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Sam was away on vacation longer than his freinds had/were/did
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Were.
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Owning a car is still Dan's Goal, like that of his parents when they were his age
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Owning a car is still Dan's Goal, as it was of his parents when they were his age.
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Comparison Problem:
The tycoon contributed more to the candidate's campaign than anyone else in the industry |
The tycoon contributed more to the candidate's campaign than did anyone else in the industry
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as old as (vs) older than
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Use as old as when comparing things which are contemporary or lying in the same time zone or equal.
Ex: this picture is as old as the other picture on the wall Use older than if the two comparing things are not equally in age Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years {older than} any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors |
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Whats wrong with the below two sentences:
1. What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc has been 2. The thing that was as remarkable as developing the compact disc |
The sentence uses "was" when it uses has been in the other half. Tense Error
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Idiomatic or Non-Idiomatic?
None the less...than and No less ...as |
Non-Idiomatic.
The right way is No less ...than |
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as an instance of (or) as an instance to
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As an instance of
She cited x as an instance of y |
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Like many self-taught artists, Perle Hessing did not begin to paint until she was well into middle age.
A. Like B. As have C. Just as with D. Just like E. As did |
When comparing two people use Like. So A.
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When comparing two people use Like
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What is problem with the below sentence:
The costs amounts to a sum of 100$ |
amounts and sum cannot go together. When amount is used sum is redundant.
The costs amounts to 100$ |
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Usage of Lower vs Less?
That vs Those |
The adjective lower is erroneously used in place of the noun less as object of the preposition to.
That is used for singular comparisons Those is used for plural comparisons Ex: income of X to that of Y incomes of families X to those of families Y |
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Some one has invested X$ of money in research for developing X
(or) Some one has invested X$ of money in research to develop X (or) Some one has invested X$ of money in research for X to be developed |
Since they hope to develop somethings.Usage of "in research to" is correct. So B
Also usage of Research for [Verb] is incorrect Research to [Verb] correct. |
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Which one is correct?
cars that are more gasoline-efficient even than those at present on the road cars even more gasoline efficient than those at present on the road |
even and more should go together. So B.
cars even more gasoline efficient than those at present on the road |
even more or more...even
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Not Usage of Compared To:
------------------------------------------ Black colleges because their economic bases are often more fragile than most predominantly White colleges. A. than B. than those of C. than is so of D. compared to E. compared to those of |
when "more " is used make sure it has a corresponding than...not compared to or something.
more...compared to is unidiomatic and redundant. |
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When a question is given in Dates in past, like 1204 until 1456. What should you look in answer choices
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Remove answer choices that use present tense or that use anything not past.
Example: The Parthenon was a church from 1204 until 1456, when Athens was taken by General Mohammed the Conqueror, the Turkish sultan, who established a mosque in the building and used the Acropolis as a fortress. E. establishing a mosque in the building and using the Acropolis as B. who, establishing a mosque in the building,used the Acropolis like In choices B and E establishing is used which is present tense. The correct choice needs to use "established" |
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Usage of Past Perfect "Had"
---------------------------------------- How does the below choice D, mean in general The Parthenon was a church from 1204 until 1456, when Athens was taken by General Mohammed the Conqueror, the Turkish sultan, who established a mosque in the building and used the Acropolis as a fortress D. who had established a mosque in the building,using the Acropolis to be |
The choice mentions that the Turkish sultan had already established a mosque before he took athens. So D is wrong.
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Using X to be Y
Used X as Y Families where vs Families in which Husband only was employed vs Only the Husband was employed |
Used X as Y
Families in which. Where refers to a location Only the husband was employed. Only should modify husband not employed. |
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Which is a best choice?
