the worldwide web consortium is developing a way to collect information from visitors of web pages with a view to separating the appearance of a webpage and the data it helps correct.
1) same as underlined
2) by separating the appearance of a webpage from the data it helps to collect.
3) with a view to separate the appearance of a webpage from the data it collects
4) because it hopes to separate the appearance of webpages from the data they collect
5) because of the need to separate the appearance of webpages from the data they collect.
the worldwide web consortium is developing a way to collect information from visitors of web pages with a view to separating the appearance of a webpage and the data it helps correct.
1) same as underlined --- Very confusing. "seperating" is incorrect here. Eliminate this option
2) by separating the appearance of a webpage from the data it helps to collect. --- it changes the meaning of the sentence. eliminate this option
3) with a view to separate the appearance of a webpage from the data it collects --- everything is fine here hence the answer.
4) because it hopes to separate the appearance of webpages from the data they collect --- change in meaning. "hopes" is not the correct word to express the meaning implied here. eliminate this option
5) because of the need to separate the appearance of webpages from the data they collect.--- change in meaning. what is the need to separate the appearance? thus elinimate this choice also.
My final answer is (3). Please post the OA with explanation.
the worldwide web consortium is developing a way to collect information from visitors of web pages with a view to separating the appearance of a webpage and the data it helps correct.
1) same as underlined
2) by separating the appearance of a webpage from the data it helps to collect.
3) with a view to separate the appearance of a webpage from the data it collects
4) because it hopes to separate the appearance of webpages from the data they collect
5) because of the need to separate the appearance of webpages from the data they collect.
My take:
1. Unnecessary use of separating.
2. Separating is wrong.
3. correct one
4. Because if not reqd
5. Bcos is not reqd.
I will go with option 3
the worldwide web consortium is developing a way to collect information from visitors of web pages with a view to separating the appearance of a webpage and the data it helps correct.
IMO B. Please post the OA.
the worldwide web consortium is developing a way to collect information from visitors of web pages with a view to separating the appearance of a webpage and the data it helps correct.
1) same as underlined
2) by separating the appearance of a webpage from the data it helps to collect.
3) with a view to separate the appearance of a webpage from the data it collects
4) because it hopes to separate the appearance of webpages from the data they collect
5) because of the need to separate the appearance of webpages from the data they collect.
LOL, this one is very tricky. Is it a GMAT question ?? Well my takes
1). "to separating" incorrect usage of infinitive besides "helps correct" need a preposition in between. Overall awkward sentence, thus discarded
2). singular pronoun "it" is modifying the singular noun "web page". Parallelism is maintained between the verbs "developing" and "separating". Over all this option restores the correct meaning and hence correct according to me.
3). "with a view to" is an awkward phrase !! what this phrase is modifying?? I think it is redundant here.
4). This option changes the meaning of original sentence "because" is used to give cause.
5). same as 4 .
So my take is 2
Abhishek
Uninterested in the lecture, the operator put most of the audience to sleep.
Ref. Manhattan SC
The correct sentence given for this is:
The operator put most of the audience, which was uninterested in the lecture, to sleep.
My question is: Can WHICH be used with audience?
According to the guide:
The pronoun which introduces phrases that modify things.
Will audience be considered a thing ?
Thanks
GT
Audience can be used with the pronoun which.
Don't the producers/directors keep carping about how it is the audience which wants to see a particular type of movie?
Jokes apart frankly I don't see any reason why audience cannot be considered as a "thing". Let us take other collective nouns such as team and army.
Which team lost today?
The army which has the most foot soldiers.
Sounds pretty fine to me.
Arun
Hi guys..i have a clarification...pls see the below line:
"Forget, for a moment, whether marginal rates are too high or too low."
my doubt is...when we go with the parallelism....should there be an extra "are" in the above sentence ("or are too low")?
If not, can someone please explain the reasoning.
Maybe i am getting confused here, but i really need to clear it.
thanks!!
"Are" is a type of linking verbs - verbs that do not express action but instead connect the subject of the verb (marginal rates) to additional information about the subject (too high/too low).
Given this context there is only one linking verb required as clearly both "too high" and "too low" refer to the same subject "marginal rates".
