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by NehaM981
Tue Sep 20, 2016 9:31 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: Lorraine Hansberry
Replies: 18
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Re: Lorraine Hansberry

hi Here , the modifier ( The first commercially successful drama to depict Black family life sympathetically and the first play by a Black woman) is talking about the same thing so why it has " and " . And is used for two different things . So , how its referring to a single thing (A Raisi...
by NehaM981
Tue Oct 04, 2016 2:48 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: SC: Fossils of the arm
Replies: 79
Views: 30219
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Re: SC: Fossils of the arm

hi

If the verb-ed modifier placed after a clause and a comma , then does the verb-ed modifier with a comma modify the nearest noun or the entire clause ??

Thanks
Neha
by NehaM981
Tue Oct 04, 2016 3:23 am
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: The manager at the office supply store
Replies: 4
Views: 420
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The manager at the office supply store

hi The manager at the office supply store believes that the new CLP-300 laserjet printer will be used more as a replacement for printers in small offices and libraries rather than for high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because its noise emission, only 43 decibels, is ...
by NehaM981
Tue Oct 04, 2016 3:42 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: More than 300 rivers drain into
Replies: 73
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Re: More than 300 rivers drain into

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by NehaM981
Tue Oct 04, 2016 6:21 am
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: Decoding Verb-ed and Verb-ing modifiers
Replies: 7
Views: 4935
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Re: Decoding Verb-ed and Verb-ing modifiers

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by NehaM981
Tue Oct 04, 2016 6:38 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: The number of people flying first
Replies: 163
Views: 70139
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Re: The number of people flying first

hi

Twice is an adverb so why it cannot modify the action of rise ??

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by NehaM981
Tue Oct 04, 2016 7:02 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: The number of people flying first
Replies: 163
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Re: The number of people flying first

hi if you're going to say COMMA + "twice as many as...", then that's incorrect unless there's actually a quantity in front of the comma. e.g. last year i read 40 books, twice as many as i read in the preceding year --> correct last year the number of books i read increased dramatically,...
by NehaM981
Tue Oct 04, 2016 7:43 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: In the 1980’s the rate of increase
Replies: 38
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Re: In the 1980’s the rate of increase

hi

Employment costs rose 2.8 percent in the 12 months that ended in September, slightly less than in the year that ended in the previous quarter.

If the above sentence is correct then why option E is incorrect here ??

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Neha
by NehaM981
Tue Oct 04, 2016 8:25 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: There are hopeful signs that
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Re: There are hopeful signs that

hi

i don't understand why that is wrong here -

the air quality of las vegas was higher in 2007 than that in 1997
--> INCORRECT

Is it because it is referring just to the air quality and not the air quality of las vegas ??

Thanks
Neha
by NehaM981
Tue Oct 04, 2016 9:06 am
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT CAT Verbal
Topic: Female Grad Students
Replies: 32
Views: 7647
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Re: Female Grad Students

hi

Why d is wrong ??

What is "it" referring to ??


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by NehaM981
Tue Oct 04, 2016 10:09 am
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT CAT Verbal
Topic: One study found that although government policy
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Views: 290
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One study found that although government policy

hi One study found that although government policy and the industrial sector in which a company operates can influence its productivity and financial strength, management decisions have at least as great an impact on a company’s performance. A) management decisions have at least as great an impact B...
by NehaM981
Tue Oct 04, 2016 12:03 pm
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: In 1981 children in the United states
Replies: 73
Views: 38816
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Re: In 1981 children in the United states

hi

I have read entire thread but I really don't understand why a and c are wrong ?

please help

thanks
by NehaM981
Tue Oct 04, 2016 3:41 pm
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT CAT Verbal
Topic: SC - Supporters of tax breaks that local governments
Replies: 3
Views: 1859
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Re: SC - Supporters of tax breaks that local governments

hi

why a and b are wrong ??

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by NehaM981
Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:54 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: Lorraine Hansberry
Replies: 18
Views: 8737
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Re: Lorraine Hansberry

hi I am questioning it because same concept is used here - Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerlöf was the novelist who became the first woman and was also the first Swedish writer to win the Nobel ...
by NehaM981
Sat Oct 08, 2016 6:15 am
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: For almost five thousand years after its beginning 2.5 milli
Replies: 1
Views: 264
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For almost five thousand years after its beginning 2.5 milli

hi For almost five thousand years after its beginning 2.5 million years ago, Homo habilis roamed the earth, lived in semi-permanent camps, gathered food and shared their economy. A. For almost five thousand years after its beginning 2.5 million years ago, B. Beginning 2.5 million years ago for a per...