While the owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling, owners of cooperative apartments have shares in a corporation that owns a building and leases apartments to them.
(A) While the owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling,
(B) The owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling, but
(C) Whereas owners of condominium apartments have free and clear title to their dwellings,
(D) An owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling, whereas
(E) Condominium apartment owners have a title to their dwelling that is free and clear, while
Although films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills, in reality these gregarious creatures live in stable groups that occupy the same territory for long periods.
(A) films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(B) in films about the American West coyotes are depicted to be solitary animals that howl mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(C) coyotes are depicted as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills in films about the American West
(D) films about the American West depict coyotes as if they were solitary, mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills.
(E) films about the American West depict coyotes to be solitary and mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills
While the owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling, owners of cooperative apartments have shares in a corporation that owns a building and leases apartments to them.
(A) While the owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling,
(B) The owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling, but
(C) Whereas owners of condominium apartments have free and clear title to their dwellings,
(D) An owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling, whereas
(E) Condominium apartment owners have a title to their dwelling that is free and clear, while
Although films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills, in reality these gregarious creatures live in stable groups that occupy the same territory for long periods.
(A) films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(B) in films about the American West coyotes are depicted to be solitary animals that howl mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(C) coyotes are depicted as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills in films about the American West
(D) films about the American West depict coyotes as if they were solitary, mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills.
(E) films about the American West depict coyotes to be solitary and mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills
My take
1)C
2)A
I don't think so. What is the source of these questions?
For 2, the answer should be B (so gradual that they can be indistinguishable).
"so..as to" is not a correct idiom on GMAT. Please refer to OG-12 Question 51:
Option E says: "so brisk as to hamper the ability..."
The explanation says: The phrase is awkward, wordy and unclear.
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Thanks,
Ashish
GMAT Faculty @ EducationAisle
GMAT - 99th Percentile, MBA - ISB
Hello Ashish,
I just googled this.
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Further, I have seen the usage of So X as to Y in couple of MGMAT CAT q.s also..
It will be helpful if you can give your inputs.. and clear the doubts ..
While the owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling, owners of cooperative apartments have shares in a corporation that owns a building and leases apartments to them.
(A) While the owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling,
(B) The owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling, but
(C) Whereas owners of condominium apartments have free and clear title to their dwellings,
(D) An owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling, whereas
(E) Condominium apartment owners have a title to their dwelling that is free and clear, while
Although films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills, in reality these gregarious creatures live in stable groups that occupy the same territory for long periods.
(A) films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(B) in films about the American West coyotes are depicted to be solitary animals that howl mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(C) coyotes are depicted as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills in films about the American West
(D) films about the American West depict coyotes as if they were solitary, mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills.
(E) films about the American West depict coyotes to be solitary and mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills
1. (c) looks to be correct. reasoning being that plural should be compared with plural (hence A,B, D eliminated) and "owners of condominium apartments" parallel with "owners of cooperative apartments" (hence E eliminated)
2. (A) is my take. others look very verbose.
What's the OA?
Market research has shown that the newest model of E-Phone gained widespread popularity not due to technical superiority but through seamless and intuitive design.
A. gained widespread popularity not due to technical superiority but through seamless
B. gained widespread popularity not only due to technical superiority but also through seamless
C. did not gain widespread popularity due to technical superiority but through seamless
D. did not gain widespread popularity in consideration of technical superiority but rather due to seamless
E. gaining widespread popularity not due to technical superiority but also through seamless
OA's for earlier questions, pl GMAT 22...
regards
Dipak
My Take option 'A'.
It is well known in the supermarket industry that how items are placed on shelves and the frequency of inventory turnovers can be crucial to profits
(A) the frequency of inventory turnovers can be
(B) the frequency of inventory turnovers is often
(C) the frequency with which the inventory turns over is often
(D) how frequently is the inventory turned over are often
(E) how frequently the inventory turns over can be
Ans : D
how items are changed and how frequently is the inventory turned should be parallel.
Ans : A only as B is unnecessarily wordy (not only ...bot also not required with due to).
Did not and gaining doesn't sound good.
anandc SaysSpot on!! but Could you tell me how u eliminated option C, "which makes distilling alcohol from cereal grain an attractive substitute"
The option C in a way tries to convey that the substiture for gasoline is "distilling alcohol" and not "alcohal" itself. Thats why its wrong.
Hi!! As for MGMAT, would suggest you get in touch with them (you might want to cite the OG question that I referenced in my mail) to get their response. Would be curious to know their response.
As GMAT instructors, we consider OG as the gospel truth. By the way, it is possible that at some point of time in the past, Gmat was more "permissive" to the phrase "so..as to", but in the most recent OG (OG-12), it seems clearly to not be inclined towards it. There is another question in OG (#39), where OG says: "so as to marry" is not idiomatically correct, though the reason I did not mention this in my previous mail was because it is not of the type "so X as to Y".
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Thanks,
Ashish
GMAT Faculty @ EducationAisle
GMAT - 99th Percentile, MBA - ISB
Posted this Query on the MGMAT forum now, lets see what reply the famed Ron and his associates provide !!
Another effort on google just now gave this: Error from ETS on diction?
What I gathered from this post was, that Around 2003, GMATPrep gave the answer to this question as (C).
I guess we should take what the current OG provides.......
I don't think so. What is the source of these questions?
i saw it in 1000SC
Posted this Query on the MGMAT forum now, lets see what reply the famed Ron and his associates provide !!
