The PG Guide to English - All kinda ques. on VA!

[shrutz]

Hey folks.
3 weeks to CAT..
VA/RC your bugbear? Ask any VA related query here...
I will do my best to answer them
I am jobless as it is
Shrutz

Edit 1: No questions like what is the superlative adjunct to the simple future that maybe used with an intransitive verb?... They don't ask that for CAT

PS: I MADE that up... so don't ask me what that means!

Edit 2: http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/263366-post175.html

See if your question is answered HERE!

[convolutedsignal]

Originally Posted by shrutz

Hey folks.
3 weeks to CAT..
VA/RC your bugbear? Ask any VA related query here...
I am jobless as it is
Shrutz

Ok here goes....

whosoever, whomsoever, whomever, whoever...U get the drift don't ya?


Where/What do we use these famous "W"s??

[QuintEssence]

ok temme why a post subjunctive mood is not future tense

[shrutz]

Originally Posted by convolutedsignal

Ok here goes....

whosoever, whomsoever, whomever, whoever...U get the drift don't ya?


Where/What do we use these famous "W"s??

who
interrogative pronoun,
what or which person or persons -- used as an interrogative <who was elected?> <find out who they are> -- used by speakers on all educational levels and by many reputable writers, though disapproved by some grammarians, as the object of a verb or a following preposition <who did I see but a Spanish lady -- Padraic Colum> <do not know who the message is from -- G. K. Chesterton>

Whom
Objective form of Who... pronoun
-- used as an interrogative or relative; used as object of a verb or a preceding preposition <to know for whom the bell tolls -- John Donne> or less frequently as the object of a following preposition <the man whom you wrote to> though now often considered stilted especially as an interrogative and especially in oral use
usage Observers of the language have been predicting the demise of whom from about 1870 down to the present day. Yet it shows every indication of persisting quite a while yet.
as in
Whomshall I say is calling?

WHATEVER!!

Well, whoever is used in the same context.. as in it doesn't matter who...

"Whom (who) shall I call for the party?"
"Whomever (Whoever)!"

Whomever is the objective form of whoever.

The government gave the contract to whoever paid the highest money.
Whomever cannot be use here, because the sentence is the answer to the question
Who did the government award the contract to? (according to the first rule of using who..)

Whomsoever and Whosoever serve same functions with different levels of emphasis.

as in

"To whomsoever it may concern
ConvolutedSignal has asked me a totally unnecessary grammar question!"

Again, it answers the question..
To whom is this letter addressed?... ie the subject!

Whosoever wants to avail this facility is welcome to do so....

I hope you get the drift!

I hope you roll in hell, Vivek

[shrutz]

Originally Posted by QuintEssence

ok temme why a post subjunctive mood is not future tense

Sorry, this is meant for CAT aspirants!
Not FMS students....

[MachiaVelli]

Originally Posted by shrutz

Sorry this is meant for CAT aspirants!
Not FMS students....

Heh Heh Heh

Nice thread Shrutz, will ask when i have queries.

[the_CONSTANTINE]

hi Srutz,

Thanx for starting a thread, which I wanted to subscribe to since long.

First of tell us all that how much time shud be donated to EU...N how much to RC, Ideally....N please don't give the limit according to YOUR standard...coz we all know wat a mastermind U are....Give them for the standard of Normal people i.e....

Second...Wat shud be the no. of attempts in that time n wid what accuracy.....

Third...How much attempt in how much time for RC's.....Do U do all the RC's or only those until time permite...Or do U haf flexible time limits....

I haf asked U this on PM also, but U did'nt reply.....

Please do it here, m in need of Ur help dudet....

Genius....Please reply...N Happy B'Day

Const...

[The Greatest Mad]

Hi shrutz

i am preparing for CAT-06 and believe there are hundreds like me who do not find english to be their cup of tea. I mean can u help us out with
1)va section- in CAT, u have ques. on critical reasoning analogies and correct usage. how do u actually go 4 such kinda questions.
2)rc section-do u see the length of the passage or the no of questions it has b4 attempting any?
3)general-what shuld b ur vocab size? i know its an oft repeated ques,but plz plz plz

Adios

[shrutz]

Ideally, you ought to allocate as little time as possible to VA/RC
... 20 minutes to VA if not too many PJs and precis are there! and 20 to RC... with ac accuracy of about 80, you ought to attempt at least 35-40 questions... this will enable you to clear cutoffs and get a cushion..
Again, try to do as many passages as you can. By now, you ought to have mastered doing the questions and reading simultaenously.. as in
read the questions, go to passage, rinse & repeat!
Keep flexible time limits... try not to overshoot by much and DEFINITELY do shorter RCs which have more questions, but remember some long RCs are easy to score in because they're not too abstract!

Vocab size does not matter in CAT. Application does. If you can understand the meaning of a word from the context, you're set for life

Critical reasoning depends wholly on your LA... brush up on your logic. But beware, you either have it or you don't!

[shrikanthk]

gr8 initiative from shrutz.
Hope anandv starts a similar thread for Quant . dhruv and tp for di.
are they listening?