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- by Arabian Baba
Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:42 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: resumptive modifier-why is answer (c)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3075
Either C or A 'as compared to' seems to be more IDIOMATIC than phrases used in several other choices. In D the sentence starts with 'who' and doesn't seem to finish it but goes to another voice saying as compared to. So I strike off D. "42 times their pay, the ratio" in C is ackward constr...
- by Arabian Baba
Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:39 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: CEO
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3525
My Answer is B
Soaring television costs is plural so any use of 'it' would be incorrect.
A and E out.
C uses they have been in any previous election....why 'have' and why not 'had' instead.
'Greater than was so' in choice D is unidiomatic.
- by Arabian Baba
Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:18 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Television
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6655
Ans. is D Reason; Choices B and C contain the word 'Being' unnessarily. A and E confuses us as to what the 'them' in the question refers to... i.e. it can either refer to consumers or to detergents. Choice D is one of the several ways to remove the confusion created by multiple pronoun references, t...
- by Arabian Baba
Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:09 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 1000sc-221- Consumers
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5428
- by Arabian Baba
Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:17 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Several financial officers
- Replies: 23
- Views: 16352
- by Arabian Baba
Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:16 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Several financial officers
- Replies: 23
- Views: 16352
Re:large investors
B has odd construction, the first 'they' means 'depressed property values', This is followed by 'their', usually this gives the impression that the same subject, 'they' is referred. Whereas, in this case, it is the object 'homeowners' who are referred. This is done correctly in option A using whose ...
- by Arabian Baba
Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:33 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: large investors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1404
Frederich question
I agree with Reachac....
Answer is E.
This is those parallelism questions where you should be careful that you don't fall into the trap of Superficial Parallellism. This is similar to the example given in Manhattan pg. 79.
- by Arabian Baba
Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:16 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Frederick Douglass
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1868
Re:my god, to hard SC
I go with either C or D; though D is better and my final answer as explained below; Been is the past participle for be Be is the base form So, choices containing 'been' (usually, been is accompanied by had as in had been) mean that The Historian's prediction had been incorrect. Whereas, the predicti...
- by Arabian Baba
Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:07 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: my god, to hard SC
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5964
Heavy commitment
This is just my opinion; Lets forget the English for a moment, and look at the original question structurally and focus in its meaning; CAUSE, makes it likely EFFECT 1 or EFFECT 2. CAUSE: Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action EFFECT 1: to miss signs of incipient trouble EFFECT 2: mi...
- by Arabian Baba
Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:20 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Heavy commitment
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11240
Hopefully is NEVER correct on the GMAT, hopefully !
So we are down to C and E;
C contains HOPFULLY which is never correct on the GMAT
E lacks fluidity, as it is loaded with too many sentence fragments, we have no other choice as all of them are INCORRECT but to go with E.
Remember the GMAT asks you to choose the best answer of the 5 choices.
- by Arabian Baba
Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:38 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: modernization...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2247