Between 1990 and 2000 the global economy

[750plus]

haha... yes, that's what i meant.

yay for dyslexia! and thanks for catching that.
i'll go edit the original.

i'm happy that i caught you. A rare moment

Warm Regards
Rajat Gugnani

[RonPurewal]

not rare at all, actually. i really am dyslexic (that wasn't just a humorous remark), so i switch things VERY often. on my worst days i might as well be tossing a coin.

since my posts on this forum are (ostensibly) professional work, i try to double- or triple-check this sort of thing whenever i'm writing about 'thing A' vs. 'thing B'. so, if you don't see me make these mistakes often, that's the only reason why you don't.

anyway, that's enough about me. if you have other questions about the problem, please post them. (and, if i make mistakes, please continue to catch them.)

[750plus]

not rare at all, actually. i really am dyslexic (that wasn't just a humorous remark), so i switch things VERY often. on my worst days i might as well be tossing a coin.

since my posts on this forum are (ostensibly) professional work, i try to double- or triple-check this sort of thing whenever i'm writing about 'thing A' vs. 'thing B'. so, if you don't see me make these mistakes often, that's the only reason why you don't.

anyway, that's enough about me. if you have other questions about the problem, please post them. (and, if i make mistakes, please continue to catch them.)

sure sir. Sorry that I took it the other way.

I will post in case I have more questions on this problem.

Regards

[tim]

Keep the questions coming! And if any of us make mistakes, please help us get them corrected. We're all human. I can't speak for Ron, but I can assure you my GMAT score wasn't 800 (just close).

[RonPurewal]

sure sir. Sorry that I took it the other way.

I will post in case I have more questions on this problem.

Regards

no need for an apology. (in fact, i don't really know what you are apologizing for—you definitely didn't say anything bad, or rude, or whatever.)

and, again, thanks for catching the mistake.
interestingly, i sometimes worry that i'm making lots of similar mistakes on here, and that most posters are simply too polite to point them out. |:
if you find mistakes, please call them out. you'll help make the forum a place of higher quality overall.

[750plus]

sure sir. Sorry that I took it the other way.

I will post in case I have more questions on this problem.

Regards

no need for an apology. (in fact, i don't really know what you are apologizing for—you definitely didn't say anything bad, or rude, or whatever.)

and, again, thanks for catching the mistake.
interestingly, i sometimes worry that i'm making lots of similar mistakes on here, and that most posters are simply too polite to point them out. |:
if you find mistakes, please call them out. you'll help make the forum a place of higher quality overall.

[tim]

[vili1108]

Can someone please explain the definition of "what" means? or how it should be interpret in choices? or is there another word for it such as "caused by" for "due to"?


Also in choice C, can I interpret "that which" is not a proper usage on GMAT?


Thanks!

[RonPurewal]

Can someone please explain the definition of "what" means? or how it should be interpret in choices? or is there another word for it such as "caused by" for "due to"?

i tried to answer this question here...
https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... ml#p111698
...although (as i wrote in the linked thread) this question is far too general for a forum like this one.

[RonPurewal]

Also in choice C, can I interpret "that which" is not a proper usage on GMAT?

yeah, you won't see that in a correct sentence.

[zishj865]

that observation pertains to the names of mathematical quantities.

e.g.,
the mathematical quantity for how tall something is = "height"
so, it's wrong (redundant) to say that a height is "taller" than another height.

actually, you can conceptualize the error in either of two ways:
1/ redundancy;
2/ nonsense.
#2: if you read the sentence very literally, it doesn't make any sense, because you can't stand two heights next to each other and see which one is taller.
you can, on the other hand, state that one person is taller than another person—because you can stand two people next to each other and see who is taller.

Hi Ron

Can you please explain this concept of "names of mathematical quantities" in an easier way? I am having difficulty understanding it.

Thanks
Z

[RonPurewal]

this post has more examples:
https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... tml#p44894

as long as you understand the examples in that post, you are fine.

[GianlucaM841]

Hi everybody,

I crossed out answer A and B because "between 1990 and 2000" was not followed by a comma. Am I wrong thinking to believe that it should be this way?

Thanks
Gianluca

[RonPurewal]

if you "eliminated" the correct answer, then, it's pretty clear that whatever you did was wrong.

also, remember, the presence or absence of punctuation IS NOT TESTED on this exam! if you are thinking at all about "should there be a comma here?" then, you're basically just making a random guess.