that was a fun read
Puys, need help with these:
1. For the last six years the Chinese economy has grown faster than Britain, France, or America, with the unemployment rate having remained well below that of the other three countries.
A. Britain, France, or Germany, with the unemployment rate having remained
B. have those of Britain, France, or Germany, and the unemployment rate remaining
C. have Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained
D. the economy of Britain, France, and Germany, with the unemployment rate that has remained
E. the economies of Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained
2. A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomers Cane has been called one of the three best novels ever written by Black Americansthe others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man.
A. Black Americansthe others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
B. Black Americansincluding Native Son by Richard Wright and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
C. a Black Americanincluding Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
D. a Black Americanthe others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
E. a Black Americanthe others being Richard Wrights Native Son and Ralph Ellisons Invisible Man
Puys, need help with these:
1. For the last six years the Chinese economy has grown faster than Britain, France, or America, with the unemployment rate having remained well below that of the other three countries.
A. Britain, France, or Germany, with the unemployment rate having remained
B. have those of Britain, France, or Germany, and the unemployment rate remaining
C. have Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained
D. the economy of Britain, France, and Germany, with the unemployment rate that has remained
E. the economies of Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained
2. A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomers Cane has been called one of the three best novels ever written by Black Americansthe others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man.
A. Black Americansthe others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
B. Black Americansincluding Native Son by Richard Wright and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
C. a Black Americanincluding Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
D. a Black Americanthe others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
E. a Black Americanthe others being Richard Wrights Native Son and Ralph Ellisons Invisible Man
E FOr BOTH
Please explain 2. answer. My choice is B
Answers for both are given as B !!!!
Possible explanation which i thought of, dont have any official explanation...
1. Britain,France, OR Germany, not AND,
so out of A and B, B is correct.
2. Black Americans, is the correct usage, not a Black American,
so only A and B are the options, out of them, B is concise and grammatically correct.
Please correct puys, if there is anything missing in these explanations.
Puys, need help with these:
1. For the last six years the Chinese economy has grown faster than Britain, France, or America, with the unemployment rate having remained well below that of the other three countries.
A. Britain, France, or Germany, with the unemployment rate having remained
B. have those of Britain, France, or Germany, and the unemployment rate remaining
C. have Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained
D. the economy of Britain, France, and Germany, with the unemployment rate that has remained
E. the economies of Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained
2. A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomers Cane has been called one of the three best novels ever written by Black Americansthe others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man.
A. Black Americansthe others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
B. Black Americansincluding Native Son by Richard Wright and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
C. a Black Americanincluding Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
D. a Black Americanthe others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
E. a Black Americanthe others being Richard Wrights Native Son and Ralph Ellisons Invisible Man
Found them on a website called gmatclubindia,
Since these answers are incorrect, what are the correct answers?
I have been scratching my head ever since i read your post 
This cannot be correct. Could you let us know the source of these questions.
1. those in B is intended to refer to economies, but economies does not appear anywhere in the sentence, only economy does. Also, and the unemployment rate remaining is an issue with B.
2. B definitely does not make sense. Jean Toomers Cane does not include Native Son and Invisible Man. E seems very appropriate.
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Thanks,
Ashish
GMAT Faculty @ EducationAisle
GMAT - 99th Percentile, MBA - ISB
Please help with this sentence:
The police have significantly reduced violent crime and are pleased with (themselves) for doing so
I was under impression that police here would be singular and thus the verb following and pronoun used for it should be singular.
Can anyone tell me whether police would be singular or plural subject?
Thanks
The police have significantly reduced violent crime and are pleased with (themselves) for doing so
I was under impression that police here would be singular and thus the verb following and pronoun used for it should be singular.
Can anyone tell me whether police would be singular or plural subject?
Thanks
Just checked it up online in a couple of places........
people / police / cattle
These collective nouns always take a plural verb. There is no singular form of these nouns:
-People who have invested all their savings in shares are sure to lose out.
-Police in this area are currently investigating 74 allegations of date rape.
-All the cattle were moved to the fields lower down the valley as winter approached.
So the sentence "The police have significantly reduced violent crime and are pleased with (themselves) for doing so" is correct !!!
Please help with this sentence:
The police have significantly reduced violent crime and are pleased with (themselves) for doing so
I was under impression that police here would be singular and thus the verb following and pronoun used for it should be singular.
Can anyone tell me whether police would be singular or plural subject?
Thanks
It has to be both E's.
For 1, it is referring to all the economies in collective manner rather than comparing themselves and then comparing with the Chinese.
For 2, E seems to most appropriate as it refers to only a single person, hence 'a black american', then latter part coming as authors name is mentioned first then its books' name, hence it should be continuing with that.
This is what I could I make out. Kindly confirm over the this.
