GMAT Sentence Correction Discussions

[harneet.m.kaur]

Originally Posted by 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

Your note is confusing. Do you mean that dioxins can carry both "much" and "many" depending on the context in which they are used

[padfoot]

Originally Posted by harneet.m.kaur

Your note is confusing. Do you mean that dioxins can carry both "much" and "many" depending on the context in which they are used

Yes

Pound for pound, garbage burned in a burn barrel gives off twice as many furans, 17 times as much dioxin, and 40 times as much ash as a permitted incinerator.

Since many dioxins are known hormone disrupters, and since hormone levels

Hope this helps

[harneet.m.kaur]

Certainly. Is there a specifc rule (hint) around its use ? Like I was confused and thout "much" should be the correct answer.

[abchekstylo]

Originally Posted by paki

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.

it's esnips.com

[padfoot]

have a latest version pm me !!!

[sxdas.mba]

Hi puys,

Can anyone tell if there's a significant difference in the '03 and '07 versions of Manhattan? I find it quite hard to digest a 1000 bucks for a book I would hardly be using for 2 weeks. Suggestions welcome. I intend to start verbal preparations with SC. Just took a diagnostic test today to realize how screwed English can get when we Indians use it???

das

[rahul_shukla]

Hi ,

I am posting some questions from OG , (59,62,67,6, just in case there is a typo error , I have some confusion on the same which I have mentioned below the question.





Q. His studies of ice-polished rocks in his
alpine homeland, far outside the range of present
day glaciers , led Louis Aggassiz in 1837 to
propose the concept of an age >> in which great
ice sheets had existed in now currently temperate
areas.<<

2. In which great ice sheets had existed in what are now temperate areas

3. When great ice sheets existed where there were areas now temperate

4. When great ice sheets had existed in current temperate areas

5. When great ice sheets existed in areas now that are temperate.


==== time is represented by "during which", or "when" then why "in which" is the one with the correct answer.


Q. A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United states >> reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump << into the Great lakes.

2. Reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping.

3. Reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump

4. Reduced the amount of phosphate that municipalitied are allowed to dump

5. Reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities.

== Is this not an example of subjunctive verb , why is the use of reduces in correct (i think that should be because of the tense ) , but can you please suggest when would reduces have been correct.



Q. Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their client’s misconduct stemmed from a reaction to something ingested but << in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy >>, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.

2. If criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food.

3. In attributing behavior that is criminal or delinquent to an allergy to some food

4. If some food allergy is attributed as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior.

5. In attributing a food allergy as the cause of crimnal or delinquent behavior.

=== I could not understand the reason which they have given in OG , can you please suggest the reason with you answer for the above question.


Q. >> unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak. <<

2. Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, which they admit they lack many people, are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.

3. Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, analytical skills bring out a disinclination in many people to recognize that
they are weak to a degree,

4. Many people, willing to admit that they lack computer skills or other technical skills, are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.

5. Many people have a disinclination to recognize the weakness of their analytical skills while willling to admit their lack of computer skills other technical skills.

=== Same here please give an explaination with your answer.


Thanks guys ,, will post the answers later ,,, but i guess you can find them in OG 11 .

[abchekstylo]

hi
Q59 is talking about an age that is spread over a certain timeline.So 'in which' is perfect.All the other choices are clearly wrong anyway.If u think one of em is correct, tell me which one it is.

Q62 is about a pact that was signed in 1972.Clearly past tense.So it should be "reduced"."reduces" can be used as in "the new xyz method reduces the amount of phosphates by 10%"

Q67."criminal or delinquent behavior" is the effect of "allergy to some food".
So it should e written as "criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to allergy to some food"."attributing as" is wrong use of the idiom.

Q72 please specify what is not clear in this one.Seems very straighforward and the remaining choices are easily eliminated coz they make no sense.

[jha16june]

Originally Posted by slam

(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.

Hey nice explanation bro ...
But I could not understand the elemination of the first option ie. optin A. Please explain by saying what is the meaning of that line and why it is wrong?

[fattu]

Originally Posted by rahul_shukla

Hi ,
Q. A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United states >> reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump << into the Great lakes.

2. Reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping.

3. Reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump

4. Reduced the amount of phosphate that municipalitied are allowed to dump

5. Reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities.

In the same question I have another doubt. 1972 agreement happened in past. Phosphate was dumped in lake before 1972 .(past of past) so had been looks OK ?why the answer with *are* is the correct choice