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Re: SC: Unlike [u]the short flights of the shuttle and

by wun866 Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:28 am

RonPurewal Wrote:sure, those things can have capabilities.

you just have to ask yourself: "To whom, or to what, to these "capabilities" belong?"
this could very reasonably be a person, an animal, OR an inanimate object.
see here:
https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... tml#p94106

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(you are also using the word "meanwhile" incorrectly)



Wow, I am sorry for that.
Thanks for your excellent explanation!
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Re: SC: Unlike [u]the short flights of the shuttle and

by RonPurewal Wed Aug 03, 2016 6:21 am

you're welcome.
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Re: SC: Unlike [u]the short flights of the shuttle and

by JadeK255 Mon Apr 03, 2017 8:56 am

Hi instructors,

I read a comment in other forums which said-
Other than redundancy, B is also wrong because the position of " with sufficient enough power in fuel cells and batteries for their short flights" leads to ambiguity.
Because "with xxxx" then could be modifying either the shuttle and earlier spacecraft or a permanently orbiting space station

Is that ambiguity a solid ground to eliminate this choice? :?:
Thank you in advance.
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Re: SC: Unlike [u]the short flights of the shuttle and

by RonPurewal Sat Apr 08, 2017 4:29 am

^^ no, the meaning of that modifier is obvious enough.
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Re: SC: Unlike [u]the short flights of the shuttle and

by JadeK255 Sat Apr 08, 2017 4:32 am

RonPurewal Wrote:^^ no, the meaning of that modifier is obvious enough.


thank you Ron! :idea:
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Re: SC: Unlike [u]the short flights of the shuttle and

by RonPurewal Sat Apr 08, 2017 4:34 am

you're welcome.
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Re: SC: Unlike [u]the short flights of the shuttle and

by Gui Sun Jun 04, 2017 10:53 am

Ron, does "comma with..." in answer choice B is an issue? Is it correct? Tks! :)

RonPurewal Wrote:
sunny.jain Wrote:either you need Sufficient fuel for
Or you need enough fuel for their flight.

Using together "sufficient + enough" is not good way.

just for your knowledge, MGMAT test a lot about "enough"

Enough has two possible idiom:
enough to
enough for

Water was hot enough to boil the vegetables.
water was hot enough for me to boil the vegetables.

Use:
X enough to Y
More emphasis on Y.


yes. great.

two things to add:

(1) sufficient + enough is REDUNDANT. redundancy is very bad.
same reason you wouldn't say "reply back", "added bonus", or "determined as a result of" (see #138 in OG11, if you have that).

(2) make sure you know that "enough THAT" is incorrect.
the 2 idioms mentioned above are correct.
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Re: SC: Unlike [u]the short flights of the shuttle and

by Sage Pearce-Higgins Mon Jul 03, 2017 2:26 am

The construction ", with" is not a wrong one (you can find lots of SC questions from the OG that use it correctly), but in answer B it's an incorrect modifier, as the sentence doesn't make clear what it is that has sufficient power.