If there were (note the subjunctive here
) more than one subject and you need to link it to different information then you would use "are" more than once. Example:
"The people in Kazhakastan are not like what is shown in Borat, and are enterprising in their own way"
Now in the above example if I had not used the second "are" then it would be confusing since the subject is now placed quite some distance from the additional information. Additionally you now have a new subject Borat which could add to potential confusion.
Saying that "The people in Kazhakastan are not like what is shown in Borat, and enterprising in their own way" it looks like the conjunction "and" somehow fuses Borat and enterprising while they are 2 distinct attributes about the people of Kazhakastan.
Hope this helps,
Arun
kapur.arnav SaysOA is D... can someone explain please... confused b/w D&E;
D and E convey the same meaning, but E is more wordy - so need to go with D.
I think (B) is most logical as far as the meaning of the sentence is concerned.
The underlined portion should describe "the way" that the WWW consortium is developing and not the intent of the consortium for developing "the way".
Please post the OA....I will go with (B).
My take:
1. Unnecessary use of separating.
2. Separating is wrong.
3. correct one
4. Because if not reqd
5. Bcos is not reqd.
I will go with option 3
LOL, this one is very tricky. Is it a GMAT question ?? Well my takes
1). "to separating" incorrect usage of infinitive besides "helps correct" need a preposition in between. Overall awkward sentence, thus discarded
2). singular pronoun "it" is modifying the singular noun "web page". Parallelism is maintained between the verbs "developing" and "separating". Over all this option restores the correct meaning and hence correct according to me.
3). "with a view to" is an awkward phrase !! what this phrase is modifying?? I think it is redundant here.
4). This option changes the meaning of original sentence "because" is used to give cause.
5). same as 4 .
So my take is 2
Abhishek
well, This is gonna be shocking OA for all of us. guys, OA is A. the original sentence is correct as it is. the question was from one of the famous GMAT forums. Believe it or not, its the Idioms that tricked us here... Enjoy the explanation posted there:
"
. The primary grammar focus here is actually a simple one--the use of the "idiom" with a view to. We say with a view to when we are talking about a goal. For example, I could say I bought a dictionary with a view to improving my vocabulary. Notice that we should not say *I bought a dictionary with a view to improve my vocabulary.
This idiom requires the use of a noun (for example, improving, which is a gerund, which is one kind of noun) after the preposition to, so any correct answer will have some sort of a noun as the object of the preposition to, if it uses this idiom with a view to. In the question at hand, the noun is separating, which is also a gerund. With this grammar point in mind, we must choose A. Remember, every credited (i.e., correct) GMAT sentence correction response (i.e., answer) will contain no grammar mistakes. If you missed this question, it's quite likely that you hadn't heard of this idiom before. GMAT sometimes uses uncommon idioms on the test, so the most common lists that you will find will probably not cover all the idioms you could see on the GMAT.
In other words, this question is unusual in that the only place that the correct grammar appears (with a view to separating...) is in the credited response.
B: Uncredited. Don't change the intended meaning of A! This is an important difference in meaning between with a view to (this talks about a goal) and (this talks about how something is done). Choosing B would change the intended meaning of A, so you should not choose it. This answer choice also uses separating X from Y (which implies that the two things are already mixed together and one needs to be removed from the other) instead of the original intended meaning separating X and Y (which does not necessarily mean that the two are already somehow mixed). This is a somewhat minor point, and I'm not sure that GMAT would base an entire answer on this grammar point alone, but it can be used as a backup reason to eliminate B. The other answer choices that contain separating X from Y should also be uncredited.
humble request to EducationAisle and Dr. Arun, to throw some more light on tackling such questions. Whenever we get stumped in such questions should we pick A as an educated guess if nothing much is wrong with it like usual 4-5 types of errors?
well, This is gonna be shocking OA for all of us. guys, OA is A. the original sentence is correct as it is. the question was from one of the famous GMAT forums. Believe it or not, its the Idioms that tricked us here... Enjoy the explanation posted there:
"
. The primary grammar focus here is actually a simple one--the use of the "idiom" with a view to. We say with a view to when we are talking about a goal. For example, I could say I bought a dictionary with a view to improving my vocabulary. Notice that we should not say *I bought a dictionary with a view to improve my vocabulary.
