Hello puys,

Please tell the correct usage of pronoun in following cases:

1. In comparative degree using than or as

Which one is correct : He is wiser than I or He is wiser than me.

2. When pronoun is used as the complement of the verb to be:

Which one is correct : It is I or It is me.

3. Normal case
Which one is correct : Nobody was there but I or Nobody was there but me.

Please give the answer with explanations.

while using the comparative degree 'than',use the objective case..that is :'me'...that's the rule.

For the second case,you got to use the nominative case that is 'I'...bcoz you are the does of the action here.

in the 2rd case : again use the objective case as you are not the doer of the action....

2. When pronoun is used as the complement of the verb to be:

Which one is correct : It is I or It is me.

Grammar Girl : "It Is I" Versus "It Is Me" :: Quick and Dirty Tips

Hello puys,

Please tell the correct usage of pronoun in following cases:

1. In comparative degree using than or as

Which one is correct : He is wiser than I or He is wiser than me.



Please give the answer with explanations.

Refer Grammar Girl : "Than I" Versus "Than Me" :: Quick and Dirty Tips

writetotanveer, can you shed some light on this .. looked up some resources but am confused abt this

LIKE vs AS Usage : GMAT Sentence Correction (SC)
Grammar Girl : Like Versus As :: Quick and Dirty Tips

Like - used to compare two nouns.

e.g

Incorrect - Gita and Sita, as their mother Reema, are extremely smart.
Correct - Gita and Sita, like their mother Reema, are extremely smart.

As - used to compare two clauses. (A clause is a phrase that includes a verb).

Incorrect - Just like swimming is good exercise, running is a way to burn calories.
Correct - Just as swimming is good exercise, running is a way to burn calories.

Note : Do not use Like when you mean for example.


Some Exercise: As or like?

Hello puys,

Please tell the correct usage of pronoun in following cases:

1. In comparative degree using than or as

Which one is correct : He is wiser than I or He is wiser than me.

2. When pronoun is used as the complement of the verb to be:

Which one is correct : It is I or It is me.

3. Normal case
Which one is correct : Nobody was there but I or Nobody was there but me.

Please give the answer with explanations.

retry bhai oa is ie option 2)...c is not a typo...
TOWARD VS TOWARDS LINK NOT WORKING ..plz tell me the difference in their usage..:)

prats .. i checked the link .. seems to be working. Anyways, I'm attaching the text from the site in a doc file ..

this link says there is no difference in the usage .. toward and towards are interchangeable ..

3. Teachers in this country have generally been trained either to
approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should
force students to memorize rules and principles without truly
understanding how to apply them.
to approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they
should force students to memorize rules and principles
to approach mathematics like a creative activity or to force
students to memorize rules and principles
to approach mathematics as a creative activity or to force
students to memorize rules and principles
that they should approach mathematics as a creative
activity or to force students to memorize rules and
principles
that they should approach mathematics like a creative
activity or that they should force students to memorize
rules and principles

vishal bhai ... iska OA de do plz ..

writetotanveer, can you shed some light on this .. looked up some resources but am confused abt this

LIKE vs AS Usage : GMAT Sentence Correction (SC)
Grammar Girl : Like Versus As :: Quick and Dirty Tips

TOWARD VS TOWARDS

Pretty much the same ..

Check out this dictionary entry.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/towards

a)eyebrows made a big difference in how people perceived the mood of the woman in the picture
b)when the brows were lowered or slanted toward the nose,or when forehead wrinkles were added,ratings of anger and disgust increased.
c)also,raising the outer corner of the eyebrows produced the increase in the perception of surprise
d)raising the inner corner of the eyebrows away from the nose was perceived as a sad facial expression.
1)a,b,d b)b and d c)c and d d) only d e)none

c ..produced an increase in ..
I didn't know toward / towards can be used interchangeably ! Thanks !!
Grammar Girl : "Toward" Versus "Towards" :: Quick and Dirty Tips