Some other one vs to Other vs Another |
Another
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What is the problem with this sentence
C. A larger percentage of Holland's grossnational product is spent on defending theircoasts from rising seas than the United Statesspends on military defense. |
In C, the passive is spent is not parallel with the activespends
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Parallelism of verbs
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What is problem with choices A,B,D: Not the comparison one
-------------- In 1982 the median income for married-couple families with a wage-earning wife was $9,000 morethan a family where the husband only was employed. A. a family where the husband only B. of a family where only the husband C. that for families in which only the husband D. a family in which only the husband |
Families are compared to family
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because vs because of
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because is a subordinating conjunction, so a sentence needs to follow after because.
because of is a preposition. Because of is followed by a noun. Because of + Noun Because + Sentence |
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due to and since usage
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"due to" should function only as a complement:
The fire was partly due to the lack of rain. but NOT Due to the lack of rain, a fire broke out. GMAT tends NOT to like "since" because "since" has two meanings: "because" and "after," so be wary of choosing answers with "since." (Remember, these are just guidelines and strategies, okay?? NOT firm rules!!) |
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fewer vs less
--------------------- Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings. * movies—less than those * movies—fewer than have been * movies, which is less than those * movies, a number lower than the people * movies, fewer than the ones |
less for non-countable (Less Money)
fewer for countable Answer: E. A,C,D use Less and lower which are non-countable. Between B and E, B has have been killed which is present perfect, now do the bees still kill people now. The main sentence compares present to past. So E |
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double vs twice
Question:168 Today, because of improvements in agricultural technology, the same amount of acreage produces {{double the apples that it has}} in 1910. double the apples that it has twice as many apples as it did as much as twice the apples it has two times as many apples as there were a doubling of the apples that it did |
double - Adjective
twice - Adverb An adjective cannot modify a verb. While an adverb can!! Produces is the verb, it modifies Twice. In the SC, did represents produced. |
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bodies burning vs bodies' burning?
which is a correct choice. |
bodies' burning is correct format. The gerund burning needs a subject, so apostrophe needed.
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due to vs because
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due to means attributable to.
because means giving reason. because follows a clause. |
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More common among X than Y
More common among X than among Y More common among X than common among Y |
More common among X than among Y
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What should you check for when you see "was" in a sentence.
Ex: What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc has been the use of the new technology to revitalize |
Check for tenses in the underlined/non-underlined portions.
The sentence has two verbs was and present perfect has been. |
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What is the difference between these two:
gain weight quicker than do those ... gain weight more quickly than... |
qain weight is verb. quicker is adjective, more quickly is adverb. An adverb is used to modify a verb. So, gain weight more quickly than others.... is correct!!
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worried about vs worried over or worrying over; -- Which one is chosen for describing a condition rather than an action
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Worried About
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Which is correct and why
are in danger of contracting are in danger to contract |
are in danger of contracting. The phrase are in danger must be followed by of, not by an infinitive
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Wwhat is the problem with this sentence
there was at least a million or more others without any |
incorrectly links the singular verb was with the plural subject others.
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whats wrong with
"by more than twice..." |
"an adverb such as twice cannot function as an object of the preposition by"
more than doubled is correct in this context. -- OG, 72. |
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Whats wrong with the below sentence
Never before had taxpayers confronted so many changes at once as they had in the Tax Reform Act of 1986 |
In the choice, the past perfect had [confronted] illogically places the 1986 events in the same time frame as Never before had...;
Correct Usage: Never before had taxpayers confronted so many changes at once as they confronted in the Tax Reform Act of 1986 |
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What is the problem with the below sentences
B. confronted at once as many changes as C. confronted at once as many changes that there were with |
awkwardly placed "at once" between confronted and its direct object, "changes"
Correct Usage: confronted as many changes at once as they confronted in |
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Words that use to be
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allow...to be
believed to be |
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What verb u need to use when the sentence starts with Since 1986
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Have + Past participle.
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Which one is correct?
one microcomputer for everythirty-two pupils every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer |
one X for every thirty-two Y's
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What verb sense this sentence belongs?
The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculpture portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face." |
Present Tense. Usage of are and calls points that.
