In option A, the word 'obtaining' is redundant. Hence option A is out.
In option B, the verb 'has touched off' implies that the departure of Brezhnev has already happened. Describing that past departure as eventual sounds awkward in the context (atleast for me), so B is out.
Option C uses 'within the Kremlin' which seems to suggest that the struggle is confined to Kremlin. 'inside the kremlin' seems a better choice. So 'C' is out.
'Will have touched off' is awkward in 'D'.
Hence 'E' is the best choice.
Hi Option C - my take. My confusion was the use of the word INSIDE/WITHIN. Here the word "INSIDE/WITHIN" is related to "struggle for power ".So in this case "WITHIN" should go with the "struggle for power ".
In good years, the patchwork of green fields that surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them in the area just for the season. (A) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them (B) surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of whom are (C) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of who are (D) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustle with farm workers, many of which (E) surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many are
subject = the patchwork = singular Not A, Not C, not D
Hi Option C - my take. My confusion was the use of the word INSIDE/WITHIN. Here the word "INSIDE/WITHIN" is related to "struggle for power ".So in this case "WITHIN" should go with the "struggle for power ".
Hope it sounds logical enough !
Joy
Sure dude. Option C sounds logical. Per se, i would not have found any error with option 'C'. But option 'E' looks more logical to me. Can you help me to eliminate option 'E'?
To make things simple for our analysis, I rephrased the passage substituting simpler phrases for complex ones.
X will start a struggle inside the kremlin X will start a struggle within the kremlin
I felt that the word 'within' is used to emphasize a limitation. For example, "Struggle continued within the country" emphasizing that the struggle did not spill outside. On the other hand, inside doesn't emphasize the limitation. "Struggle started inside the country".
For our question, i felt that the author doesn't intend to emphasize that the struggle is limited to kremlin. Hence i chose 'E'.
Sure dude. Option C sounds logical. Per se, i would not have found any error with option 'C'. But option 'E' looks more logical to me. Can you help me to eliminate option 'E'?
To make things simple for our analysis, I rephrased the passage substituting simpler phrases for complex ones.
X will start a struggle inside the kremlin X will start a struggle within the kremlin
I felt that the word 'within' is used to emphasize a limitation. For example, "Struggle continued within the country" emphasizing that the struggle did not spill outside. On the other hand, inside doesn't emphasize the limitation. "Struggle started inside the country".
For our question, i felt that the author doesn't intend to emphasize that the struggle is limited to kremlin. Hence i chose 'E'.
Still I feel we need to have a clarity between the usage of within and inside. I feel Within is used when we refers to some boundry (physical limitation) and inside for refering to somethng in.here its not clear what kremlin refers to?city/state/area/people -et cetra,
The Wallerstien study indicates that even after a decade young men and women still experience some of the effects of divorce occurring when a child.
a)occurring when a child....
b)occurring when children
c)that occurred when a child...
d)that occurred when they were children
e)that has occurred as each was a child.....
The correct ans is D....
I would like to knw wht if option E was :
e)that has occurred when they were children....
Will the option e fail becoz Gmat prefers simple tenses over perfect tense or ny other reason ......pLz let me knw the reason other than preference of simple tenses....
Plz explain me the reason why present perfect tense will fail ?
The eventual departure of Brezhnev undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for obtaining power inside the Kremlin. A) undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for obtaining power inside the Kremlin. B) has undoubtedly touched off a Byzantine struggle for power inside the Kremlin. C) undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for power within the Kremlin. D) undoubtedly will have touched off a Byzantine struggle for power inside the Kremlin. E) undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for power inside the Kremlin.
Hi Guys , I think the choice is either A,C Or E.My confusion is because of- 1.Which is right-for Power/For obtaining Power 2.Inside/Within(Whats the diff?)
My answer would be 'A'. My justification regarding these 2 factors : 1. byzantines are 'struggling' for 'obtaining power'; I mean, (if my history serves correct) byzantines (eastern roman empire) are struggling to 'obtain' power against kremlin (russia). Inconsistency here is, kremlin is not byzantine country to 'struggle' for power -- hope I put it correctly to make sense 2. now, if we put within like - country A is struggling .... power 'within' the country B; evidently (for me atleast) 'inside' is a better option.
