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by smilepinks
Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:54 pm
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: The computer company has announced that it will purchase the
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Re: Please explain B

Ron, could you explain why B,C is wrong? Why can't we think them as "final clause"? when you have noun modifiers like these - called appositives , if you happen to care about terminology - they must tag the immediately preceding noun (in the same manner as would a modifier with a comma fo...
by smilepinks
Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:38 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: The computer company has announced that it will purchase the
Replies: 80
Views: 50164
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Re: Please explain B

Ron, could you explain why B,C is wrong? Why can't we think them as "final clause"? when you have noun modifiers like these - called appositives , if you happen to care about terminology - they must tag the immediately preceding noun (in the same manner as would a modifier with a comma fo...
by smilepinks
Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:30 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: Pack of cigarttes and tax - CR
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Re: Pack of cigarttes and tax - CR

Why Choice D is wrong?

Thanks in advance
by smilepinks
Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:48 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: CR - GMAT prep
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Re: CR - GMAT prep

This is a causal assumption critical reasoning question so I’m looking to evaluate (the conclusion) whether some substances in the tranquilizer inhibit fertility (and not frequent "˜recollaring’ of female rhinos) I believe the conclusion of the stem is "Probably, therefore, some substances in ...
by smilepinks
Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:35 pm
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: Plant scientists have used genetic engineering on seeds
Replies: 28
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try to diagram the argument, numbering each of the sentences and using the 'THEREFORE TEST' (try 'x, therefore y' and 'y, therefore x', and see which, if either, of them makes sense). 1 Plant scientists have used genetic engineering on seeds to produce crop plants that are highly resistant to insec...
by smilepinks
Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:13 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: Traces of cultivated emmer wheat have been found among
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Re: Traces of cultivated emmer wheat have been found among

Experts: Can you provide an explanation to this CR? I am unable to justify D
by smilepinks
Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:27 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: GMAT Prep RC: Dendrochronology, the study of tree-ring
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GMAT Prep RC: Dendrochronology, the study of tree-ring

Dendrochronology, the study of tree-ring records to glean information about the past, is possible because each year a tree adds a new layer of wood between the existing wood and the bark. In temperate and subpolar climates, cells added at the growing season's start are large and thin-walled, but lat...