a)Part of my working life was a field ecologist ,probing about magic of invisible animal kingdoms.
b)In my most recent collection ,The invisible kings,the romani language attempts an opening between fields of language.
c)Romani contains many words and phrases from other tongues-language is absorbed as it travelled through .
d)Gypsy place-names for examlple are precise riddles that speak shrewdly from the travellers' point of view.
a)a and b b)b,c,d c)a and d d)only b 5)none of the above


a ..probing the magic..
c ..as it travels through ..
pad gaya tamatar .. no option with b/d
a is definitely wrong IMO .. is the sentence c a typo .. ? is it ..from other tongues-languages absorbed as it traveled through. ? would go with option 2 in that case ..

retry bhai oa is ie option 2)...c is not a typo...
TOWARD VS TOWARDS LINK NOT WORKING ..plz tell me the difference in their usage..:)

3. Teachers in this country have generally been trained either to
approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should
force students to memorize rules and principles without truly
understanding how to apply them. principles

My take

to approach mathematics like a creative activity or to force
students to memorize rules and

identify the correct one

a)eyebrows made a big difference in how people perceived the mood of the woman in the picture
b)when the brows were lowered or slanted toward the nose,or when forehead wrinkles were added,ratings of anger and disgust increased.
c)also,raising the outer corner of the eyebrows produced the increase in the perception of surprise
d)raising the inner corner of the eyebrows away from the nose was perceived as a sad facial expression.
1)a,b,d b)b and d c)c and d d) only d e)none

c ..produced an increase in ..
I didn't know toward / towards can be used interchangeably ! Thanks !!
Grammar Girl : "Toward" Versus "Towards" :: Quick and Dirty Tips

a)Part of my working life was a field ecologist ,probing about magic of invisible animal kingdoms.
b)In my most recent collection ,The invisible kings,the romani language attempts an opening between fields of language.
c)Romani contains many words and phrases from other tongues-language is absorbed as it travelled through .
d)Gypsy place-names for examlple are precise riddles that speak shrewdly from the travellers' point of view.
a)a and b b)b,c,d c)a and d d)only b 5)none of the above


a ..probing the magic..
c ..as it travels through ..
pad gaya tamatar .. no option with b/d
a is definitely wrong IMO .. is the sentence c a typo .. ? is it ..from other tongues-languages absorbed as it traveled through. ? would go with option 2 in that case ..

Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.

1 Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.

2 Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of how he famously and masterfully uses irony, evident in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.

3 Famed for using irony in a masterful way, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author slowly revealing a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.

4 Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author's famed and masterful use of irony, evidenced in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.

5 Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because he slowly revealed a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece, demonstrating his famed and masterful use of irony

ugh .. tough one
4 is correct acc to me ..

5 feels wrong .. don't know what .. !

identify the correct one:
1)a)The fact that japan and korea have so far resisted the great disruption
b)is testimony for the power of culture to shape economic choices.
c)Both countries ,have shown strong cultural preferences for more traditional female roles ,
d)and both retained discriminatory formal laws that make it less likely for women to enter the workforce .
e)Particularly in korea,Confucianism gives broad support to the patriachal family

1)a and e 2)a,c,e 3)b,c,d 4)d and e 5)e only

plz explain the errors also..:)

b. testimony to the ..
d. and have retained ..

so i guess a,c,e are correct .. most probably these are just typos - patriachal is a spelling mistake and the k of Korea should be caps ..

3. Teachers in this country have generally been trained either to
approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should
force students to memorize rules and principles without truly
understanding how to apply them.
to approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they
should force students to memorize rules and principles
to approach mathematics like a creative activity or to force
students to memorize rules and principles
to approach mathematics as a creative activity or to force
students to memorize rules and principles
that they should approach mathematics as a creative
activity or to force students to memorize rules and
principles
that they should approach mathematics like a creative
activity or that they should force students to memorize
rules and principles

my take in bold ..

IMO between like/as, like is correct here .. since a verb isn't following like/as ..

