Hi Ron, Ozone "reaches" high concentrations twelve miles above Earth, where it has long appeared that it was immune from human influence; we have now realized, though, that emissions of industrial chlorofluorocarbons deplete the ozone layer. A) has long appeared that it was immune from B) ...

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I am having a problem understanding why it is "toward" and not "towards. Although none of the choices has "towards", isnt the gearing up of the programs singular?

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Can we select A because it is the only answer choice that has two clauses parallel to "and"? Under timed conditions, I think this can be an effective way.

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Replacing "as varied as" with "including" to look for the correct answer is very helpful. Are there any other comparison idioms that can be replaced with "including" to help find the right grammatical construction?

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Hi Ron, I cant understand the following: also, the presence of a verb in choice a creates bad parallelism, because 'a level' does not have a verb. the two parts of the comparison must have the same grammatical structure; if the initial part (a level) doesn't have a verb, the second part can't have o...

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"Assist X in Y" should be preferred over "Assist X to do Y" - I understand this part. However, shouldnt the sentence use "distinguish between X and Y" rather than "distinguish X from Y"?

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George Washington Carver dedicated his life to the economic strengthening of the South with improvement of soil and diversification of crops. (A) the economic strengthening of the South with improvement of soil and diversification of crops (B) strengthening the economy in the South with soil improve...

The proliferation of so-called cybersquatters, people who register the Internet domain names of high-profile companies in hopes of reselling the rights to those names for a profit, led to passing the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act in 1999, allowing companies to seed up to $100000 in dam...

Tutors, Sorry about this very long post. However, this question resembles another GMATPrep question. I got both wrong because of my understanding of modifiers, pronouns, etc. Are any common patterns present that can be learnt to ensure such problems are not an issue during the actual GMAT test? Than...

Past perfect form in a sentence can only be moved into the future by one step so that past perfect becomes past E.g: had been --> was Past form in a sentence can only be moved into the future by one step so that past becomes present E.g: was --> is Present form in a sentence can only be moved ...

Hi everyone, I have been struggling with the GMAT since 2007. Yes, three years. I have already taken the test three times and scored 590, 620, and 620. Since I really want to pursue a quality MBA program, I decided on re-taking the GMAT one more time, irrespective of its cost and effort. During Feb ...

Like any star of similar mass would do, once the Sun has exhausted the hydrogen in its store, it expands into a red giant, eventually ejecting its outer envelope of gases to become a white dwarf. A. Like any star of similar mass would do, once the Sun has exhausted the hydrogen in its store, it expa...

Is "suburban neighborhoods that do not allow hunting" grammatically correct in Choice B?

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Hi Ron, D. As traditional pharmacies, so online drugstores rely on prescriptions to be successful Your comment above says "as" cannot be used with nouns. Can we use "like" instead? E. Like traditional pharmacies, the cornerstone of a successful online drugstore is prescriptions Y...

Are x and y both positive? (1) 2x − 2y =1 (2) x/y > 1 This is how I solved this question: Statement 1--> x - y = 0.5 Values for x, y and x-y x = 1, y = 0.5, x-y = 0.5 --> x & y > 0 x = 2, y = 1.5, x-y = 0.5 --> x & y > 0 x = 0, y = -0.5, x- y = 0.5 --> x & y not &g...