Can you please explain, why 'instead of' requires -ing form?
Thanks.
its an idiomatic requirement i think..
its an idiomatic requirement i think..
Few ques from OG-
1.As a result of medical advances, many people that might at one time have died as children of such infections as diphtheria, pneumonia, or rheumatic fever now live well into old age.
(A) that might at one time have died as children
(B) who might once have died in childhood
(C) that as children might once have died
(D) who in childhood might have at one time died
(E) who, when they were children, might at one time have died
2.Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica. the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and the
victory of the Usuli "mujtahids" in Shiite Iran and Iraq.
(A) Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and
(B) Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were shown in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan,
and also
(C) In the first period of religious reformism, manifestations of Islamic political militancy were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, of the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and
(D) In the first period of religious reformism, manifestations of Islamic political militancy were shown in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan,
and
(E) In the first period of religious reformism, Islamic political militancy was manifested in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, and the Mahdi in the Sudan, and in
3.Because the Earth's crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West.
(A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it
does in the West
(B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States
instead of the West
(C) will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of comparable
magnitude occurring in the West
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(D) in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of
comparable magnitude occurring in the West
(E) that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred
with comparable magnitude in the West
1...b. who might once have died in childhood----
The clause has to start with who..so amongst b,d,e....E can be rejected of wrong modifier.."when they were children"..,..D ..meaning gets modified ..it means multuple death of same person..
B..seems to bear the correct meaning.
2...E) In the first period of religious reformism, Islamic political militancy was manifested in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, and the Mahdi in the Sudan, and in....
3. A seems to be the viable answer..can others express their views on this sentence.
regards
ani
Few ques from OG-
1.As a result of medical advances, many people that might at one time have died as children of such infections as diphtheria, pneumonia, or rheumatic fever now live well into old age.
(A) that might at one time have died as children
(B) who might once have died in childhood
(C) that as children might once have died
(D) who in childhood might have at one time died
(E) who, when they were children, might at one time have died
2.Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were the rise of the
Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica. the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and the
victory of the Usuli "mujtahids" in Shiite Iran and Iraq.
(A) Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and
(B) Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were shown in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan,
and also
(C) In the first period of religious reformism, manifestations of Islamic political militancy were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, of the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and
(D) In the first period of religious reformism, manifestations of Islamic political militancy were shown in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan,
and
(E) In the first period of religious reformism, Islamic political militancy was manifested in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, and the Mahdi in the Sudan, and in
3.Because the Earth's crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West.
(A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it
does in the West
(B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States
instead of the West
(C) will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of comparable
magnitude occurring in the West
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(D) in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of
comparable magnitude occurring in the West
(E) that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred
with comparable magnitude in the West
HI
1.C
Once is preferred to one time.
2. E
This is the case where two phrases have to be told in parallel. Also first phrase has something to tell in parallel.
The last phrase in parallelism should preceed by 'and' .
This condition is only satified by option E.
(E) In the first period of religious reformism, Islamic political militancy was manifested
in the
rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia,
the Sanusi in Cyrenaica,
the Fulani in Nigeria, and the Mahdi in the Sudan,
and in the
victory of the Usuli "mujtahids" in Shiite Iran and Iraq.
3.A
devastates more area in the eastern states than it devastates in the west
This meaning is conveyed only by A.
C,D quakes are compared not area.
B,E awkward meaning.
1. should the clause start with pronoun "that"...people are the subject...so it should not be A..
1.Charles Lindbergh, for his attempt at a solo transatlantic flight, was very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane, he therefore refused to carry even a pound of mail, despite being offered $1,000 to do so.
(A) Charles Lindbergh, for his attempt at a solo transatlantic flight, was very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane, he therefore
(B) When Charles Lindbergh was attempting his solo transatlantic flight, being very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane, he
(C) Since he was very reluctant to carry any extra weight on his plane when he was attempting his solo transatlantic flight, so Charles Lindbergh
(D) Being very reluctant to carry any extra weight on his plane when he attempted his solo transatlantic flight was the reason that Charles Lindbergh
(E) Very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane when he attempted his solo transatlantic flight, Charles Lindbergh
2.Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called for urban apartment houses including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities.
(A) including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities
(B) that included child-care facilities, and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
(C) with child-care facilities included and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
(D) that included child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities
(E) to include child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities included
3.Chicago, where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city, was plagued by labor troubles like the Pullman Strikes of 1894.
(A) where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city
(B) which had industrial growth in the nineteenth century more rapid than that of other American cities
(C) which had growth industrially more rapid than any other American city in the nineteenth century
(D) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city
(E) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than that of any other American city
4.Child prodigies are marked not so much by their skills but instead by the fact that these skills are fully developed at a very early age.