OA ?

PS - I didn't know the 'rule' .. don't know if its correct or not -- Grammar Girl : Like Versus As :: Quick and Dirty Tips

identify the correct one:
1)a)The fact that japan and korea have so far resisted the great disruption
b)is testimony for the power of culture to shape economic choices.
c)Both countries ,have shown strong cultural preferences for more traditional female roles ,
d)and both retained discriminatory formal laws that make it less likely for women to enter the workforce .
e)Particularly in korea,Confucianism gives broad support to the patriachal family

1)a and e 2)a,c,e 3)b,c,d 4)d and e 5)e only

plz explain the errors also..:)

My take is

4) d and e

D should start with and both have retained.

E. broad support to the patriarchal family. The is not appropriate here.

3. Teachers in this country have generally been trained either to
approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should
force students to memorize rules and principles without truly
understanding how to apply them.
to approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they
should force students to memorize rules and principles
to approach mathematics like a creative activity or to force
students to memorize rules and principles
to approach mathematics as a creative activity or to force
students to memorize rules and principles
that they should approach mathematics as a creative
activity or to force students to memorize rules and
principles
that they should approach mathematics like a creative
activity or that they should force students to memorize
rules and principles

My take in bold. Is it correct?

identify the correct one:
1)a)The fact that japan and korea have so far resisted the great disruption
b)is testimony for the power of culture to shape economic choices.
c)Both countries ,have shown strong cultural preferences for more traditional female roles ,
d)and both retained discriminatory formal laws that make it less likely for women to enter the workforce .
e)Particularly in korea,Confucianism gives broad support to the patriachal family

1)a and e 2)a,c,e 3)b,c,d 4)d and e 5)e only

plz explain the errors also..:)

3. Teachers in this country have generally been trained either to
approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should
force students to memorize rules and principles without truly
understanding how to apply them.
to approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they
should force students to memorize rules and principles
to approach mathematics like a creative activity or to force
students to memorize rules and principles
to approach mathematics as a creative activity or to force
students to memorize rules and principles
that they should approach mathematics as a creative
activity or to force students to memorize rules and
principles
that they should approach mathematics like a creative
activity or that they should force students to memorize
rules and principles

"Romani contains many words and phrases from other tongues-language is absorbed as it travelled through"
this is option 'c' in your question.Even if i consider the first word to be in caps,what about the missing 'is' after 'it' ?

Shouldn't the sentence be : Romani contains many words and phrases from other tongues-language is absorbed as it is travel led through.

so the sentence is a fragment and does not contain any finite verb ..:)
one more doubt ...
sir in sentence b) shouldnt it be towards and not toward..plz correct me

barclays ji all the sentences start with a capital letter sry for the problem ...
the oas are
1)
2)

plz explain the errors . IS TOWARD AN ERROR IN SENTENCE B)OF THE FIRST ONE...
thankyou for the response :)

"Romani contains many words and phrases from other tongues-language is absorbed as it travelled through"
this is option 'c' in your question.Even if i consider the first word to be in caps,what about the missing 'is' after 'it' ?

Shouldn't the sentence be : Romani contains many words and phrases from other tongues-language is absorbed as it is travel led through.

E..........???

56. Many of the earliest known images of hindu deities
in india date from the time of the kushan empire,
fashioned either from the spotted sandstone of
mathura or gandharan grey schist.
(a) empire, fashioned either from the spotted
sandstone of mathura or
(b) empire, fashioned from either the spotted
sandstone of mathura or from
(c) empire, either fashioned from the spotted
sandstone of mathura or
(d) empire and either fashioned from the spotted
sandstone of mathura or from
(e) empire and were fashioned either from the
spotted sandstone of mathura or from

barclays_boss Says

my takes in bold...let me know of the OAs

barclays ji all the sentences start with a capital letter sry for the problem ...
the oas are
1)
2)

plz explain the errors . IS TOWARD AN ERROR IN SENTENCE B)OF THE FIRST ONE...
thankyou for the response