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Analyze
In 1973 mortgage payments represented twenty-one percent of an average thirty-year-old male's income; and forty-four percent in 1984 . A. income; and forty-four percent in 1984 B. income; in 1984 the figure was forty-fourpercent C. income, and in 1984 forty-four percent D. income, forty-four percent in 1984 was the figure E. income that rose to forty-four percent in 1984 |
A. Usage of semicolon is wrong. After a semicolon a clause should come not phrase. When comparing two circumstances in 1973 to those in 1984, a seperate clause is needed to describe each year. Clause is something with a verb and subject. A uses a phrase not a clause to do the comparison.
B. Correct C. Seperate clause needed D. A semicolon is needed not a comma for different clauses E, that refers to income there by mentioning its the income than the mortgage payments that increased. |
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1. Capability and Can cannot go together
2. use of the twoparticiples Having and being is ungrammatical |
1. Capability and Can cannot go together
2. use of the twoparticiples Having and being is ungrammatical |
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What is the difference between
"as much as" "so much as" |
so much as is used when it is followed by a negative word.
Ex: "She left not so much as a trace." as much as can be used normally. |
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What is the similarity between
less + lending and increased pressure |
adjective+ noun parallelism
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What is problem with the below sentences
Q: jobs of comparable skill Q: a job requiring comparable skills usually held by men |
Q:jobs of comparable skill
A:Instead of people, its the jobs that is having comparable skill. Q:a job requiring comparable skills usually held by men A:men dont held comparable skills its the job which holds. |
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What comparison problem this sentence has
that pay for jobs historically held by womenshould be the same as for a job requiringcomparable |
jobs are compared to job!!
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cost should be followed immediately by a phrase
like, cost of X Incorrect: annual cost to the United States of illiteracy in lost |
Correct: annual cost of illiteracy to the United States
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what is the correct idiom for research?
into research for developing in research to develop |
Research to [Verb]
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even more
even...more |
even more
in research to develop cars even more gasolineefficientthan [Correct] into research to develop cars more gasoline-efficient even than [Incorrect] |
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Between vs Among
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Between for two entities;
Amont for more than two; Between X and Y The tension among residents among students among the audience |
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Choose 1:
Adapted spaces of this kind These adapted spaces adaptes spaces like these Such adapted spaces |
Such is preferable for presenting examples, or instances.
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claims + to
claims + to be |
The correct rule is Claims is followed by an infinitive. So both are correct, but the perfect form of claims is claims + to
claims + to have claims + to be |
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Which is correct and why:
are a cost to business of ... cost business ... |
to business is awkwardly inserted between cost and the prepositional phrase that modifies it. Its also wordy.
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Restitution... to
Restitution... for |
Restitution...for
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Expected to rise
Expected for it to rise Expected that it will rise |
Expected to is the correct Idiom
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Equivalent and Equal Modify Nouns, especially Non-Countable Nouns (True/False)
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True;
The equivalent amount of resistance. A volume of water equivalent to lake michigan Prefer as many as for countable and equivalent to for non-countable |
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Whats the difference between these two?
C. a meteorite will strike one human being oncein every nine years D. every nine years a human being will bestruck by a meteorite |
the language of C implies more than can reasonably bemaintained: i.e., that a meteorite will strike one person, and noone else, exactly once during every nine-year period. Choice D is best: the phrasing is concise and free of unintendedsuggestions, and the use of the indefinite article in a humanbeing is appropriate for describing what is expected to be trueonly on the average.
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whats the difference between
One Human Being vs a Human being |
One means exactly that person
a is an indefinite article not pointing exactly to that person. |
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What is the problem with this sentence:
Intar,the oldest Hispanic theater company in NewYork, has moved away from the Spanish classics and now it draws on the works |
it intrudes between the halves of thecompound verb has moved... and [now] draws to introducea new grammatical subject, thereby creating a run-onsentence:the inclusion of it requires a comma after classics to set offthe new independent clause.