(A) but instead
(B) rather than
(C) than
(D) as
(E) so much as
pls exp these.
1. Charles Lindbergh, for his attempt at a solo transatlantic flight, was very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane, he therefore refused to carry even a pound of mail, despite being offered $1,000 to do so.
(A) Charles Lindbergh, for his attempt at a solo transatlantic flight, was very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane, he therefore
(B) When Charles Lindbergh was attempting his solo transatlantic flight, being very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane, he
(C) Since he was very reluctant to carry any extra weight on his plane when he was attempting his solo transatlantic flight, so Charles Lindbergh
(D) Being very reluctant to carry any extra weight on his plane when he attempted his solo transatlantic flight was the reason that Charles Lindbergh
(E) Very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane when he attempted his solo transatlantic flight, Charles Lindbergh
E
2. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called for urban apartment houses including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities.
(A) including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities
(B) that included child-care facilities, and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
(C) with child-care facilities included and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
(D) that included child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities
(E) to include child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities included
A
3. Chicago, where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city, was plagued by labor troubles like the Pullman Strikes of 1894.
(A) where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city
(B) which had industrial growth in the nineteenth century more rapid than that of other American cities
(C) which had growth industrially more rapid than any other American city in the nineteenth century
(D) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city
(E) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than that of any other American city
E
4. Child prodigies are marked not so much by their skills but instead by the fact that these skills are fully developed at a very early age.
(A) but instead
(B) rather than
(C) than
(D) as
(E) so much as
B
pls exp these.
Reagrds
Vikas
Reagrds
Vikas
I concur, except the last one, whose answer should be D.
thx,
2. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called for urban apartment houses including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities.
(A) including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities
(B) that included child-care facilities, and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
(C) with child-care facilities included and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
(D) that included child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities
(E) to include child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities included
ans D
A does not maintain the parallelism.It should be "for urban apartment houses ........and for clustered suburban houses....."
B lacks parallelism......."that included..............to include......"
In C and E construction of type "preposition + noun +participle " is followed which is wrong in gmat.
ie.preposition -- with , noun -- child care facilities and participle -- included. which is wrong so only option left is D.
3. Chicago, where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city, was plagued by labor troubles like the Pullman Strikes of 1894.
(A) where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city
(B) which had industrial growth in the nineteenth century more rapid than that of other American cities
(C) which had growth industrially more rapid than any other American city in the nineteenth century
(D) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city
(E) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than that of any other American city
ans E because here correct comparison is done.....industrial growth of chicago is to be compared with industrial growth of any other country. other choices compare industrial growth with other city.
4. Child prodigies are marked not so much by their skills but instead by the fact that these skills are fully developed at a very early age.
(A) but instead
(B) rather than
(C) than
(D) as
(E) so much as
ans D ...........Idiom is "So much ...............as "
1.judge bonham denied a motion to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to a hotel.
(a) to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to
(b) that would have allowed members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of confined to
(c) under which members of the jury are allowed to go home at the end of each day instead of confining
them in
(d) that would allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than confinement in
(e) to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than be confined to
2.as measured by the commerce department, corporate profits peaked in the fourth quarter of 1988 and
have slipped since then, as many companies have been unable to pass on higher
(a) and have slipped since then, as many companies have been unable to pass on higher costs
(b) and have slipped since then, the reason being because many companies have been unable to pass on
higher costs
(c) and slipped since then, many companies being unable to pass on higher costs
(d) but, many companies unable to pass on higher costs, they have slipped since then
(e) yet are slipping since then, because many companies were unable to pass on higher costs.
regards
vikas
1. E
2. A
Some SC questions I came across:
Like the one reputed to live in Loch Ness, also an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river, inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain claim sightings of a long and narrow sea monster.
(A) Like the one reputed to live in Loch Ness, also an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river, inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain claim sightings of a long and narrow sea monster.
(B) Inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain claim sightings of a long and narrow sea monster similar to the one reputed to live in Loch Nes, which, like Lake Champlain, is an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river.
(C) Inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain claim sightings of a long and narrow sea monster similar to Loch Nesss, like Lake Champlain, is an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river.
(D) Like Loch Nesss reputed monster, inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain, also an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river, claim sightings of a long and narrow sea monster.
(E) Similar to that reputed to live in Loch Ness, inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain, also an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river, claim sightings of a long and narrow sea monster.
To read of Abigail Adams lengthy separation from her family, her difficult travels, and her constant battles with illness is to feel intensely how harsh life was even for the so-called aristocracy of Revolutionary times.
