Ron - Sorry for re opening thread, just one question here - is the best way to identify what's being compared is to drop the prepositional phrase and check whats being compared ?

if so could you please illustrate with an example or two many thanks.

Option C: that there are few people who have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor having made

Also can we eliminate C because of the comma before "nor" as the things that follow ",nor " should be a clause? - Is my reasoning correct here?

Many financial experts believe that policy makers at the Federal Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are almost certain to leave interest rates unchanged for the foreseeable future. A. Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate ...

by the way, this sort of modifier (COMMA + ABSTRACT NOUN) can be used to refer back to the WHOLE IDEA of the preceding clause. let's say that scientists discover that X is 60 percent of Y, and that they are shocked by this finding. then: recent studies have shown that X is 60 percent of Y , which h...

The correct answer is A - Dear Instruction could you please let me know if I have elimated the ans for the correct reasons A. Authoritative parents are more likely than permissive parents to have children who as adolescents are self-confident, high in self-esteem, and responsibly independent. - CORR...

Maybe my thinking is biased. I do not know why, "being reluctant....." in B is wrong?, pls, explain. The phrase is inserted between 2 clause. Is this placement of the phrase correct? pls, help Taken from some other post - you should avoid "being" when expressing the IDENTITY or ...

Although producer prices rose at an unexpectedly steep rate in September, analysts said that the increase resulted mostly from temporary factors and not necessarily foreshadowing that there would be a resurgence of inflation. A. factors and not necessarily foreshadowing that there would be B. facto...

Dear Instructors - On a completely different note could you please let me know how much time should one take to answer this question. I marked the correct answer but took 2.28 mins? Is that OK?

Hi gs, Actually, if you look carefully at the question and the correct answer you’ll see that even if you interpret "housing blocks" as land the analysis holds and the correct answer still works. This is what happens more often than not - if the GMAT uses an ambiguous or technical term, you can de...

Dear Instructors - Could you please let me know why A is wrong i.e the correct ans? I understand all the other options, which shows the discrepancy. The question stem reads as below -Since it reads " if true "we have to take the ans choice as true as they are given so NO bargain there! &qu...

Can some one explain me why is B wrong? Is it because we are not talking about the profit of the company rather the company's fuel cost only. Had Question read Company's profit this year would be significantly lower then option B would be correct?

Is there any other reason we can eliminate option B?

tell us more about what was inadequate about the explanation so we can help explain it in a way that will work for you.. Hi - By using the word "but" in Lucy's argument i understand she is going to counter the Antoine's argument but cant understand how Lucy's argument is structured? I und...

I understood Emily to speak to just the part of the conclusion that turned out to be relevant, but I invite correction. The most generous interpretation of Arun's account would look something like this: PREMISE 1: "inorganic pesticides remain active on the surfaces of fruits and vegetables for...

Hi please can someone pick this up?

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The big difference between B and A is that in A *some* of the animals are clearly in trouble, but in B *all* of the animals are potentially in danger. Therefore B is the only one that supports the contention that none of the animals are safe. Does this help? Thanks a lot tim for your explanation. I...