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by muralik.abm
Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:59 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: GMATprep SC
Replies: 33
Views: 15577
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Re: GMATprep SC

Hi Ron, The independent clause in the sentence is "the Oneida was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided with the colonists during the American Revolution" if we incorporate choice "C" into the above sentence, "the Oneida alone among the five-nation Iroquo...
by muralik.abm
Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:00 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: GMATprep SC question
Replies: 34
Views: 14636
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Ron. Please correct me if i am wrong on my below analogy. I starghtly eliminate B,D&E for the reason that i need to descibe the fortunate thing (neutrinos are harmless elementary particles ) immediately after the keyword "Fortunately" - a non-underlined word - in the senetence left wit...
by muralik.abm
Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:52 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: Sixty-five million years ago, according to some scientists
Replies: 50
Views: 19647
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Re: Sixty-five million years ago, according to some scientists

Ron/Stacey, E. an event that caused the plant and animal extinctions that mark Yes, E is correct. Why do we have to use an appositive (an evnet) in option E. Can't we simply say " causing the plant and animal extinctions that mark" - making sure that the result from the preceding independe...
by muralik.abm
Fri Jun 03, 2011 2:31 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: Uses of Which
Replies: 87
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Re: Uses of Which

The electronics company has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs less than 11 ounces. My analogy: There are 2 valid idioms with "claims"; "claims to be" and "claims tha...
by muralik.abm
Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:44 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: Unlike using spices for cooking, in medicinal usage
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Re: pls clarify this

In choice "e" why this sentence "the usage of spices is in small quantities" does not mean that the usage of spices are always is in small quantities when cooking? well, that's exactly the problem. you need to strip down the sentence, to see exactly what single word is being des...
by muralik.abm
Mon Jun 06, 2011 5:00 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: Industrialization and modtern methods of insect control have
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Re: Industrialization and modtern methods of insect control have

Industrialization and modtern methods of insect control have improved the standard of living around the globe while at the same time they have introduced some 100,000 dangerous chemical pollutants, having gone virtually unregulated since they were developed more than 50 years ago. a. while at the sa...
by muralik.abm
Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:28 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: In parts of South America
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Views: 17300
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Re: In parts of South America

Ron,

Can it be said that option "B" is actually weakening the orgument by implying that ppl will not prefer eating the dishes prepared by SPK004 as they look different from those prepared from currently growing potato.

Regards,
Murali.
by muralik.abm
Thu Jun 09, 2011 2:21 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: The recent decline in numbers of the Tennessee warbler
Replies: 28
Views: 12741
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Re: The recent decline in numbers of the Tennessee warbler

Ron, Please confirm my below analysis if it is correct. 4) Many Tennessee warblers have begun migrating in the fall to places other than traditional coffee plantations Option "4" actually weakens Kates' argument in a way that migration of the warblers is not due to the decline of tradition...