(A) To read of
(B) Reading about
(C) Having read about
(D) Once one reads of
(E) To have read of
The United States petroleum industrys cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.
(A) The United States petroleum industrys cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.
(B) The United States petroleum industry s cost by the end of the decade to meet environmental regulations is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.
(C) By the end of the decade, the United States petroleum industry s cost of meeting environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.
(D) To meet environmental regulations, the cost to the United States petroleum industry is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.
(E) It is estimated that by the end of the decade the cost to the United States petroleum industry of meeting environmental regulations will be ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.
Since chromosome damage may be caused by viral infections, medical x-rays, and exposure to sunlight, it is important that the chrosomes of a population to be tested for chemically induced damage be compared with those of a control population.
(A) to be tested for chemically induced damage be compared with
(B) being tested for damage induced chemically are compared with
(C) being tested for chemically induced damage should~be compared to
(D) being tested for chemfEally induced damage are to be compared to
(E) that is to be tested for chemically induced damage are to be comparable with
1. B - Modifiers are placed correctly
2. A - no errors
3. Btw D and E, I go for D as I feel 'that by the end of the decade' is not right
4. A - no errors
1. B
2. A
3. E
Will post my explanations if my answers are correct.
1.Charles Lindbergh, for his attempt at a solo transatlantic flight, was very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane, he therefore refused to carry even a pound of mail, despite being offered $1,000 to do so.
(A) Charles Lindbergh, for his attempt at a solo transatlantic flight, was very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane, he therefore
(B) When Charles Lindbergh was attempting his solo transatlantic flight, being very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane, he
(C) Since he was very reluctant to carry any extra weight on his plane when he was attempting his solo transatlantic flight, so Charles Lindbergh
(D) Being very reluctant to carry any extra weight on his plane when he attempted his solo transatlantic flight was the reason that Charles Lindbergh
(E) Very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane when he attempted his solo transatlantic flight, Charles Lindbergh
2.Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called for urban apartment houses including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities.
(A) including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities
(B) that included child-care facilities, and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
(C) with child-care facilities included and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
(D) that included child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities
(E) to include child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities included
3.Chicago, where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city, was plagued by labor troubles like the Pullman Strikes of 1894.
(A) where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city
(B) which had industrial growth in the nineteenth century more rapid than that of other American cities
(C) which had growth industrially more rapid than any other American city in the nineteenth century
(D) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city
(E) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than that of any other American city
4.Child prodigies are marked not so much by their skills but instead by the fact that these skills are fully developed at a very early age.
(A) but instead
(B) rather than
(C) than
(D) as
(E) so much as
pls exp these.
1. A - one clue: Verb should before 'to'. None of option except A does that.
2. A - Parallelism is maintained only in this option
3. B - All other options have comparison mistakes.
4. D - Correct usage of idiom - Not much.....as
1. B
2. A
3. E
Will post my explanations if my answers are correct.
The above answers are for:
Few ques from OG-
1.As a result of medical advances, many people that might at one time have died as children of such infections as diphtheria, pneumonia, or rheumatic fever now live well into old age.
(A) that might at one time have died as children
(B) who might once have died in childhood
(C) that as children might once have died
(D) who in childhood might have at one time died
(E) who, when they were children, might at one time have died
2.Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were the rise of the
Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica. the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and the
victory of the Usuli "mujtahids" in Shiite Iran and Iraq.
(A) Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and
(B) Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were shown in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan,
and also
(C) In the first period of religious reformism, manifestations of Islamic political militancy were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, of the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and
(D) In the first period of religious reformism, manifestations of Islamic political militancy were shown in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan,
and
(E) In the first period of religious reformism, Islamic political militancy was manifested in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, and the Mahdi in the Sudan, and in
3.Because the Earth's crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West.
(A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it
does in the West
(B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States
instead of the West
(C) will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of comparable
magnitude occurring in the West
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(D) in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of
comparable magnitude occurring in the West
(E) that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred
with comparable magnitude in the West
Some questions:
1. Heavy and prolonged use of cocaine can lead to psychological dependence, the symptoms of which are similar to narcotics dependence
A. the symptoms of which are similar to narcotics dependence
B. the symptoms of which are similar to those of dependence on narcotics
C. which in symptoms are similar to those of dependence on narcotics
D. which has the symptoms similar to those of narcotics dependence
E. which has symptoms similar to narcotics dependence
2. The supervisor gave an eloquent speech about how not enough was being done to find the technician and that nobody would leave until the man was found
A. about how not enough was being done to find the technician and that nobody would leave
B. how enough was done to find the technician and none of the people would leave
C. that how not enough was being done to find the technician and that nobody would be leaving
D. about how not enough was being done to find the technician and that nobody would leave unless enough was done to find him
E. about the fact that not enough was done to find the technician and that nobody can leave
Inuits of the Bering Sea were in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than Aleuts or Inuits of the North Pacific and northern Alaska.