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Economic vs Economical
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Economic means pertaining to economy
Economical means frugal, spending carefully |
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In English, the idiom is
requiring x to y or requiring that x y, with x as the noun subject and y the unconjugated form of the verb. |
requiring employers to retain all older workers
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What is the difference between B and E, other than the idiom thing?
Senator Lasker has proposed legislation requiring that employers should retain all older workers indefinitely or show just cause for dismissal. B. that all older workers be retained by employers E. employers to retain all older workers |
in B, the awkward shift to the passive construction makes workers the subject of show, thus producing the unintended statement that older workers [rather than employers} are required to show just cause for dismissal.
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Both the choices are wrong why? [Hint: Use Parallelism]
the retaining by employers of all older workers indefinitely or show just cause for dismissal. vs employers' retention of all older workers...or show just cause for dismissal. |
Parallelism is the main problem
Choices C and D are ungrammatical because the retaining and retention function as nouns, which cannot be joined by or to the verb show: grammar requires that the compound predicate consist of two verbs, retain... or show. |
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Whats the problem here:
Mystic Guided Mystic and also Guided Mystic and that he was guided mystic and that he guided |
This is a common pattern in gmat, to keep words in between.Mystic guided is correct
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which is correct one and why:
collateral to borrowagainst to get through collateral against which farmers borrow to get through |
Infinitives Justapoxed;
awkwardly juxtaposes two infinitives and is unnecessarily redundant, since use as collateral and borrow against have the same meaning. |
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Does inverting the order of subject and verb tends towards answer being wrong?
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Yes, Sometimes!!
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1. can is sometimes redumdant
> they can potentially devastate homeowners >A. they are potentially devastating [Correct] |
1. can is sometimes redumdant
> they can potentially devastate homeowners >A. they are potentially devastating [Correct] |
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What is the problem with D?
With only 5 percent of the world's population, United States citizens consume 28 percent of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than onethird of its automobiles, and use 21 times more water per capita than Europeans do. D. Despite having E. Although accounting for |
Despite having in choice D confusingly suggest that United States citizens somehow possess, rather than constitute, 5 percent of the world's population
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What is the subject of a sentence makes a big difference in GMAT
A number of linguists contend that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced back to a common root language. A. that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced B. that the world's five billion people speak thousandsof languages of which all can be traced What is the subject in A and B? |
A: all languages
B: People Next to contend we need main subject, which is all languages, so A. also A precisely indicates the relationship of the thousands of languages to the common root language (they can be traced back to it). |
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Which is correct
all of which of which all.. |
All of which
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Analyze
Dirt roads may evoke the bucolic simplicity of another century, but financially strained townships point out that dirt roads cost twice as much as maintaining paved roads. A. dirt roads cost twice as much as maintaining paved roads B. dirt roads cost twice as much to maintain aspaved roads do C. maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much aspaved roads do D. maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as itdoes for paved roads E. to maintain dirt roads costs twice as much as for paved roads |
This sentence compares the costs required to maintain two kinds of roads. B, the best choice, is able to maintain parallelism in the comparison as well. Choice A incorrectly shifts the meaning by comparing the cost of dirt roads with the cost of maintaining paved roads. Choice C does the opposite: it compares the cost of maintaining dirt roads with the cost of paved roads themselves. Choice D further confuses the sentence by adding a nonparallel clause, it does for, in which it has no clear referent. Choice E introduces the infinitive phrase to maintain... and wrongly attempts to complete the comparison with the nonparallel prepositional phrase for....
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Is
lack of some other doctor a correct phrase |
OG mentions its wrong.
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1. Viewed Marriage to be
2. Viewed Marriage as |
2 correct
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Mistook X as Y
Mistook X for Y |
Mistook X for Y
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What is the difference?
connection that is apparent between apparent connection between |
Noun: Connection
Adjective: Apparent Rule: Adjective + Noun So Apparent Connection between. |
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What is the problem with the sentence other than subject:
"It was so secret that a recording system was installed and operated in the Kennedy Oval Office" |
delayed subject construction
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more than the 500 slaves
more than 500 slaves |
more than the 500 slaves
> slaves which were not his own or he might had more than 500 slaves more than 500 slaves >he had around 500 slaves which he set free!! |
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Solve:
A number of linguists contend that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced back to a common root language. A. that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced B. that the world's five billion people speak thousandsof languages of which all can be traced |
What can be traced back to a common language?
