the insurance industry from hitting rock bott...
- by Ali Tariq
Tue Aug 15, 2017 3:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Sentence Correction - Subject Verb agreement
- Replies: 1
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A mars rover is an automated motor vehicle which propels itself across the surface of the planet Mars, gathering observations about the territory and conditions on Mars helping scientists determine whether life ever existed there. A. conditions on Mars helping B. conditions on Mars, with informatio...
- by Ali Tariq
Tue Aug 15, 2017 3:15 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Sentence Correction
- Replies: 1
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Storm water has collected dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants along the way, travels through extensive storm sewer system and mixes with wastewater in the combined sewers or infiltrates into sanitary sewers. A. Storm water has collected dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants al...
- by Ali Tariq
Tue Aug 15, 2017 3:02 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Sentence Correction - Subject Verb agreement
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1069
Visitors to the Rodin Museum have often examined the enormous sculpture The Gates of Hell and saw figures clawing at the gates, whose eyes and mouths gape like black holes in the universe. (D) seen figures who claw at the gates, their eyes and mouths gaping (E) seen figures who claw at the gates, w...
- by Ali Tariq
Fri Aug 11, 2017 9:03 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Gaping vs have gaped
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1511
Repeating verb is recommended to kill ambiguity if both the interpretations are sensical. If only one interpretation is workable, while the other is downright non-sensical, then there is no need to repeat the verb( or preposition). Analyze B and D of the following offical SC- Inuits of the Bering Se...
- by Ali Tariq
Sun Aug 06, 2017 5:12 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Debatable answer choice for comparison question.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1308
Isotopes in the recently excavated bones of a 14-year-old girl from the Jamestown archaeological site indicate she had eaten a high-protein diet, so was probably the daughter of a gentleman, not a maidservant . (A) she had eaten a high-protein diet, so was probably the daughter of a gentleman, not ...
- by Ali Tariq
Wed Jul 26, 2017 10:10 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: High protein diet
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1757
Exclusion of an before America makes it general, whereas the inclusion of an before America makes it specific, as Ceilidh mentioned. In general vs specific writing distinction, GMAC prefers latter. On the other hand, omission of comma before and in non-underlined portion seems an editing error.
- by Ali Tariq
Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:29 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Article Usage - Exam Pack 2
- Replies: 4
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Gusty westerly winds will continue to usher in a seasonably cool air mass into the region, as a broad area of high pressure will build and bring fair and dry weather for several days. A. to usher in a seasonably cool air mass into the region, as a broad area of high pressure will build and B. usher...
- by Ali Tariq
Sat Jun 17, 2017 5:50 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Gusty westerly winds will.............OG2018
- Replies: 10
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In C, is rather than correctly structured ? Can we eliminate C on the basis of rather than ? rather than ---> x rather than y But here ---> to inflame debates ........ rather than settle them ("to"is missing) Thanks more X...rather than Y is incorrect idiom; correct idiom is more X than Y...
- by Ali Tariq
Tue Jun 13, 2017 4:52 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: While many of the dinosaur
- Replies: 7
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apart from this one, in GMAT SC, are there any other exceptions in which that-modifier will not touch its intended referent ? Comma that! that clause can jump non essential modifier; which clause on the other hand cannot. Scientists have identified an asteroid , 2000 BF19, that is about half a mile...
- by Ali Tariq
Tue Jun 06, 2017 5:08 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: aids
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8227
This type of an idiom issue, the one between B and E, is not going to be a deal breaker: you have to look for something else. As it is an official SC from one of the latest official material, i think there is a room to analyze B and E further. A professor at the university has taken a sabbatical to ...
- by Ali Tariq
Sun Jun 04, 2017 9:56 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: og 2017 sc
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8037
- by Ali Tariq
Sun Jun 04, 2017 8:29 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: In Aristophanes’ Lysistrata women are seen
- Replies: 2
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My pleasure!AspireInspa wrote:Learned something new today. Thanks Ali for the detailed breakdown of the potential answers.
- by Ali Tariq
Sat Jun 03, 2017 9:12 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness
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- by Ali Tariq
Sat Jun 03, 2017 8:21 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG 2017 Q707 Not trusting themselves
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1944
gmat_hunt wrote: Let's know the rule first: 1. COMMA+VERB-ING: When we use "CLAUSE+COMMA+VERB-ING", the verb-ing modifies the SUBJECT of the previous clause. Example: The author helped the poor, giving them money. => Giving modifies "The author". Who gave money to the poor? The ...
- by Ali Tariq
Sat Jun 03, 2017 5:18 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Demanding vs who demanded
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2496