vishal das Says

bhai Explaination E is correct

Vishal,you just need to have parallel comparison of things while using 'either-or'

identify the correct one
a)eyebrows made a big difference in how people perceived the mood of the woman in the picture
b)when the brows were lowered or slanted toward the nose,or when forehead wrinkles were added,ratings of anger and disgust increased.
c)also,raising the outer corner of the eyebrows produced the increase in the perception of surprise
d)raising the inner corner of the eyebrows away from the nose was perceived as a sad facial expression.
1)a,b,d b)b and d c)c and d d) only d e)none

Exp. : 'C' is wrong because the 'A' of 'also' has to be a capital letter.There's something amiss as well...can't spot that though !

a)Part of my working life was a field ecologist ,probing about magic of invisible animal kingdoms.
b)In my most recent collection ,The invisible kings,the romani language attempts an opening between fields of language.
c)Romani contains many words and phrases from other tongues-language is absorbed as it travelled through .
d)Gypsy place-names for examlple are precise riddles that speak shrewdly from the travellers' point of view.
a)a and b b)b,c,d c)a and d d)only b 5)none of the above

my takes in bold...let me know of the OAs

barclays_boss Says

'E' looks good ! what's the OA ?

bhai Explaination E is correct

56. Many of the earliest known images of Hindu deities
in India date from the time of the Kushan Empire,
fashioned either from the spotted sandstone of
Mathura or Gandharan grey schist.
(A) Empire, fashioned either from the spotted
sandstone of Mathura or
(B) Empire, fashioned from either the spotted
sandstone of Mathura or from
(C) Empire, either fashioned from the spotted
sandstone of Mathura or
(D) Empire and either fashioned from the spotted
sandstone of Mathura or from
(E) Empire and were fashioned either from the
spotted sandstone of Mathura or from

'E' looks good ! what's the OA ?

56. Many of the earliest known images of Hindu deities
in India date from the time of the Kushan Empire,
fashioned either from the spotted sandstone of
Mathura or Gandharan grey schist.
(A) Empire, fashioned either from the spotted
sandstone of Mathura or
(B) Empire, fashioned from either the spotted
sandstone of Mathura or from
(C) Empire, either fashioned from the spotted
sandstone of Mathura or
(D) Empire and either fashioned from the spotted
sandstone of Mathura or from
(E) Empire and were fashioned either from the
spotted sandstone of Mathura or from

Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.

1 Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.

2 Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of how he famously and masterfully uses irony, evident in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.

3 Famed for using irony in a masterful way, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author slowly revealing a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.

4 Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author's famed and masterful use of irony, evidenced in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.

5 Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because he slowly revealed a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece, demonstrating his famed and masterful use of irony

1. know few rules : avoid using a comma before 'that' ,this is because 'that' introduces a 'restrictive clause' in a sentence.A restrictive clause is a group of words that introduces any essential information about the subject and hence cannot be done away with.

'so that' is a clause that shows a cause effect relation.
eg. He is so lazy that i avoid inviting him to the party.

Lazy-Cause , Avoid inviting-effect

'so' is used as a coordinating conjunction to show a reaction.

One correct expression would/could be : Don't be so demure that everyone may misunderstand you.

2.Gesticulation(a noun) is the gesture of gesticulating(a verb).

So , His act of gesticulating in the show was simply fantabulous would fit the bill.

'fantabulous' is a misnomer for something that's fabulous.Both can be used interchangeably.(that's my personal opinion however )

3.Being a motivator,I have quizzed almost every facet of people's personality is correct.

