are disjuncts tested in GMAT? I have come across a question where a 'disjunct' option was shot down. Please help.

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are disjuncts tested in GMAT? I have come across a question where a 'disjunct' option was shot down. Please help.

Thanks!

In this case, would the sentence be more appropriate(from a GMAT standpoint),if it used the noun 'increase' instead of 'increases' in A? Would that be incorrect because it is singular?

The pesticide Azocide, introduced to central valley farms three summers ago, has proven ineffective because other pesticides' chemical compositions already in wide use neutralizing its desired effect. A.because other pesticides chemical compositions already in wide use B.because of the chemical comp...

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Ron already explained this one This is a toughie - it looks like you've realized that the key to the problem is parallelism, but you've been tricked by the rather weird form of parallelism exhibited here. The only difference between choices D and E is differed/differing, and, as you've no doubt rea...

OG says that 'doubt that' should be used in negative contexts such as 'there is no doubt that he will come', and 'doubt whether' should be used in positive contexts such as' I doubt whether he will come. MGMAT SC guide mentions only 'doubt that' in their list of idioms. Is 'doubt whether' not the pr...

stanbinev Wrote:I'm surprised no one else picked up on this, but to my knowledge unqualifying is not even a word. Unqualified, on the other had, is.

That is not true.
Check this:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/unqualifying

Why can't we have 1 Red, 1 Green, 200 Blue and 1 Purple chip?

I am interested, although I live Central VA......

I am planning to take the plunge in June. Is anyone still prepping?

A semicolon is used to join two independent clauses, where second builds on the first. A colon can be used to join two independent clauses where the second completes the thought in the first clause. In the sentence you referenced: The composer is regarded more for the quality than for the quantity ...

Hi all, I was reading a book yesterday and there was a lot of use of hyphens. When are hyphens used? Just as a background the hyphens in this case were not used for splitting a word or completing a word. It was used as punctuations. thanks From SC point of view...I should say...hyphen is used to in...

C is incorrect because 'and have' is referring to the 'industrialization and modern methods'

Hi Ron, Please could you explain why the original sentence is wrong. Thank you, choice (a) uses a COMMA + -ING modifier: "..., having..." takeaway: COMMA -ING modifiers are adverbial. they: * modify the ENTIRE PRECEDING CLAUSE * are ATTRIBUTED TO THE SUBJECT of the PRECEDING CLAUSE the se...