This idiom requires the use of a noun (for example, improving, which is a gerund, which is one kind of noun) after the preposition to, so any correct answer will have some sort of a noun as the object of the preposition to, if it uses this idiom with a view to. In the question at hand, the noun is separating, which is also a gerund. With this grammar point in mind, we must choose A. Remember, every credited (i.e., correct) GMAT sentence correction response (i.e., answer) will contain no grammar mistakes. If you missed this question, it's quite likely that you hadn't heard of this idiom before. GMAT sometimes uses uncommon idioms on the test, so the most common lists that you will find will probably not cover all the idioms you could see on the GMAT.
In other words, this question is unusual in that the only place that the correct grammar appears (with a view to separating...) is in the credited response.
B: Uncredited. Don't change the intended meaning of A! This is an important difference in meaning between with a view to (this talks about a goal) and (this talks about how something is done). Choosing B would change the intended meaning of A, so you should not choose it. This answer choice also uses separating X from Y (which implies that the two things are already mixed together and one needs to be removed from the other) instead of the original intended meaning separating X and Y (which does not necessarily mean that the two are already somehow mixed). This is a somewhat minor point, and I'm not sure that GMAT would base an entire answer on this grammar point alone, but it can be used as a backup reason to eliminate B. The other answer choices that contain separating X from Y should also be uncredited.
humble request to EducationAisle and Dr. Arun, to throw some more light on tackling such questions. Whenever we get stumped in such questions should we pick A as an educated guess if nothing much is wrong with it like usual 4-5 types of errors?
That's the shocking OA. But when i searched on google, it comes out to be very known fact that "with a view to" should be followed by "ing" form. I never heard about this rule and thus marked A.
Can any expert please through some more light on this question?
well, This is gonna be shocking OA for all of us. guys, OA is A. the original sentence is correct as it is. the question was from one of the famous GMAT forums. Believe it or not, its the Idioms that tricked us here... Enjoy the explanation posted there:
"
. The primary grammar focus here is actually a simple one--the use of the "idiom" with a view to. We say with a view to when we are talking about a goal. For example, I could say I bought a dictionary with a view to improving my vocabulary. Notice that we should not say *I bought a dictionary with a view to improve my vocabulary.
This idiom requires the use of a noun (for example, improving, which is a gerund, which is one kind of noun) after the preposition to, so any correct answer will have some sort of a noun as the object of the preposition to, if it uses this idiom with a view to. In the question at hand, the noun is separating, which is also a gerund. With this grammar point in mind, we must choose A. Remember, every credited (i.e., correct) GMAT sentence correction response (i.e., answer) will contain no grammar mistakes. If you missed this question, it's quite likely that you hadn't heard of this idiom before. GMAT sometimes uses uncommon idioms on the test, so the most common lists that you will find will probably not cover all the idioms you could see on the GMAT.
In other words, this question is unusual in that the only place that the correct grammar appears (with a view to separating...) is in the credited response.
B: Uncredited. Don't change the intended meaning of A! This is an important difference in meaning between with a view to (this talks about a goal) and (this talks about how something is done). Choosing B would change the intended meaning of A, so you should not choose it. This answer choice also uses separating X from Y (which implies that the two things are already mixed together and one needs to be removed from the other) instead of the original intended meaning separating X and Y (which does not necessarily mean that the two are already somehow mixed). This is a somewhat minor point, and I'm not sure that GMAT would base an entire answer on this grammar point alone, but it can be used as a backup reason to eliminate B. The other answer choices that contain separating X from Y should also be uncredited.
humble request to EducationAisle and Dr. Arun, to throw some more light on tackling such questions. Whenever we get stumped in such questions should we pick A as an educated guess if nothing much is wrong with it like usual 4-5 types of errors?
