Hope this clears your doubt.
wow! that's a detailed explanation :)
Thanks Neha. That definitely clears my doubt.
wow! that's a detailed explanation :)
Thanks Neha. That definitely clears my doubt.
Even i went wth the answers C and A
But the OAs are E and A respectively.
In case of the first question, the explanation was given as - "hopefully cannot be used". Can someone thrw light on why E is correct and why not C?
Here is the explanation I found:
The Proper Word Usage of Hopefully: How To Use the Word Hopefully Correctly in All Contexts | Suite101.com
Summary:
1. Hopefully is an adverb and not a verb
2. To check proper use, replace the word by "full of hope" or "in a hopeful manner" and see whether it still makes sense.
3. Try to avoid usage of this word
I have a doubt friends...
If you use either or neither in a sentence alone (without or/nor) the sentence takes singular verb.
Where do we use 'either'/'neither' without or/nor?
Is this correct? What if the subject itself is plural. Then shouldn't the verb become plural as well.
Sorry if its a simple question. My hold on English grammar is a little less than normal! :banghead:
First of all, Trapezio, it's alright if you are having trouble in grammar. No need to be so hard on your self. We all are learning. if things aren't clear then do them again slowly, chapter by chapter and keep going on the rules again. it will come by time.
Trapezio SaysThanks Yogesh. That clears it. So if either or neither is used in a sentence without or/nor, the verb no matter what takes singular form.
Edited (reason - earlier reply was not correct):
Examples:
1. Either of the GMAT courses IS good for you. (not 'are').
Similarly,
2. Neither of the medicines WAS of any help to me. (not WERE).
Now, for your query:
1) Either/or and Neither/nor take the form of the subject that is nearest to them
examples-
1) Neither Jack nor his friends are going to the party.
2) Neither his friends nore Jack is going to the party.
2) After Neither + singular noun, the verb is singular
example- Neither player wants a transfer.
3) After Neither of + plural Noun, careful users prefer a singular verb.
example-
Neither of the players wants a tranfer.
Some people use a plural verb, escpecially in informal styles:
Neither of the players want a tranfer.
But for the GMAT,stick to the singular verb with Neither of + plural noun.
Regards,
Neha
Thank you for the detailed reply. You made it simple.
Q:
Many economies maintain that it is price levels for services, rather than supply and demand, that most clearly reflect consumer attitudes toward inflation.
(A) it is price levels for services, rather than supply and demand, that most clearly reflect consumer attitudes toward inflation
(B) price levels for services, rather than supply and demand, most clearly reflects consumer attitudes toward inflation
(C) rather than supply and demand, consumer attitudes toward inflation are most clearly reflected by price levels for services
(D) price levels for services most clearly reflect consumer attitudes toward inflation, rather than supply and demand
(E) the clearest reflection of consumer attitudes toward inflation are price levels for services rather than supply and demand.
Q:
Many economies maintain that it is price levels for services, rather than supply and demand, that most clearly reflect consumer attitudes toward inflation.
(A) it is price levels for services, rather than supply and demand, that most clearly reflect consumer attitudes toward inflation
(B) price levels for services, rather than supply and demand, most clearly reflects consumer attitudes toward inflation
(C) rather than supply and demand, consumer attitudes toward inflation are most clearly reflected by price levels for services
(D) price levels for services most clearly reflect consumer attitudes toward inflation, rather than supply and demand
(E) the clearest reflection of consumer attitudes toward inflation are price levels for services rather than supply and demand.
Is the answer B?
A) is wordier?
C and D) modifier too far
E) wrong subject - verb agreement
Need explanations pls...
The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980's.
A) The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980's.
wrong usage of which
B) Modernizing the steel mill, hopefully to be completed in the late 1980's, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.
Hopefully doesnt make sense, it is wrong almost every time
C) The modernization program for the steel mill, hopefully completed in the late 1980's, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.
Hopefully completed - awkward
D) The program for modernizing the steel mill, which can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980's and cost approximately 51 million dollars.
Wrong usage of which ; steel mill doesnt needs to be completed rather the program
E) Modernizing the steel mill, a program that can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980's, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.