Guys, I need the difference between the following in details(both gramatically and usage-wise)....
"Equivalent in number" VS "as many as"
Thanx!
Hi magician I reckon this doubt stems from the question in OG11 about the enrollment of boys and girls in the university 😉 Its more of usage than anything else. Don't get worked up on that one
１．That the new managing editor rose from the publications soft news sections to a leadership position is more of a landmark in the industry than her being a woman.
A. her being a woman B. being a woman is C. her womanhood D. that she was a woman E. that she is a woman ２．In a leveraged buyout, investors borrow huge sums of money to buy companies, hoping to pay off the debt by using the company's earnings and to profit richly by the later resale of the companies or their divisions.
A. by using the company's earnings and to profit B. by using the companies' earnings and by profiting C. using the companies' earnings and profiting D. with the company's earnings, profiting E. with the companies' earnings and to profit ３．Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and private employers that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are usually held by men.
(A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are (B) that pay for jobs historically held by women should be the same as for a job requiring comparable skills (C) to pay the same in jobs historically held by women as in jobs of comparable skill that are (D) to pay the same regardless of whether a job was historically held by women or is one demanding comparable skills (E) to pay as much for jobs historically held by women as for a job demanding comparable skills
１．That the new managing editor rose from the publications soft news sections to a leadership position is more of a landmark in the industry than her being a woman. A. her being a woman B. being a woman is C. her womanhood D. that she was a woman E. that she is a woman
C.Leadership position is compared with womanhood.
２．In a leveraged buyout, investors borrow huge sums of money to buy companies, hoping to pay off the debt by using the company's earnings and to profit richly by the later resale of the companies or their divisions. A. by using the company's earnings and to profit B. by using the companies' earnings and by profiting C. using the companies' earnings and profiting D. with the company's earnings, profiting E. with the companies' earnings and to profit
A parrallel structure- to pay....to profit and debt by is the right insted of debt with.
３．Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and private employers that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are usually held by men. (A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are (B) that pay for jobs historically held by women should be the same as for a job requiring comparable skills (C) to pay the same in jobs historically held by women as in jobs of comparable skill that are (D) to pay the same regardless of whether a job was historically held by women or is one demanding comparable skills (E) to pay as much for jobs historically held by women as for a job demanding comparable skills B.Use of subjenctive -Require. A. can some one reply for these questions...
OOps the mistake. For first one , the idiom is X is more than y , so E seems to be right. However I am not sure of the second question.
Your reasoning for 2 is correct, E also has parallel structure similar to A, only difference is E has plural Companies' whereas A has singular company's . First part uses plural companies so second also has to be the same.
１．That the new managing editor rose from the publications soft news sections to a leadership position is more of a landmark in the industry than her being a woman. A. her being a woman B. being a woman is C. her womanhood D. that she was a woman E. that she is a woman ２．In a leveraged buyout, investors borrow huge sums of money to buy companies, hoping to pay off the debt by using the company's earnings and to profit richly by the later resale of the companies or their divisions. A. by using the company's earnings and to profit B. by using the companies' earnings and by profiting C. using the companies' earnings and profiting D. with the company's earnings, profiting E. with the companies' earnings and to profit ３．Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and private employers that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are usually held by men. (A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are (B) that pay for jobs historically held by women should be the same as for a job requiring comparable skills (C) to pay the same in jobs historically held by women as in jobs of comparable skill that are (D) to pay the same regardless of whether a job was historically held by women or is one demanding comparable skills (E) to pay as much for jobs historically held by women as for a job demanding comparable skills
can some one reply for these questions...
１．That the new managing editor rose from the publications soft news sections to a leadership position is more of a landmark in the industry than her being a woman.
Rephrased: X is more of a landmark than Y.
