Emily, You mention: "the information gathered by that release could allow the studio to adjust its campaign, thereby making more money over the remaining life of the movie". However, if we negate E (How a flim performs during opening weekend is not a strong indicator of film's financial pe...

Sorry got it.

"If it rains, I will go to the beach". This statement clearly does not mean that if it does not rain, I will not go to the beach. Basically A-> B does 'not' mean ~A -> ~B So far so good. MGMAT SC guide has a question which states (and I am paraphrasing): "Lower currency is shown...

Oh boy..it doesn't get much tougher than this...Ben, I think you meant to say...while (E) is tempting....(A) correctly eliminates...

Sputnik, grammatically D parses out fine in that it modifies "the concern" with the appositive "an obstacle to congressional passage." But there's a change in meaning by setting "an obstacle to congressional passage" off in commas. It makes it a nonessential modifier, ...

Hello ManhattanGMAT instructors, Please look at the following sentence: The quality of this pen is better than your pen. I would think that this is a perfect case of ellipsis and we can easily interpret the above sentence as: The quality of this pen is better than [quality of] your pen. Please advic...

Hi Ron, Would the following sentence be correct: In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice the 1970’s . My colleague contents that the above sentence illogically compares "the rate of increase.." with a 'decade' (1970's). However, I...

Would request you to refer to Ron's mail: http://www.beatthegmat.com/comparisons-involving-ellipsis-t66230.html Since there is no 'tense shift' or 'ambiguity' in the following sentence: The quality of this pen is better than your pen . So, I would think the above sentence is correct ...

Thanks mschwrtz. I actually think both parts do have the same structure. But for clarity sake, lets take the following: The rate of increase of the minority population of the United States In the 1980’s was nearly twice the 1970’s . Now, can we interpret the above sentence as: The rate of increase o...

Hi mschwrtz, could you please reply.

Would request an instructor to kindly reply.

Hi mschwrtz, thanks for your reply; thought my question had somehow slipped thru the cracks. Essentially what would clear the air is an example from an official source of this nature: The X is (more than/greater than/lesser than/twice) Y and the official explanation does not use ellipsis (even if &q...

Could an instructor let me know why C is wrong? What is preventing us from interpreting the ellipsis in C as:

The rates of entrepreneurship in immigrants from the Mideast exceed (rates of entrepreneurship in) virtually every other immigrant group in the increasingly diverse United States economy.

RonPurewal Wrote:i don't like taking out the trash --> acceptable (taking is a participle here)

Hi Ron, I think taking is a Gerund in this sentence, not a participle.

Hi Ron, can’t understand how D can be correct? MGMAT SC guide says that a pronoun in a clause can be thought of as referring to a noun playing a similar role in a parallel clause. In the case (option D), the clauses we have are: 1. Suppliers are growing fish 2. They grow naturally So, to me, "˜they’...