This is apt
In the late seventh century, in a dispute over whether the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali, should carry on as the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor, Islam split into two branches, the Sunnis and the Shiites.
A) over whether the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali, should carry on as the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor.. Better than other 4..
B) over whether Ali, the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, was going to carry on and be the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor... redundant usage of carry on and be
C) concerning if the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor, was to be the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali Dispute over is the correct idiom
D) as to whether the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor, is to be the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-low, Ali Dispute over is the correct idiom
E) over if Ali, the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, was going to carry on and be the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor ..... redundant usage of carry on and be..more over IF is needed
Explanation in blue
Is the answer B?
A) is wordier?
C and D) modifier too far
E) wrong subject - verb agreement
my take was D
OA is A
Explanation:
B - incorrectly uses "reflects" (singular predicate) for "price levels" (plural subject)
C - parallelism error - "than
D - Ambiguous - "price levels reflect (consumer attitudes rather than supply & demand)" whereas it should be "(price levels rather than supply & demand) reflect..."
E - incorrectly uses 'are' for 'reflection' i.e. "the clearest reflection... are"
My question to all,
how come the phrase "it is price levels that reflects" is correct??
can someone share another example for such scenario?
The only possibility I can think of is if the subject "it" means "price levels for services".
Edit: reworded it.
Q:
Many economies maintain that it is price levels for services, rather than supply and demand, that most clearly reflect consumer attitudes toward inflation.
(A) it is price levels for services, rather than supply and demand, that most clearly reflect consumer attitudes toward inflation... Better than others
(B) price levels for services, rather than supply and demand, most clearly reflects consumer attitudes toward inflation.. . Subject Verb mismatch.. Levels.......reflects
(C) rather than supply and demand, consumer attitudes toward inflation are most clearly reflected by price levels for services.. Changes meaning, modifier error
(D) price levels for services most clearly reflect consumer attitudes toward inflation, rather than supply and demand.. modifier error
(E) the clearest reflection of consumer attitudes toward inflation are price levels for services rather than supply and demand. Not sure what is the error, but A reflects B and B is the reflection of A doesnt appear to be same.....
Wats the OA?
Both time I answered the Qs after the OAs were announced 😐
My question to all,
how come the phrase "it is price levels that reflects" is correct??
can someone share another example for such scenario?
Best example is :: It is hoped (replacement of hopefully,which is always wrong in GMATland)
It is hoped that all of us will crack GMAT big time! (and yeah what a hope
)It is raining :|
I suggest you to rely on POE in such Qs!
Best example is :: It is hoped (replacement of hopefully,which is always wrong in GMATland)
It is hoped that all of us will crack GMAT big time! (and yeah what a hope)
It is raining :|
I suggest you to rely on POE in such Qs!
Hey MU,
pardon my ignorance... can you expand the term POE ? :)
and regarding my Q,
I was looking for examples like "it is prices levels that reflects" where "price levels that reflects" are plural subjects... but the verb used is "is" (for singular subject "it")
in your examples, "hoped"/"raining" are not plural subjects... hence use of "is" does not seem objectionable.
Best example is :: It is hoped (replacement of hopefully,which is always wrong in GMATland)
It is hoped that all of us will crack GMAT big time! (and yeah what a hope
It is raining :|
I suggest you to rely on POE in such Qs!
Hey MU,
pardon my ignorance... can you expand the term POE ? :)Power over Ethernet
and regarding my Q,
I was looking for examples like "it is prices levels that reflects" where "price levels that reflects" are plural subjects... but the verb used is "is" (for singular subject "it")
in your examples, "hoped"/"raining" are not plural subjects... hence use of "is" does not seem objectionable.
Hey Yogesh,
POE is Process of Elimination. It's a process to narrow down your answer choices. Wrong answer choices are easier to spot than right anwers. sometimes they just sound weird. at other times they are logically impossible. in gmat, you may not be able to eliminate all four incorrect answer choices at once but you will be almost always able to eliminate at least one of them-and frequently two or more-by using POE, which makes work and life both easier!
will explain by the help of an example:
Which of the following countries uses the peso as its unit of currency?