1. Languages 2. People speak 1. Languages. Finding the subject of the sentence is important answering questions. |
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whose
in that their because |
whose is better than using in that their or because
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density ...more numerous
density...greater than |
density is a mass noun, only greater than goes with mass nouns.
numerous- modifies countable nouns greater - modifies non-countable nouns |
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What is the problem with the sentence:
timber wolf density |
timber wolf is not dense, its population is dense.
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In these kind of questions what should be your point of view:
Tennessee adopted a child-passenger protection law requiring C. that parents restrain children under four yearsof age in a child safety seat D. that children be restrained under four years ofage in a child safety seat by their parents |
You should stop and ask the question what is the meaning of the sentence
1. Who restrains whom? 2. What would be possible subject. If a sentence doesnt fall into any of the categories, like, SV, Verb, Modifiers, pronouns, parallelism. Immediately you gotta think about the meaning. |
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1. infrequently enough that
2. so infrequently that |
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Wrong Usage of has/have/having in a sentence.
In OG I have observed that usage of has/have/having is wrong in some instances. has have having me to possess, to possess inherently 1. Despite having 30% population in USA (How can USA inherently possess something) Correct: Although accounting for 30%... 2. a community where they have 49 percent of the household incomes which has 49 percent of the householdincomes in which 49 percent of them have household incomes All the above sentences are wrong usage of has/have. it means they possess!! THe correct sentence is: |
where 49 percent of the household incomes are
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What are the rules when you are defining a book?
Ex: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
Rules:
1. A book name should precede with "That" Ex: A letter by Mark Twain, written in the sameyear that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnwas 2, the singular title of the novel demands a singular verb: for example, one would say, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is (not "are") a great book |
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Not X
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But Rather Y
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Persuade X
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to do Y
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DOUBLE
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My Money;
Double is an adjective, My is a noun. |
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He earns...<Adverb> (Twice/Double)
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Twice as much as
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Were moved
Moved |
Passive Voice
Active Voice |
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due to=
Two new studies indicate that many people become obese more due to the fact that their bodies burn calories too slowly than overeating |
Substitute
due to =attributable to |
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Difference between
1. the 50,000 to 100,000 2. 50,000 to 100,000 Ex: As a result of the ground-breaking work of Barbara McClintock, many scientists now believe that all of the information encoded in 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely three percent of the cell's DNA. A. 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely B. 50,000 to 100,000 of the human cell's differentgenes are contained in a mere C. the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found inhuman cells are contained in merely D. 50,000 to 100,000 of human cells' differentgenes is contained in merely E. the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in a human cell is contained in a mere |
1. the 50,000 to 100,000
2. 50,000 to 100,000 1. using the specifically points to the exact 50,000 to 100000 species 2. 50,000 to 100,000 represents all or a fraction of the genes in a cell |
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help in the rescuing of
help in the rescue of helped to rescue |
helped to rescue
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Analyze
Because of the enormous research and development expenditures required to survive in the electronics industry, an industry marked by rapid innovation and volatile demand, such firms tend to be very large. |
The subject of the main clause (such firms) presumes a prior reference to the firms in question
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Think of X
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AS Y
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What is the problem here?
"in order that it would avoid " |
Passive Voice. Also avoid means to prevent
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What is the problem with D and E
Question:184 As measured by the Commerce Department, corporate profits peaked in the fourth quarter of 1988 {{and have slipped since then, as many companies have been unable to pass on higher costs}} D. but, many companies unable to pass onhigher costs, they have slipped since then E.yet are slipping since then, because many companies were unable to pass on higher costs |
YET and BUT need a comma before them.