That was indeed a tricky and quite an eye opener
LOL !Dude kindly cite the link of that forum !!
really looked like a next GEN GMAT question to me... well, i dont think i would be allowed or rather appropriate to site the name or link here. but i am sure most of us are already following it and it is one of the famous and best in western countries. but trust me, besides 4-5 rare goodies, nothing great then PG. As a matter fact i experienced that questions and answer explanations here are explicit and genious, specially for quant sections. Plus as we all know GMAT is a rever and CAT is an ocean, PG has CAT...
sorry abt such elivated response...
cheers!!
Promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
(A) Promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
(B) Promotions, retirements, and other actions which have been approved at the May meeting of the board of directors along with deaths, with be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
(C) To be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper are the promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions which were approved at the board of directors' May meeting.
(D) Meeting in May, the promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors, including obituaries, will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
(E) The July 15 issue of the company paper will report on promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting; the paper will also include obituaries.
(A) Promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
(B) Promotions, retirements, and other actions which have been approved at the May meeting of the board of directors along with deaths, with be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
(C) To be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper are the promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions which were approved at the board of directors' May meeting.
(D) Meeting in May, the promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors, including obituaries, will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
(E) The July 15 issue of the company paper will report on promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting; the paper will also include obituaries.
Promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
A confusing question. I am confused between B and E but will Choose E finally.
(A) Promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
-:- board can not approve the deaths. So eliminate this option
(B) Promotions, retirements, and other actions which have been approved at the May meeting of the board of directors along with deaths, with be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
-:- "which have been" sounds incorrect to me.
(C) To be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper are the promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions which were approved at the board of directors' May meeting.
-:- "To be reported" is not a correct construction here. It changes the meaning of the sentence. Moreover deaths can not be approved by board of directors.
(D) Meeting in May, the promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors, including obituaries, will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
-:- totally ackward construction
(E) The July 15 issue of the company paper will report on promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting; the paper will also include obituaries.
-:- This is correct is almost all the aspects thus is correct choice.
A confusing question. I am confused between B and E but will Choose E finally.
(A) Promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
-:- board can not approve the deaths. So eliminate this option
(B) Promotions, retirements, and other actions which have been approved at the May meeting of the board of directors along with deaths, with be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
-:- "which have been" sounds incorrect to me.
(C) To be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper are the promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions which were approved at the board of directors' May meeting.
-:- "To be reported" is not a correct construction here. It changes the meaning of the sentence. Moreover deaths can not be approved by board of directors.
(D) Meeting in May, the promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors, including obituaries, will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
-:- totally ackward construction
(E) The July 15 issue of the company paper will report on promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting; the paper will also include obituaries.
-:- This is correct is almost all the aspects thus is correct choice.
U r right... OA is E. u judged it right that death cant be approved... i got this right but took Almost close to 2.5 min... it should have been done in max 2...
Promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
(A) Promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper. - ALTERED INTENT
(B) Promotions, retirements, and other actions which have been approved at the May meeting of the board of directors along with deaths, with be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper. - along with deaths is wrong
(C) To be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper are the promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions which were approved at the board of directors' May meeting. ALTERED INTENT
(D) Meeting in May, the promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors, including obituaries, will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper. uses obituaries for deaths correctly, however meeting in May is not appropriate
(E) The July 15 issue of the company paper will report on promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting; the paper will also include obituaries. Best Answer!!!
Promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
(A) Promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
(B) Promotions, retirements, and other actions which have been approved at the May meeting of the board of directors along with deaths, with be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
(C) To be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper are the promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions which were approved at the board of directors' May meeting.
(D) Meeting in May, the promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors, including obituaries, will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper. Uses obituaries, however meeting in may is not appropriate!!
(E) The July 15 issue of the company paper will report on promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting; the paper will also include obituaries. BEST ANSWER!!!
Answers and reasons in blue. Please post OA
kapur.arnav SaysAnswers and reasons in blue. Please post OA
The OA is already posted for this question. check the 3rd post above this post.
BTW OA is E.
Guys i have a doubt. Which of these two sentences is correct and why?
1) Nidhi was able to climb the tree as fast as her brothers.
OR
2) Nidhi was able to climb the tree as fast as her brothers did.