A) Russia
B) Canada
C) Venezuela
D) England
E) Chile
Now, you probably don't know the correct answer, but atleast you know the countires which don't use peso as its unit of curreny so you can eliminate them right away. like, certainly Russia, England and Canada don't use peso. Three out of five answer choices gone! so you are down to two answer choices. now even if you don't know the correct answer, it's obviously among Venezuela or Chile. no issues take a guess here and the probability of you getting an answer corrects increases from 20 to 50%!
Gmat does forces us to guess anyway, so why not make an intelligent guess?
To help you more, will give a SC example (since it's a SC thread!)
Registered brokerage firms have been required to record details of all the computerized program trades made in the past year so that government agencies will be able to decide whether they should be banned.
A) will be able to decide whether they should be banned
B) should be able to decide whether they should be banned
C) should be able to decide whether they can be banned
D) will be able to decide whether program trades should be able to be banned
E) will be able to decide whether program trades should be banned
In this case, Answer choice D fixes the orginial problem; there is no longer an ambiguous "they" in the sentence. But there is another problem there- that is-in Gmat only animate objects are "able" to do anything!
This eliminated 3 answer choices-A,B,C right away!
Answer choice A merely reapeats the origianl sentence. Choices B and C contain the same error that was found in the original sentence. now we are down to D and E. Both fix the orginial error but still D reapeats the error of inanimate objects being "able" to do anything.
Using POE, even if you don't know the correct answer,you can spot the incorrect choices, eliminate them and choose from the left ones with much more confidence. :)
Now for the examples of It being the subject:
Is easy to buy exactly what you want in a big city. -Incorrect.
It's easy to buy eaxctly what you want in a big city -Correct.
When you comment on a situation, the subjest of the sentance is usually it:
It's impossible to read in the dark.
It was good to see you again.
It's hot today, isn't?
It was a miracle that nobody was injured.
Note that in this pattern it has no meaning. It simply fills the subject position.
And in this ques, you gave:
Many economies maintain that it is price levels for services, rather than supply and demand, that most clearly reflect consumer attitudes toward inflation.
The sentence itself is right, the It here fills the place of the subject to tell it is prices levels for services that reflect the consumer attitudes toward inflation. and also has no errors of agreement. price levels (plural subject) agress with reflect (singular predicate).
Hope it clears your doubt.
Regards,
Neha
Hi Deepanshu,
In the quew given below, your explaination is all right.
But for choice E, you wrote, more over IF is needed... want to ask where is If required? or you intended to write- more over whether is needed?
In the late seventh century, in a dispute over whether the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali, should carry on as the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor, Islam split into two branches, the Sunnis and the Shiites.
A) over whether the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali, should carry on as the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor.. Better than other 4..
B) over whether Ali, the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, was going to carry on and be the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor... redundant usage of carry on and be
C) concerning if the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor, was to be the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali Dispute over is the correct idiom
D) as to whether the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor, is to be the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-low, Ali Dispute over is the correct idiom
E) over if Ali, the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, was going to carry on and be the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor ..... redundant usage of carry on and be..more over IF is needed
And can you ple give the OA for the following ques?
Another one::
The earliest English settlers in Virginia failed to survive their first winter in the New World because of factors such as inadequate food supplies, harsh weather, and an inability to communicate with Native Americans.
an inability
that they were unable
because they were unable
being unable
lacking an ability
Thankyou.
Regards,
Neha
Hi Deepanshu,
In the quew given below, your explaination is all right.
But for choice E, you wrote, more over IF is needed... want to ask where is If required? or you intended to write- more over whether is needed?
In the late seventh century, in a dispute over whether the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali, should carry on as the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor, Islam split into two branches, the Sunnis and the Shiites.
A) over whether the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali, should carry on as the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor.. Better than other 4..
B) over whether Ali, the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, was going to carry on and be the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor... redundant usage of carry on and be
C) concerning if the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor, was to be the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali Dispute over is the correct idiom
D) as to whether the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor, is to be the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-low, Ali Dispute over is the correct idiom
E) over if Ali, the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, was going to carry on and be the fourth caliph, Muhammad's successor ..... redundant usage of carry on and be..more over IF is needed
And can you ple give the OA for the following ques?