(A) in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than
(B) isolated from contact with Europeans longer than
(C) in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than were
(D) isolated from contact with Europeans longer than were
(E) in isolation and without contacts with Europeans longer than
Joan of Arc, a young Frenchwoman who claimed to be divinely inspired, turned the tide of English victories in her country by liberating the city of Orleans and she persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne.
(A) she persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne
(B) persuaded Charles VII of France in claiming his throne
(C) persuading that the throne be claimed by Charles VII of France
(D) persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne
(E) persuading that Charles VII of France should claim the throne
Some questions:
1. Heavy and prolonged use of cocaine can lead to psychological dependence, the symptoms of which are similar to narcotics dependence
A. the symptoms of which are similar to narcotics dependence
B. the symptoms of which are similar to those of dependence on narcotics
C. which in symptoms are similar to those of dependence on narcotics
D. which has the symptoms similar to those of narcotics dependence
E. which has symptoms similar to narcotics dependence
2. The supervisor gave an eloquent speech about how not enough was being done to find the technician and that nobody would leave until the man was found
A. about how not enough was being done to find the technician and that nobody would leave
B. how enough was done to find the technician and none of the people would leave
C. that how not enough was being done to find the technician and that nobody would be leaving
D. about how not enough was being done to find the technician and that nobody would leave unless enough was done to find him
E. about the fact that not enough was done to find the technician and that nobody can leave
Inuits of the Bering Sea were in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than Aleuts or Inuits of the North Pacific and northern Alaska.
(A) in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than
(B) isolated from contact with Europeans longer than
(C) in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than were
(D) isolated from contact with Europeans longer than were
(E) in isolation and without contacts with Europeans longer than
Joan of Arc, a young Frenchwoman who claimed to be divinely inspired, turned the tide of English victories in her country by liberating the city of Orleans and she persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne.
(A) she persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne
(B) persuaded Charles VII of France in claiming his throne
(C) persuading that the throne be claimed by Charles VII of France
(D) persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne
(E) persuading that Charles VII of France should claim the throne
1. B
2. E
3. E
4. D
Will post explanations, if answers are correct.
1. I chose D because that is the only option that compares the symptoms of psychological dependence with that those of narcotics dependence.
B - misses the parallelism as dependence of narcotics is not parallel with psychological dependence
E was the answer given and I totally disagree with that.
2. My option is C because of the reason that the two parts were parallel. I could be wrong. The answer given is A. Post your explanation
3. Right answer is D. 'Isolated from' is the correct idiom. 'were' makes the comparison parallel
E- compares duration with Aleuts
4. Your answer is right. Post your explanation.
1. I chose D because that is the only option that compares the symptoms of psychological dependence with that those of narcotics dependence.
B - misses the parallelism as dependence of narcotics is not parallel with psychological dependence
E was the answer given and I totally disagree with that.
2. My option is C because of the reason that the two parts were parallel. I could be wrong. The answer given is A. Post your explanation
3. Right answer is D. 'Isolated from' is the correct idiom. 'were' makes the comparison parallel
E- compares duration with Aleuts
4. Your answer is right. Post your explanation.
1. I felt using 'has/have' with 'psychological dependence' was not accurate usage. has/have convey possession. How can 'psychological dependence' possess the symptoms? I might be wrong here. I agree with you on OA; E can't be right.
2. I goofed it up. E missed 'Being', which is important in this sentence. I don't think a clause starting with that is appropriate here.
Parallelism is important when you keep the meaning of sentence intact. Using that seems to change the meaning. Again I'm not grammar expert, and I got it wrong so can't make any suggestions. Somebody else might shed some light.
3. 'isolated from contact with' doesn't seem right. 'X is isolated from Y' is right usage. You are right about comparison though.
4. You only have to choose between B and D. I use simple rule to choose between Gerund and infinitive. Whenever there's a sense of purpose or action involved, I use prefer infinitive. Gerunds are very rarely correct on GMAT. At least from experience so far.
.
2. I goofed it up. E missed 'Being', which is important in this sentence. I don't think a clause starting with that is appropriate here.
Parallelism is important when you keep the meaning of sentence intact. Using that seems to change the meaning. Again I'm not grammar expert, and I got it wrong so can't make any suggestions. Somebody else might shed some light.
Can You explain why being is necesaary or under wgat conditions , being has to be used?