Interesting question. So if it states that there are only 5 -ve numbers, then I guess 0 would not be a possibility of consideration, correct? If the GMAT tells you there are 5 negative numbers, there are only 5 negative numbers. This does not preclude the possibility that there could be numbers that...

Hi,

MGMAT SC pg 264, no 19.

_ a child, Rebecca live in Bristol.

The answer is: "As". I'm confused about this since a child is a noun and Like follows a noun, hence like can be used here.

If both Like and As are are equally likely, which one must come here?

Thanks!

The students did poorly on the test more because they had not studied than the material was difficult. The answer is: The students did poorly on the test more because they had not studied than because the material was difficult. Shouldn't it read as: The students did poorly on the test more because ...

Hi, I came across a sentence on pg 218, chapter 11 such as: Tracking satellites accurately ___ important for the space agency. (Since you are tracking many satellites, should the verb also agree in number with the subject and be plural here? . The correct sentence uses the singular verb is ie Tracki...

note on pg 57 of the guide: Two parallel clauses begin with the same subordinators I want to retire to a place WHERE I can relax and WHERE I pay low taxes. Similarly the sentence quoted earlier must follow suite. usually don't parallel clauses need to begin with the same word?? i think it is not nec...

Thanks. So can it be considered that ALL noun phrases always are treated as one entity and are singular?

rte.sushil Wrote:because tracking satellite is together and is singular.
this is a noun phrase e.g. Driving cars
Driving cars is his passion
playing cards is a tricky game.

Great explanation! So if a present participle is used as a modifier, is it always modifying/expressing the result of the main clause? I can understand answer which change "PROMPTED" to "PROMPTING". But why comma was removed in the answer? It is not clear for me. Can comma be adde...

Thanks Tim. Can you please further explain this with examples?

tim Wrote:the WORDS themselves don't have to be parallel; you just need to make sure you're dealing with the same TYPES of words..

Thanks Tim. In this sentence, Tracking satellites accurately ___ important for the space agency, 'accurately' is an adverb? How does that affect the whether the verb must be singular or plural? What about this sentence: Several new species ___ added to a list of endangered animals. Is several new sp...

Another sentence: None of the guests ___ arrived. 'of the guests' is the prepositional phrase. None is an indefinite pronoun which is always singular. Hence the verb must be singular since prep phrases are ignored. Another sentence: All people ___ an inherent sense of justice. Again, 'All' is an ind...

Thanks a lot Tim!

tim Wrote:actually what i'm trying to say is the words do NOT have to be the same! as long as you have the same TYPE of words, that's what matters. if you want examples, look at about 95% of all parallelism sentences ever, where you will see that the words are not exactly the same words..

Thanks a lot for the explanations, Tim! I read this in the verbal foundations guide, that 'None' is an indefinite pronoun and hence must be always singular, a characteristic of indefinite pronouns. Although in the given sentence it sounds awkward, I was simply applying the rules. I guess, when the o...

Sure.. This is the Foundations of GMAT verbal. Pg 31. "Most indefinite pronouns are singular.." (ok i found my mistake. it doesn't say - always) Follows with a list.. the last line has All, many, more, most, much...none. can you give me book titles and page numbers for these rules you've s...

hehe.. sure :)
Thanks for the clarification and your explanations!
It helps provide a solid foundation..

tim Wrote:that line you quote contains a mostly pronouns that are actually treated as plural. remember, "most" does not mean "always".. :)

On MGMAT SC pg 47 states: Treat quantity phrases in the same way as SANAM pronouns. Noun in the of-prep phrase will indicate if the verb is singular or plural. Considering this sentence: The number of hardworking students in this ciass IS quite large. Here, students is plural.. Should'nt the phrase ...