GMAT Sentence Correction Discussions

[harneet.m.kaur]

Thanks and Is the book Manhattan SC easily available at book stores ?

[slam]

Originally Posted by harneet.m.kaur

Hi all,
Can somebody help me with this sentence ? I thought the answer is (D) but the answer is (C). Can some one explain ?

A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(A) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(B) Considered to be a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, genmai-cha is a special green tea that contains brown rice, virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(C) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered a gourmet delicacy by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(D) Most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea which contains brown rice, as a delicacy virtually unavailable outside Yokohama
(E) Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama, most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea that contains brown rice, a gourmet delicacy.

(A) says that it is fit for a 'gourmet by most Japanese'. rejected.
(B) says that brown rice is unavailable outside yokohama. rejected.
(D) says that the Japanese consider it as a delicacy unavailable outside. this is incorrect. the Japanese consider it a delicacy. the fact that it is unavailable outside is not their opinion.
(E) suggests that the Japanese are unavailable outside Yokohama. rejected.

We are left with (C). Hope that helps.

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slam.

[paki]

Originally Posted by harneet.m.kaur

Hi all,
Can somebody help me with this sentence ? I thought the answer is (D) but the answer is (C). Can some one explain ?

A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(A) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(B) Considered to be a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, genmai-cha is a special green tea that contains brown rice, virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(C) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered a gourmet delicacy by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(D) Most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea which contains brown rice, as a delicacy virtually unavailable outside Yokohama
(E) Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama, most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea that contains brown rice, a gourmet delicacy.

There is an idiom "consider". You consider John your friend. You view John as your friend. So A, B and D are wrong.

Also D change the meaning of the sentence (the japanese consider the tea delicacy + unavailable)

E has misplaced modifier. "Though virtually unavailable... + japanese" is wrong". After an adverb at the beginning of the sentence, be sure it modifies the noun at which the adverb is referring to .

So C is the best choice. (correct idiom: consider + correct meaning + no grammar mistakes).

[paki]

Originally Posted by harneet.m.kaur

Thanks and Is the book Manhattan SC easily available at book stores ?

Yes of course it is available at the book stores.
But you can also download an older version of the book at sneaps.com or something like that.

[harneet.m.kaur]

Hi,

Can some one explain this sentence. I thought the answer is (B) since "Dioxins" is an uncountable noun and therefore use of "Much" is appropriate. But the correct answer is (E) - with use of "Many"

1. A report by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science has concluded that much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes from the incineration of wastes.
(A) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes
(B) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins that North Americans are exposed to come
(C) much of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and that North Americans are exposed to comes
(D) many of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and North Americans are exposed to come
(E) many of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed come

[getneonow]

Originally Posted by harneet.m.kaur

Thanks and Is the book Manhattan SC easily available at book stores ?

PM me ur mail id and i will fwd u the Man SC 2003 softcopy.

Neo

[paki]

Originally Posted by harneet.m.kaur

Hi,

Can some one explain this sentence. I thought the answer is (B) since "Dioxins" is an uncountable noun and therefore use of "Much" is appropriate. But the correct answer is (E) - with use of "Many"

1. A report by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science has concluded that much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes from the incineration of wastes.
(A) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes
(B) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins that North Americans are exposed to come
(C) much of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and that North Americans are exposed to comes
(D) many of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and North Americans are exposed to come
(E) many of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed come

When you have a key word like much or many ask yourself if the noun is plural or singular. Dioxins are plural so the noun is countable.

[sillyfool]

Originally Posted by paki

When you have a key word like much or many ask yourself if the noun is plural or singular. Dioxins are plural so the noun is countable.

Completely agree with paki here
hwn you are not sure about the number or count then you have to use much
but when you know the count or the quantity of a particular thing you should use
many

Hope this helps
Sillyfool

[padfoot]

My two cents here :
Much is for non countable and many is for countable , complete agree with paki here.
Now dioxin is the singular and dioxins are plural here, and now if we try to see the sentence here, many is the right one here, because we know that we are counting the different dioxins here which are responsible so now we are left with two choices D&E. Now if we look at option D -> Many of the dioxins that are uncontrolled and North American hahahahaha (no hard feelings)

So obviously option D is wrong. Now why not E , ok we are talking about the amount of something in a particular non countable substance, here if you dig into it, the non countable is air, so it would be great if we had something like ->
much of the air now days is polluted with many dioxins and sulphides !!

However, like when we ask this question , about dioxins, it would be like How much dioxins goes into the air, because, now here its like we are asking about the quantity of dioxins going into the atmosphere, which might constitutes many dioxins !!
Now paki bhai fruther to add to one of your query about the plural and singular, well it would be really weird to say that plural has many or much , because then i can give you sometihng like,
Much of his hair are gone and he is bald !
In my head there were countable number of white hair, as many as two as far as I could count
Hope this helps

[padfoot]

Originally Posted by deep_agrawal

C could have been correct had there been a 'a' between the words 'been' and 'growth'. (Am not very sure though )
"there has been a growth in the number of women in state legislatures"

Well this is a real tricky one, because as deep pointed out a is the missing point, now lets try to dig into option A&C , because I beleive rest of the options you would have understood, as to why are they not here,
Consider option c : there has been growth in the number of women legislatures .. Well let me tell you GMAT is just not about you mugging up books but , if you have gone through KAPLAN CD , there the tutors also mention about keep your ears open , now consider the sentence , what would you prefer, there has been phenomenal growth, there has been a growth etc, and now compare to there has been growth.
Lets try to consider the theoritical case to explain it much better , if you consider there has been growth it doesnt match because has .... growth is not write, here you need to have somthing to support has, and 'a' is the right supporting thing here, which is missing