Another one::
The earliest English settlers in Virginia failed to survive their first winter in the New World because of factors such as inadequate food supplies, harsh weather, and an inability to communicate with Native Americans.
an inability
that they were unable
because they were unable
being unable
lacking an ability
Thankyou.
Regards,
Neha
Hi,
I intended to write Moreover If is NOT needed...I saw that after posting but was too lazy to edit it
OA for ability one is (A).. You are bang on:thumbsup:
Regards,
Deepanshu
Hi,
I intended to write Moreover If is NOT needed...I saw that after posting but was too lazy to edit it
OA for ability one is (A).. You are bang on:thumbsup:
Regards,
Deepanshu
It's alright. No issues. :)
and Thankyou, worked on SC this week so it's the result of that!
and obv, you pointed too to work on something else too so took that seriosuly.Thankyou :clap:
Regards,
Neha
PS: and guys, can you ple post more ques,i don't believe but i'm actually addicted to solve these ques and on selfish side, it's helping me and brushing my basics too. Thankyou.:)
Hi Puys,
Have a look at the below 4 Qs.Pls explain the PoE here...
1)The unskilled workers at the Allenby plant realized that their hourly rate of $4.11 to $4.75 was better than many nearby factory wages.
A. many nearby factory wages
B. it is in many nearby factories
C. many wages in nearby factories
D. that offered by many nearby factories
E. what are offered by many nearby factories
2) The lack of complete historical records from the mid-to-late 1800's have made some Black inventions difficult to trace to their originators.
A. have made it difficult to trace some inventions by Blacks to their originators
B. have made for difficulties in tracing some inventions by Blacks to their originators
C. has made it difficult to trace some inventions to their Black originators
D. has made it difficult in tracing some Black inventions to their originators
E. have made some Black inventions difficult to trace to their originators
3) The Quechuans believed that all things participated in both the material level and the mystical level of reality, and many individual Quechuans claimed to have contact with it directly with an ichana (dream) experience.
A. contact with it directly with
B. direct contact with it by way of
C. contact directly with the mystical level due to
D. direct contact with the latter by means of
E. contact with the latter directly through
4) Since the 1930's aircraft manufacturers have tried to build airplanes with frictionless wings, shaped so smoothly and perfectly that the air passing over them would not become turbulent.
A. wings that are shaped so smooth and perfect
B. wings, wings having been shaped smoothly and perfectly so
C. wings, wings so smooth and so perfectly shaped
D. wings, shaped in such a smooth and perfect manner
E. wings, shaped so smoothly and perfectly
My take for the above SC
1. D
2. C
3. D
hi puys,
have a look at the below 4 qs.pls explain the poe here...
1)the unskilled workers at the allenby plant realized that their hourly rate of $4.11 to $4.75 was better than many nearby factory wages.
a. Many nearby factory wages
b. It is in many nearby factories
c. Many wages in nearby factories
d. That offered by many nearby factories
e. What are offered by many nearby factories
2) the lack of complete historical records from the mid-to-late 1800's have made some black inventions difficult to trace to their originators.
a. Have made it difficult to trace some inventions by blacks to their originators
b. Have made for difficulties in tracing some inventions by blacks to their originators
c. Has made it difficult to trace some inventions to their black originators
d. Has made it difficult in tracing some black inventions to their originators
e. Have made some black inventions difficult to trace to their originators
3) the quechuans believed that all things participated in both the material level and the mystical level of reality, and many individual quechuans claimed to have contact with it directly with an ichana (dream) experience.
A. Contact with it directly with
b. Direct contact with it by way of
c. Contact directly with the mystical level due to
d. Direct contact with the latter by means of
e. Contact with the latter directly through
4) since the 1930's aircraft manufacturers have tried to build airplanes with frictionless wings, shaped so smoothly and perfectly that the air passing over them would not become turbulent.
A. Wings that are shaped so smooth and perfect
b. Wings, wings having been shaped smoothly and perfectly so
c. Wings, wings so smooth and so perfectly shaped
d. Wings, shaped in such a smooth and perfect manner
e. Wings, shaped so smoothly and perfectly
imo 1) c
2) c
3) e
4)e