Found them on a website called gmatclubindia,
Since these answers are incorrect, what are the correct answers?
I have been scratching my head ever since i read your post
Puys, need help with these:
1. For the last six years the Chinese economy has grown faster than Britain, France, or America, with the unemployment rate having remained well below that of the other three countries.
A. Britain, France, or Germany, with the unemployment rate having remained
B. have those of Britain, France, or Germany, and the unemployment rate remaining
C. have Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained
D. the economy of Britain, France, and Germany, with the unemployment rate that has remained
E. the economies of Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained
2. A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomers Cane has been called one of the three best novels ever written by Black Americansthe others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man.
A. Black Americansthe others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
B. Black Americansincluding Native Son by Richard Wright and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
C. a Black Americanincluding Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
D. a Black Americanthe others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
E. a Black Americanthe others being Richard Wrights Native Son and Ralph Ellisons Invisible Man
E for both?
Yes " Sahani Prashant" its E in both. Explaining further. frist one needs to compare economies and not the country itself . missing 'and' which acts like a conjunction.
second one 'black american' needs to be singular as we are refering using 'One'. I guess my understanding is correct regarding the second.
Source: SC Grail
The Cricket Board has constituted a three-member committee to investigate the case
of the missing batsman that fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and
has subsequently applied for political asylum there.
A. to investigate the case of the missing batsman that fled the team hotel in
Amsterdam to go to London and has subsequently applied for political asylum
there.
B. for investigating the case of the missing batsman, who fled the team hotel in
Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum
there.
C. to investigate the case of the missing batsman, having fled the team hotel in
Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applying for political asylum
there.
D. to investigate the case of the missing batsman, who fled the team hotel in
Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum
there.
E. for investigating the case of the missing batsman, who has fled the team
hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and is subsequently applying for political
asylum there.
The Cricket Board has constituted a three-member committee to investigate the case
of the missing batsman that fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and
has subsequently applied for political asylum there.
A. to investigate the case of the missing batsman that fled the team hotel in
Amsterdam to go to London and has subsequently applied for political asylum
there.
B. for investigating the case of the missing batsman, who fled the team hotel in
Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum
there.
C. to investigate the case of the missing batsman, having fled the team hotel in
Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applying for political asylum
there.
D. to investigate the case of the missing batsman, who fled the team hotel in
Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum
there.
E. for investigating the case of the missing batsman, who has fled the team
hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and is subsequently applying for political
asylum there.
Source: SC Grail
The Cricket Board has constituted a three-member committee to investigate the case
of the missing batsman that fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and
has subsequently applied for political asylum there.
A. to investigate the case of the missing batsman that fled the team hotel in
Amsterdam to go to London and has subsequently applied for political asylum
there.
B. for investigating the case of the missing batsman, who fled the team hotel in
Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum
there.
C. to investigate the case of the missing batsman, having fled the team hotel in
Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applying for political asylum
there.
D. to investigate the case of the missing batsman, who fled the team hotel in
Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum
there.
E. for investigating the case of the missing batsman, who has fled the team
hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and is subsequently applying for political
asylum there.
my take Opt D
OA, pl.
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Source: SC Grail
The Cricket Board has constituted a three-member committee to investigate the case
of the missing batsman that fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and
has subsequently applied for political asylum there.
A. to investigate the case of the missing batsman that fled the team hotel in
Amsterdam to go to London and has subsequently applied for political asylum
there.
B. for investigating the case of the missing batsman, who fled the team hotel in
Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum
there.
C. to investigate the case of the missing batsman, having fled the team hotel in
Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applying for political asylum
there.
D. to investigate the case of the missing batsman, who fled the team hotel in
Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum
there.
E. for investigating the case of the missing batsman, who has fled the team
hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and is subsequently applying for political
asylum there.
D
Answer D: The missing batsman, who(not 'that' related to modifiers)
You guys are right, OA is D.
After adopting broadband internet access, wireless personal digital assistants, and super-fast home PCs, Weston Insurance has hired new employees, which doubles to 250 the junior staff in the claims department working from home.
(A) which doubles to 250 the junior staff in the claims department
(B) doubling to 250 the number of junior staff members in the claims department
(C) which doubles to 250 the junior staff of the claims department
(D) doubling to 250 the number of junior staff members of the claims department
(E) which doubles to 250 the junior staff in the claims department that
After adopting broadband internet access, wireless personal digital assistants, and super-fast home PCs, Weston Insurance has hired new employees, which doubles to 250 the junior staff in the claims department working from home.
(A) which doubles to 250 the junior staff in the claims department
(B) doubling to 250 the number of junior staff members in the claims department
(C) which doubles to 250 the junior staff of the claims department
(D) doubling to 250 the number of junior staff members of the claims department
(E) which doubles to 250 the junior staff in the claims department that
i ll go with B