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by d_taneja
Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:15 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: The first detailed study of magpie attacks in Australia
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Re: The first detailed study of magpie attacks in Australia

A:Incorrect Tense error.. Past perfact and Present perfact is not correct. Sentence construction required simple past and past perfact because two events are happened at different time. "They" is correctly used for compound "98 percent of men and 75 percent of women" B: Incorrect...
by d_taneja
Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:36 am
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: The family's mood, which had been enthusiastic...
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Re: The family's mood, which had been enthusiastic...

Hi Neha.. First of all usage of so..as to is So + ADJECTIVE + as to + VERB - "Her debts are so extreme as to threaten her company." (Correct) This problem is from McGraw-Hill's GMAT 2009 edition: The family's mood, which had been enthusiastic at the beginning of the trip, sank as the temperature ha...
by d_taneja
Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:47 am
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: Is Comma necessary to join independent clauses ?
Replies: 5
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Re: Is Comma necessary to join independent clauses ?

Hi Mohit.

Correct usage is with comma.. In short

IC.IC
IC;IC
IC,<conjunction>IC (conjunction --> And, For, Nor, or, yet, But, As, So)
DC,IC
IC DC
IC;<Independent marker>, IC (IM --> Thus, consequently, hence, moreover, nonethelss etc)
by d_taneja
Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:49 am
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: double vs twice
Replies: 19
Views: 17863
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Re: double vs twice

In C and E--> E is correct because in C it says that "twice those the 1977 survey reported" Two error..first one that it is not parallel with "in 1977" before comma
2nd it can not be twice of young adults but it can be twice the no of those surveyed in 1977
by d_taneja
Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:58 am
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: the idiom 'require of x that Y'
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Re: the idiom 'require of x that Y'

Hi cfacking.. I need study partener.. Require (verb) has following usage 1) Can come with direct object eg he require him to do xyz 2) Can come with sunbjunctive : that : 3) Can come with infinitive: to. But if required is followed by "of" then "to" is incorrect usage. so in that...
by d_taneja
Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:52 pm
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: diffrence between 'of +verb+ing' and 'to + verb'
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Views: 2250
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Re: diffrence between 'of +verb+ing' and 'to + verb'

This is my first post in Manh.. Because of extreme cold the trees are in danger of dying/to die due to severe cold? "are in danger" is always followed by "of" so sentence would be Because of extreme cold the trees are in danger of dying due to severe cold? "to" is infin...
by d_taneja
Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:58 pm
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: Doubtful SC: A March 2000 Census Bureau survey showed
Replies: 40
Views: 13123
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Re: * Doubtful SC: A March 2000 Census Bureau survey showed

actually, the only acceptable tense for a clause modified by "since..." is 'has/have __ed' (as long as the sentence is written from a present point of view). be careful! note that this is for the clause being modified by "since...", NOT for the words following "since"....
by d_taneja
Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:07 pm
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: * Languages!
Replies: 7
Views: 3331
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Re: * Languages!

[Deleted because this question is from a banned source - see below.]
by d_taneja
Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:03 pm
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: All over the world, 80 percent of the people use a computer
Replies: 7
Views: 11145
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Re: All over the world, 80 percent of the people use a computer

B is wrong because All over the world, 80 percent of the people use a computer, 60 percent access the internet and 40 percent are having a computer at home. use and access both are present simple tense while are having progressive -- means that 40 are still in the process of having (purchaing) hence...
by d_taneja
Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:07 pm
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: Because, Because Of, Due To
Replies: 2
Views: 1127
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Re: Because, Because Of, Due To

just replace "due to" by " caused by" you will understood by the menaing

The Chambers were closed caused by Moisture --. does it make sense ( No way) so here due to is incorrect

The Chambers were closed because of Moisture --> better usage
by d_taneja
Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:13 pm
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: SC query
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Views: 691
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SC query

As per my understanding IC, <CC> IC --> Both IC have their own subject and verb If i write IC, <CC> IC (Without subject) My query is that : Can 2nd IC (as mentioned) above can take subject of first IC if sunject of 2nd IC is not present Tom is good in quant, but is poor in verbal --&g...
by d_taneja
Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:23 pm
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT CAT Verbal
Topic: Awareness of/about
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Views: 11225
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Re: Awareness of/about

"awareness about" and "awareness of" both are correct idioms so no dispute that one is wrong and one is right.. Even preference is also not the case but this all depends on the requirement of sentence awareness about --> To spread/distribute information about something > Th...
by d_taneja
Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:01 pm
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT CAT Verbal
Topic: CAT#5: CR: SunState: Out of the people..
Replies: 24
Views: 8433
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Re: CAT#5: CR: SunState: Out of the people..

Stacey, I can see your reasoning behind why E is correct a classic GMAT ratio versus number problem. But E requires a lot of thinking to see that through, i would be interested why A is wrong because if i don't carefully think and rethink about E, i would opt for A with the same argument that the a...
by d_taneja
Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:57 pm
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: SC
Replies: 3
Views: 1330
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Re: SC

d is wrong because it changes meaning by saying that "many people might have died ONLY ONE TIME" but sentence says that people might have once died(long before they died)
by d_taneja
Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:04 pm
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: * SC from centre s test paper
Replies: 6
Views: 2960
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Re: SC from centre s test paper

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