X and Y have to be parallel in structure and logic. In structure, X is a complete independent sentence 'The New Managing director rose from P to Q'. Hence Y also need to be an independant sentence. The sentences must be comparable subject to subject and verb to verb.In logic, X refers to the whole idea/fact of the MD climbing higher position. Hence Y should refer to the idea/fact that she is a woman.
A. her being a woman Not parallel in structure. B. being a woman is Not parallel in structure. C. her womanhood Not parallel in structure. D. that she was a woman Matches in structure. But past-tense 'was' is incorrectly used to express an ever-true fact. ( I did consider this option seriously while solving) E. that she is a woman Matches perfectly.
２．In a leveraged buyout, investors borrow huge sums of money to buy companies, hoping to pay off the debt by using the company's earnings and to profit richly by the later resale of the companies or their divisions.
Rephrased: hoping to pay off the (Z)... and to profit
The two things that are hoped (pay and profit) must be parallel. They are. So 'to profit' in the underlined portion must be correct. Scan the options and eliminate B,C and D. Scan the other two options A and E concentrating on the differences between them. The "Company's Vs Companies' " difference is clear. Get back to the passage to check which one of them is right. Quiet obviously 'E' is the right choice.
A. by using the company's earnings and to profit B. by using the companies' earnings and by profiting C. using the companies' earnings and profiting D. with the company's earnings, profiting E. with the companies' earnings and to profit ３．Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and private employers that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are usually held by men.
rephrased: P requires of both A and B that ....
In the above rephrased sentence, since 'of A and B' is used, the sentence must be followed by 'that'. 'to' cannot be used. 'To' will fit only if the sentence loses 'of' and becomes "P requires A and B to". Scan options and eliminate C, D and E.
Check remaining options A and B. B incorectly 'compares 'jobs' (women) to 'a job' (men). Also the use of 'should' in B is questionable as the sentence is in subjuctive mood and the sense of 'must' is already conveyed by the word 'requires'.
(A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are (B) that pay for jobs historically held by women should be the same as for a job requiring comparable skills (C) to pay the same in jobs historically held by women as in jobs of comparable skill that are (D) to pay the same regardless of whether a job was historically held by women or is one demanding comparable skills (E) to pay as much for jobs historically held by women as for a job demanding comparable skills
My answer would be 'A'. My justification regarding these 2 factors : 1. byzantines are 'struggling' for 'obtaining power'; I mean, (if my history serves correct) byzantines (eastern roman empire) are struggling to 'obtain' power against kremlin (russia). Inconsistency here is, kremlin is not byzantine country to 'struggle' for power -- hope I put it correctly to make sense 2. now, if we put within like - country A is struggling .... power 'within' the country B; evidently (for me atleast) 'inside' is a better option.
Hi Dear All , The answer to the byzantine....... is E( How?Dont ask, thats why I posted the question here and everyone came with a different answer) Apart from this , I got two good SC while was surfing through the initial SC posts. 1.Although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this year than last year, their crop yields per acre far surpass last year. (A) surpass last year (B) surpasses last years (C) surpasses that of last years (D) surpass those of last year (E) surpass that which occurred last year
2.If the claims of coastal nations to 200-mile territorial seas were accepted on a worldwide basis, more than thirty per cent of the worlds ocean area would come under the jurisdiction of one or other national states. (A) one or other national states (B) one or another national state (C) one or the other national state (D) some or another of the national states (E) each and every national state
hi dear all , the answer to the byzantine....... Is e( how?dont ask, thats why i posted the question here and everyone came with a different answer) apart from this , i got two good sc while was surfing through the initial sc posts. 1.although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this year than last year, their crop yields per acre far surpass last year. (a) surpass last year (b) surpasses last years (c) surpasses that of last years (d) surpass those of last year (e) surpass that which occurred last year
2.if the claims of coastal nations to 200-mile territorial seas were accepted on a worldwide basis, more than thirty per cent of the worlds ocean area would come under the jurisdiction of one or other national states. (a) one or other national states (b) one or another national state (c) one or the other national state (d) some or another of the national states (e) each and every national state