Nice set of questions,let me know if this helped.

wow!!!!! such a lucid explanation! thank you soooo much :)
by the way saaarrr, this wasn't a set of questions..he he...I was writing a paragraph and felt these doubts :)
now I've got it

identify the correct one
a)eyebrows made a big difference in how people perceived the mood of the woman in the picture
b)when the brows were lowered or slanted toward the nose,or when forehead wrinkles were added,ratings of anger and disgust increased.
c)also,raising the outer corner of the eyebrows produced the increase in the perception of surprise
d)raising the inner corner of the eyebrows away from the nose was perceived as a sad facial expression.
1)a,b,d b)b and d c)c and d d) only d e)none

a)Part of my working life was a field ecologist ,probing about magic of invisible animal kingdoms.
b)In my most recent collection ,The invisible kings,the romani language attempts an opening between fields of language.
c)Romani contains many words and phrases from other tongues-language is absorbed as it travelled through .
d)Gypsy place-names for examlple are precise riddles that speak shrewdly from the travellers' point of view.
a)a and b b)b,c,d c)a and d d)only b 5)none of the above

My takes in bold

identify the correct one
a)eyebrows made a big difference in how people perceived the mood of the woman in the picture
b)when the brows were lowered or slanted toward the nose,or when forehead wrinkles were added,ratings of anger and disgust increased.
c)also,raising the outer corner of the eyebrows produced the increase in the perception of surprise
d)raising the inner corner of the eyebrows away from the nose was perceived as a sad facial expression.
1)a,b,d b)b and d c)c and d d) only d e)none

a)Part of my working life was a field ecologist ,probing about magic of invisible animal kingdoms.
b)In my most recent collection ,The invisible kings,the romani language attempts an opening between fields of language.
c)Romani contains many words and phrases from other tongues-language is absorbed as it travelled through .
d)Gypsy place-names for examlple are precise riddles that speak shrewdly from the travellers' point of view.
a)a and b b)b,c,d c)a and d d)only b 5)none of the above

Please help. Which one out of these is correct ???
Don't be so demure , that everyone misunderstands you.
Don't be so demure , so that everyone may misunderstand you.

His act of gesticulating in the show was simply fantabulous.
His act of gesticulation in the show was simply fantabulous.

and using fantabulous is correct or fabulous is correct ???

Being a motivator,I have quizzed almost every facet of people's personalities.
Being a motivator,I have quizzed almost every facet of people's personality.

1. know few rules : avoid using a comma before 'that' ,this is because 'that' introduces a 'restrictive clause' in a sentence.A restrictive clause is a group of words that introduces any essential information about the subject and hence cannot be done away with.

'so that' is a clause that shows a cause effect relation.
eg. He is so lazy that i avoid inviting him to the party.

Lazy-Cause , Avoid inviting-effect

'so' is used as a coordinating conjunction to show a reaction.

One correct expression would/could be : Don't be so demure that everyone may misunderstand you.

2.Gesticulation(a noun) is the gesture of gesticulating(a verb).

So , His act of gesticulating in the show was simply fantabulous would fit the bill.

'fantabulous' is a misnomer for something that's fabulous.Both can be used interchangeably.(that's my personal opinion however )

3.Being a motivator,I have quizzed almost every facet of people's personality is correct.

Nice set of questions,let me know if this helped.

is it
1)a
2)b
3)b

brother even I don't know the answers .....I want to know them.....waiting for barclay saaarrrr to respond

Please help. Which one out of these is correct ???
Don't be so demure , that everyone misunderstands you.
Don't be so demure , so that everyone may misunderstand you.

His act of gesticulating in the show was simply fantabulous.
His act of gesticulation in the show was simply fantabulous.

and using fantabulous is correct or fabulous is correct ???

Being a motivator,I have quizzed almost every facet of people's personalities.
Being a motivator,I have quizzed almost every facet of people's personality.

is it
1)a
2)b
3)a

Please help. Which one out of these is correct ???
Don't be so demure , that everyone misunderstands you.
Don't be so demure , so that everyone may misunderstand you.

His act of gesticulating in the show was simply fantabulous.
His act of gesticulation in the show was simply fantabulous.

and using fantabulous is correct or fabulous is correct ???

Being a motivator,I have quizzed almost every facet of people's personalities.
Being a motivator,I have quizzed almost every facet of people's personality.