Researchers are using computer images

by **tk.tuteja** Mon Aug 18, 2014 2:54 pm

This is the problem I got in my exampack exam #2.

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by **das.abhijit34** Tue Aug 19, 2014 5:04 pm

Let me try --

"Will" is a be verb. It is same as is/are/was etc.

So when I say -- "I am running" -- in this sentence "I" is the subject and "am running" is the form of "be verb + VERBing". The whole thing is basically a form which is expressing the tense of the verb.

Now coming back to your question as the sentence compares a future tense with present tense, we would not need to apply "will" in both the places. So basically as "do" currently expresses the tense of the verb appropriately, we do not need a supporting "be" verb here.

Rest I will leave to the experts to validate.

Cheers,

by **RonPurewal** Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:24 am

In constructions like these, it's ok for the tense of a verb to change.

E.g.,
Tom eats more now than he ever did as a child.

Presumably, you have no trouble with "did" <—> "eats". (One of the most common reasons to include a helping verb is, in fact, to change tenses.)

What you need to realize is that "will work" is just another tense of "work".
If did/does/etc. can correspond to "work(s)", or to "worked", then it can also correspond to "will work". The fact that "will work" has 2 words rather than just 1 is immaterial.

by **gbyhats** Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:03 pm

by **tim** Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:50 am

This is mostly a meaning issue. C makes it looks like surgeons are trying to do two things: plan difficult operations and develop programs. It also makes it look like doctors and nurses are similar to flight simulators. No real grammar problems here, for if these absurd meanings were the actual intent of the author, the sentence would be totally fine. You need to be able to recognize the absurdity then so that you can realize this is not what the author meant.

by **gbyhats** Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:55 am

Gotcha!!! Thank you very much Tim!!!

by **tim** Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:49 am

My pleasure!

by **VitorB749** Mon Mar 23, 2015 9:30 pm

Just a quick one one that... What's the correct idiom for "help" usage?

I understand that the correct one is: "help + sb + infinitive"

But is there any other idiom using "help" that I might watch closely?

Rgds,

Vitor

by **RonPurewal** Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:28 am

you can also just "help [verb]", as in problems #7 and #26 in the OG.

it is extremely unlikely that such things will be necessary on your official exam.

by **DavidK205** Sun Apr 05, 2015 12:24 pm

Tim and Ron,

Question 1: Is there a different between saying "...help surgeons plan..." (as in answers A, B and D) and "...help surgeons to plan..."?

I thought maybe the latter changes the subject of "plan" to Researchers instead of Surgeons.

E.g. "I helped the young boy get into college" (meaning the boy got into college due to my help) vs "I helped the young boy to get into college" (meaning the reason I helped the young boy was so that I could put it on my resume and I would get it into college)

Question 2: One thing that threw me off in the OA was the two "thats" - "Researchers are using computer images to help surgeons plan difficult operations and to develop programs that will work for doctors and nurses in the same way that flight simulators do for pilots, letting..."

Why is it that the words following the two "thats" do not need to be parallel? Or are they parallel and I don't see it?

Thanks in advance

by **RonPurewal** Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:12 pm

i just noticed the "exam pack" citation.

nope.
no paid material. the "exam packs" are off limits just as the OG is, for exactly the same reason.

by **RonPurewal** Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:19 pm

even though the thread is now locked, this question is sufficiently generic:

DavidK205 Wrote:Question 1: Is there a different between saying "...help surgeons plan..." (as in answers A, B and D) and "...help surgeons to plan..."?

is there a difference?
yes.

is there a difference for which you'll be responsible on this exam?
no way.

--- YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE FOR THE GMAT EXAM ---

the difference is that "help (person) (verb)" implies direct involvement, while "help (person) to (verb)" suggests a more indirect role.

e.g., someone can help you to move across the country by, say, lending you a truck (or the money to rent one), or by setting you up with an apartment lease in the new location.

on the other hand, someone cannot help you move by doing any of those things.
the only way to help someone move is to physically assist them in hauling things, and/or to drive the moving van.

by **RonPurewal** Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:21 pm

again, the explanation above is provided solely for your enjoyment and general edification.

by posting that explanation, i'm taking a calculated risk--the risk that people will "study" it. if that's you ... don't.

remember, if a meaning difference is essential in a SC problem, it will be a BIG meaning difference.

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