Can someone explain the answer for the following:- In recent years cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreedingďźŒin part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor. (A) in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics (B) in part for the acquisition of certain characteristics in their steers (C) partly because of their steers acquiring certain characteristics (D) partly because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers (E) partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers
I think Opt D: partly because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers , cause it continues parallel construction and the part after 'partly because'...is complete in sense in itself just like the corrosponding un-underlined part is.
Originally Posted by cognizant_81 View Post The numberof acres destroyed by wildfires, which have become an ongoing threat due to drought and booming population density, have increased dramatically over the past several years, prompting major concern among local politicians. have become an ongoing threat due to drought and booming population density, has increased check the bold colour marked you will get the connection! @emin3m the sourcse is 100% correct taken from MGMAT there is no ambiguity!
No, it is right.. 'which' refers to the immediate noun before it i.e wildfires, it is plural. Hence it will be "have an ongoing threat". Now the Phrase "The numberof acres destroyed by wildfires" is singular so it will be "has decreased". Now in GMAT, "due to"( a substitute of "caused by") can only modify a noun not an entire phrase. For eg it is incorrect to say "The match was postponed due to rain". But if we say"The match's postponment was due to rain" then it is correct. So it would be "becuase of" and not "due to". OA would be E
Can someone explain the answer for the following:- In recent years cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreedingďźŒin part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor. (A) in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics (B) in part for the acquisition of certain characteristics in their steers (C) partly because of their steers acquiring certain characteristics (D) partly because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers (E) partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers
No i dnt think use of Should is grammaticaly correct here ... also if you look at the parallel constrcution than its wrong ..... i guess C is d correct choice ...
Originally Posted by cognizant_81 View Post The numberof acres destroyed by wildfires, which have become an ongoing threat due to drought and booming population density, have increased dramatically over the past several years, prompting major concern among local politicians.
have become an ongoing threat due to drought and booming population density, has increased check the bold colour marked you will get the connection! @emin3m the sourcse is 100% correct taken from MGMAT there is no ambiguity!
I've bought Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction book (4th edition) and got an access code in the book. Using this access code, I tried to register at the official Manhattan GMAT site for the 6 computer adaptive practice exams, but I'm getting an error message - "Access code Invalid'. It's a completely new book and the access code was also not used before. Kindly let me know if anybody can provide me with any pointer on this issue.
Actualy the share which Emin3m shared says that due to should be used for casual realtn whereas the previous link says oderwise ... please help .......... i guess the explanation given by Karen is gud ...
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.
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.
Because of less availability and greater demand for scientific research, platinum remains consistently expensive, like gold.
a. Because of less availability and greater demand for scientific research, platinum remains consistently expensive, like gold. b. Because of less availability and increased demand for scientific research, platinum remains consistently expensive, like that of gold. c. Because of decreased availability and increased demand in scientific research, platinum remains expensive, like gold. d. Because of decreased availability and increased demand for scientific research, platinum remains expensive, like gold. e. Because of decreased availability and greater demand in scientific research, platinum remains at a consistently high price, like that of gold.
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.
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.
Even today, a century after Pasteur developed the first vaccine, rabies almost always kills its victims unless inoculated in the earliest stages of the disease.
(A) its victims unless inoculated (B) its victims unless they are inoculated (C) its victims unless inoculation is done (D) the victims unless there is an inoculation (E) the victims unless inoculated
saw it on some other forum ... Confused .... i guess it should be E.. Need Help.....
Even today, a century after Pasteur developed the first vaccine, rabies almost always kills its victims unless inoculated in the earliest stages of the disease.
(A) its victims unless inoculated (B) its victims unless they are inoculated (C) its victims unless inoculation is done (D) the victims unless there is an inoculation (E) the victims unless inoculated
saw it on some other forum ... Confused .... i guess it should be E.. Need Help.....
My take : (B) its victims unless they are inoculated
a pronoun is required to identify who is getting inoculated i think...
The number of acres destroyed by wildfires, which have become an ongoing threat due to drought and booming population density, have increased dramatically over the past several years, prompting major concern among local politicians.
have become an ongoing threat due to drought and booming population density, has increased have become an ongoing threat because of drought and booming population density, has increased
Go with "due to" for more formal sentences and "because of" in less formal writing. Plug these two into the same sentence, and you can hear the difference; the first sounds more formal than the second
the singular of wildfires is wildfire you may say in literal sense its same but actually its not
Plz check the Manhattan question bank for SC..The right answer is given as E. Nuthing like sound difference in formal and informal..'Due to' is never used to describe a clause or a phrase. 'Due to' is always used to modify a noun before it. For eg I have said earlier 'The match was postponed due to rain' is incorrect. It should be 'The match postponment was due to rain'
Even today, a century after Pasteur developed the first vaccine, rabies almost always kills its victims unless inoculated in the earliest stages of the disease.
(A) its victims unless inoculated (B) its victims unless they are inoculated (C) its victims unless inoculation is done (D) the victims unless there is an inoculation (E) the victims unless inoculated
saw it on some other forum ... Confused .... i guess it should be E.. Need Help.....
My take is in bold. See the Manhattan SC guide book Chapter 11(Parallelism/Advanced strategy). VAN(Verb-Adjective-Noun) Pattern 1. A verb is always preferred to an Action Noun.
Even today, a century after Pasteur developed the first vaccine, rabies almost always kills its victims unless inoculated in the earliest stages of the disease.
(A) its victims unless inoculated (B) its victims unless they are inoculated (C) its victims unless inoculation is done (D) the victims unless there is an inoculation (E) the victims unless inoculated