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since then is a key word for using which verb tense
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Present perfect; has/have+ past participle
Have Lived |
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Difference between more and increase [ex: delays]
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increase in delays
not more delays |
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As a result of medical advances, many people that might at one time have died as children of such infections as diphtheria, pneumonia, or rheumatic fever now live well into old age.
A. that might at one time have died as children B. who might once have died in childhood |
B, the best choice, uses the preferred relative pronoun, who, to refer to many people. It observes formal and logical parallelism in the wording of the relative clause and the main clause: first, adverbs (once and now)', second, verbs (might have died and live); and third, adverbial prepositional phrases (in childhood and into old age).
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What is an appositive
Ex: Presenters at the seminar, one who is blind, will |
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. The appositive can be a short or long combination of words. Look at these examples:
The insect, a cockroach, is crawling across the kitchen table. The insect, a large cockroach, is crawling across the kitchen table. The insect, a large cockroach with hairy legs, is crawling across the kitchen table. The insect, a large, hairy-legged cockroach that has spied my bowl of oatmeal, is crawling across the kitchen table. |
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Adjective vs Adverb
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http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esladjadv.html
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As well as is a coordinating cojunction
Yes or No? |
Yes.
A coordinating conjunction follows parallelism X as well as Y |
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low and high
low and higher low with higher decreasing operating costs and improving the efficiency |
low and high
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Teratomas are unusual forms of cancer because they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone not normally found in the organ in which the tumor appears.
A. because they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone B. because they are composed of tissues liketooth and bone that are C. because they are composed of tissues, liketooth and bone, tissues D. in that their composition, tissues such astooth and bone, is E. in that they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone, tissues |
Read the explanantion
Only E, the best choice, clearly states that teratomas consist of tissues such as tooth and bone, and that such tissues are not normally found in the organ with the teratoma. Clear statement of this fact requires the repetition of tissues to establish the appositive--tissues normally found.... Without such repetition, A and B imprecisely state that the tooth and bone, as opposed to the tissues, are not normally found in the affected organ. Choices B and C alter the meaning with the use of like', that is, they suggest that the tissues are not tooth and bone, but only like them. The confused syntax of D states that their composition, not the tissues, is found in the organ.... |
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duped by
duped into |
duped into
ex: duped into accepting the results as good |
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babies were born to women over the age of twenty than under it
A. than B. than born |
than
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Which one is correct?
a.On July 27, 1805 when they were reaching b.On July 27, 1805 when members of X team reached |
B.
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Be careful while selecting choices that include
1. Using Was to start with > was believed > is believed > were believed > was confronted |
Avoid passive voice sentence, but dont eliminate it right away look for other answer choices and if they do fit the bil better than this, then eliminate it.
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Which is correct?
Excavating of Excavation of |
Excavation of
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Which is correct?
1. To make black tea, the process 2. In the process of making black tea |
2. In the process of making black tea
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Which is correct?
Should China move to a more flexible curreny regime,..the other emerging economies would... Would China move to a more flexible curreny regime,..the other emerging economies would... |
WOULD..WOULD (parallelism)
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that number of trucks alone
the number of trucks by themselves |
that number of trucks alone
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the articles of federation, which had been called Y resting on...
the articles of federation, as was called Y rested on... |
usage of "as" to define something.
Also, rested on is correct |
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Whats the problem with this question
In April 1997, Hillary Rodham Clinton hosted an all-day White House scientific conference on new findings that indicates a child’s acquiring language, thinking, and emotional skills as an active process that may be largely completed before age three. A. that indicates a child’s acquiring language, thinking, and emotional skills as B. that are indicative of a child acquiring language, thinking, and emotional skills as C. to indicate that when a child acquires language, thinking, and emotional skills, that it is D. indicating that a child’s acquisition of language, thinking, and emotional skills is E. indicative of a child’s acquisition of language, thinking, and emotional skills as |
Key to this question is : "In April 1997"
which is pasttense. So b is eliminated, since it used acquiring. D is the correct answer |
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"similar to" vs "as"
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prefer "as" for comparisons...
