There's a very subtle difference in meaning, although Stacey is correct that the main issue is that of redundancy/wordiness. But consider the difference between these two sentences, which would illustrate the point: (1) I get mail from cities as far away as Providence. (2) I get mail from cities th...

RonPurewal Wrote:Bad parallelism:
flowed (verb)
but
having been... (modifier)

Ron,

Could you please explain the difference between 'Having been + VERBed' and 'Have been + VERBed' with an example.
I am a non native, both look the same to me.

Thanks.

'to become extinct' does seem, to my eyes, more awkward and wordy than 'to extinction', but there are other issues in choices b and c. choice b: biggest problem = incorrect idiom: 'known as having forced' known as is used with nouns : al capone was known as a gangster rather than as a tax cheat , b...

Please remember to use the correct subject when posting: the first 5-8 words of the question itself. Between D and E, the only difference is "those of" at the end of E (absent from D). So you ask yourself "what is being compared here?" The earnings in one quarter to the earnings...

by the way, you can strike (d) and (e) without even seeing the prompt. as soon as you see "twice as many as the increase...", these choices are automatically incorrect (since "increase" is not a countable quantity). Ron, are you using the keyword "many" here to determi...

subtle. if you're a native speaker of english, and especially if you read a lot, you may be able to pick up on the general vibe of "awkwardness" in choice (c). it's just not as well written as choice (b), although i understand that this principle is intangible and therefore frustrating. h...

First of all I want thank Ron and Stacey the amazing solutions on the forum. Solutions in SC and CR are pure gold!!!. Thanks once again for such elegant solutions. I took the GMAT on 17 Dec 2015 and scored a 710 Q48 V38. But this score did not come easily I spent a year studying for GMAT. I am from ...

If you already scored a Q48, then you should absolutely go for a Q50. :) The big difference there is not in learning a ton more math but in getting better at how you take the test - how you make decisions about where to spend your time and mental energy, how you solve certain problems (efficiently,...

Hi Stacey,

I also wanted to ask at 84 percentile in RC , how many mistake would I have made in RC? Around 4 out 12 questions?

Thanks,
Rakshith