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by shah.abhilash
Thu Oct 20, 2011 4:50 am
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: parallelism
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Re: parallelism

hi nidhi, About the first sentence: The option B is correct because bat caves have 2 duties: 1)Defending the Entrance 2)Scouting outside the cave for new food and roosting sites. Acting as sentinels and sounding a warning is how the bat caves are defending.It is not the part of the duties performed ...
by shah.abhilash
Thu Oct 20, 2011 5:10 am
 
Forum: GMAT Verbal
Topic: Sc On Earth, among the surest indications of sunspot cycles
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Re: Sc On Earth, among the surest indications of sunspot cycles

a)the sentence says as if the tree is growing rate(wrong). b)use of 'are' and then just one reason to state is wrong. Also rate is singular. We cannot use are.(wrong). c)Got potential. d) A run on sentence. some preposition must be there. even if a preposition is used the sentence will still not mak...
by shah.abhilash
Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:36 am
 
Forum: GMAT Verbal
Topic: OG #1
Replies: 1
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Re: OG #1

hi, (A) by whom they were named supposedly because ITS--WRONG(Glass House Mountains is plural,you cant refer with ITS) (B) by whom they were named supposedly and their-WRONG(use of and is unnecessary,moreover it's a passive sentence(named by)) (C) naming them supposedly since their-WRONG(naming them...
by shah.abhilash
Fri Jan 06, 2012 8:34 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: Most of the purported health benefits of tea
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Re: Most of the purported health benefits of tea

hi ron,

just wanted to know whether "they" can be used to refer objects like health benefits, compounds,etc. i was in a mindset that "they" can only be used to refer beings like humans,animals,people,etc
by shah.abhilash
Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:21 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: The Chicago and Calumet Rivers originally flowed into the
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Re: The Chicago and Calumet Rivers originally flowed into the

ManhattanGMAT Staff Posts: 6659 zhaoyu0319 wrote: I have a question regarding choice E). MGMT SC guide says that the tense of "V-ing" form is determined by the main verb tense of the sentence. In E), the main verb, "have", indicates the present perfect. Apparently, "flowing&...
by shah.abhilash
Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:07 am
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT CAT Verbal
Topic: For-profit colleges serve far fewer students than...
Replies: 13
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Re: For-profit colleges serve far fewer students than...

i am not convinced that the answer is B. i would have gone with E since that option seems to destroy argument. The students are not require d to replay their loans. If they .did require to repay loans there was no need to for for-profit colleges to have disappropriate financial aid. Please let me kn...
by shah.abhilash
Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:26 am
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: Does the word "there" should always refer to a place?
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Does the word "there" should always refer to a place?

Hi,

Does the word "THERE" ,like "WHERE", should always refer to a place? And if it is not,is the usage of the word wrong?
by shah.abhilash
Sun Jun 17, 2012 3:00 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: SC: Fossils and Whales, SV Agreement and prep phrase mod
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Re: SC: Fossils and Whales, SV Agreement and prep phrase mod

Would you please explain why (D) is wrong? I have two other questions on this SC: 1. The modifier inside the bracket {} is a parallel structure using "AND". There is "was" with butchered, but no "was" with beached. is this because the sentence tries to say that the whal...
by shah.abhilash
Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:47 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: Women are expected to be the majority
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Re: Women are expected to be the majority

hi Ron,
Can we say that option D is wrong because it says "expected" and then says "students entering law school this fall WILL be women".
should'nt it be "WOULD be women".

Regards