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a body of work rooted
a body of work that was rooted |
A body of work that was rooted. that is needed after work.
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A March 2000 Census Bureau survey showed that Mexico accounted for more than a quarter of all foreign-born residents of the United States, the largest share for any country to contribute since 1890, when about 30 percent of the country’s foreign-born population was from Germany.
A)the largest share for any country to contribute B)the largest share that any country has contributed |
A is correct choice here, since
A march 2000 Census Bureau - Some thing of a specific time, Means Past Tense. So "has contributed" present perfect tense is wrong. So when Since is there dont rush and select has + ed, check at whcich time the sentence belongs to. |
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what is the difference between
1. The merger of nation's leading gas company and electric company 2. The merger of nation's leading gas company and leading electric company |
1 says that its a merger of the same company with in, while 2 says a meger between two big companies. 2 was the correct choice
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Especially and specialy
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Especially - emphasize something
Specially - Uniqueness of something |
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Which vs Ing format:
Which captures the immediate noun before the comma Ing captures the gist of the sentence before comma and continues that..forward. Exa: After increasing steadily for centuries, the total annual catch of all wild fish peaked in 1989; since that time, the total catch for most species has declined or plateaued, prompting conservation efforts designed to help prevent population crashes and possible extinctions. A. fish peaked in 1989; since that time, the total catch for most species has declined or plateaued, prompting B. fish peaked in 1989, but with the total catch since then declining or plateauing in the case of most species, prompting C. fish had peaked in 1989; since that time, the decline or plateau of the total catch for most species, which prompted D. fish, which peaked in 1989, and, in the case of most species, it has declined or plateaued since, prompted E. fish, which peaked in 1989 but has since declined or plateaued for most species, and this prompted |
Answer is B.
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During the eighteenth century, widespread changes in agriculture, known as the agrarian
revolution, involving the large-scale introduction of enclosed fields, of new farming techniques and crops, and the substitution of commercial for subsistence farming. A. revolution, involving the large-scale introduction of enclosed fields, of new farming techniques and crops, and B. revolution, involved the large-scale introduction of enclosed fields and of new farming techniques and crops, and C. revolution, which involved the large-scale introduction of enclosed fields and of new farming techniques and crops, and D. revolution involved the large-scale introduction of enclosed fields, new farming techniques and crops, and of E. revolution that involved the large-scale introduction of enclosed fields and new farming techniques and crops, and of |
A: The sentence is in past, During the 18th century. So involving is incorrect
B: Correct C: "wHICH" problem, using which makes the part of sentence using which negligilble or not needed. Think whether its needed for the sentence to come to conclusion or not. D: and of the substitution of commercial (usage of is awkward) E: same as D, even though revolution is followed by that. |
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Like
----- Like can modify a noun or a verb but not a clause Keep sentences logically parallel Frank's build, like his brother, is broad - Wrong |
True
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As + Clause
Just as... Just as...so too As + Phrase ( As in the previous case) As...As |
As can modify phrase; Only Like cannot be modified by a clause.
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Use such as instead of like for ____
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examples
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like means similar to. Only thing you have to remember about like is it cannot be followed by a clause
As has many forms and there are no specific rules. As can be used when you to mention someone will function as .... Ex: She dreams like a lawyer think like a lawyer think as a lawyer which is correct when will use one |
Think like a lawyer means, similar to
Think as a lawyer means in the role of.. |
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Twice can never modify higher because ___
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the correct idiom is twice as high as.
He earns twice higher than X (wrong) he earns twice as much as X (correct) higer and lower are adjectives cannot work as adverb when modifying earns. |
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comparitive form of creatively is___
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more creatively
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What wrong with this sentence
Although the towers appear identical, the west tower is the tallest. |
the towers (there are only 2); You have to use comparitive not superlative.
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Equally as is wrong in GMAT
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Yes using Equally as is wrong, because as is used for equating something, so when you use equally again its redundant.
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