Another effort on google just now gave this: Error from ETS on diction?
What I gathered from this post was, that Around 2003, GMATPrep gave the answer to this question as (C).
I guess we should take what the current OG provides.......
hey do post the link of your query. I, too, will follow it. However, the famed Ron is on vacation till 10th July
For this question and for others, OG baba ki Jai
hey do post the link of your query. I, too, will follow it. However, the famed Ron is on vacation till 10th July
For this question and for others, OG baba ki Jai
Well here is the link, but I doubt whether response will come soon because:
A. It is a very old thread that I have bumped.
B. MGMAT Instructors seem to be very busy
C. Ron is on Vacation (just saw that in his signature !)
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OG12#40
Dr. Tonegawa won the Nobel Prize for discovering bow the body can constantly change its genes to fashion a seemingly unlimited number of antibodies, each targeted specifically at an invading microbe or foreign substance.
Will the sentence will be even correct if it was 'specifically targeted'? Is there any general rule for the same?
After several years of rapid growth, the health care company became one of the largest health care providers in the metropolitan area, while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in its payment to doctors and hospitals.
A. while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months
behind in its payment to
B. while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business and fell months
behind in its payment to
C. but then it proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind
in its paying
D. but then proving unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind
in paying
E. but then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind
in paying
Why is C wrong here?
OG12#40
Dr. Tonegawa won the Nobel Prize for discovering bow the body can constantly change its genes to fashion a seemingly unlimited number of antibodies, each targeted specifically at an invading microbe or foreign substance.
Will the sentence will be even correct if it was 'specifically targeted'? Is there any general rule for the same?
I am not sure of any rule, probably the experts might be able to tell,
but I am hoping that this will not be the make or break btw two answer choices, because if that happens, statistically, we will have at the max, a 50% chance of getting it correct 😃
After several years of rapid growth, the health care company became one of the largest health care providers in the metropolitan area, while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in its payment to doctors and hospitals.
A. while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months
behind in its payment to
B. while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business and fell months
behind in its payment to
C. but then it proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind
in its paying
D. but then proving unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind
in paying
E. but then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind
in paying
Why is C wrong here?
"in its payment" is obviously better than "in its paying", by what rule, I do not know (experts can help)
And I think E should be correct.
-"but" is required instead of "while"
-correct tenses used only in E (after eliminating A & B)
After several years of rapid growth, the health care company became one of the largest health care providers in the metropolitan area, while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in its payment to doctors and hospitals.
A. while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months
behind in its payment to
B. while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business and fell months
behind in its payment to
C. but then it proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind
in its paying
D. but then proving unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind
in paying
E. but then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind
in paying
Why is C wrong here?
C is incorrect because of use of expression "in its paying doctors and hospitals". @sausi007, you are correct. There is no specific rule as such but there are certain guidelines that we can follow:
Lets look at two example sentences here:
Her singing mesmerized the audience.
Here "possessive (her) singing" is fine. We are emphasizing on "singing" as a noun.
Her paying the debt helped the family.
Here the expression "her paying" is awkward. See in this case also we are emphasizing on "paying" as a noun. But we already have a noun form designated for this usage - payment. So we should use that as follows:
Her payment of the debt helped the family.
Thus as we just saw, possessive noun followed by an action word used as a noun is weird in cases when the noun form exists for the action word.
Therefore C is incorrect because of use of expression "in its paying doctors and hospitals".
Thanks,
Payal
OG12#40
Dr. Tonegawa won the Nobel Prize for discovering bow the body can constantly change its genes to fashion a seemingly unlimited number of antibodies, each targeted specifically at an invading microbe or foreign substance.
Will the sentence will be even correct if it was 'specifically targeted'? Is there any general rule for the same?
"specifically targeted" and "targeted specifically" mean the same thing.
In both expressions, "specifically" modifies the verb - targeted.
Notice that adverbs are more flexible than adjectives in terms of placement. For example,
"red chair" is not same as "chair red"
In fact "chair red" does not mean anything. This is because adjective words should be placed prior to the noun they describe.
Adverbs on the other hand may be placed either before or after the verb they modify as long as there is no ambiguity in the meaning.
We can see some other OG questions as well in which adverb is placed before or after the verb:
1: Unlike the honeybee, the yellow jacketcan sting repeatedlywithout dying and carries a potent venom that can cause intense pain. (OG12 Q#20)
2: Eating saltwater fishmay significantly reducethe risk of heart attacks and aid sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis and asthma, according to three research studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine.(OG Verbal Edition 2 - Q#2
Thanks,
Payal
C is incorrect because of use of expression "in its paying doctors and hospitals". @sausi007, you are correct. There is no specific rule as such but there are certain guidelines that we can follow:
Lets look at two example sentences here:
Her singing mesmerized the audience.
Here "possessive (her) singing" is fine. We are emphasizing on "singing" as a noun.
Her paying the debt helped the family.
Here the expression "her paying" is awkward. See in this case also we are emphasizing on "paying" as a noun. But we already have a noun form designated for this usage - payment. So we should use that as follows:
Her payment of the debt helped the family.
Thus as we just saw, possessive noun followed by an action word used as a noun is weird in cases when the noun form exists for the action word.
Therefore C is incorrect because of use of expression "in its paying doctors and hospitals".
Thanks,
Payal
Is 'b' the correct answer for this ?
Hi,
I am confused b/w B & D:-
1.Judge Lois Forers study asks why do some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among rich and poor.
(A) do some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among
(B) some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed between
(C) do some litigants have a preferred status over another in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among
(D) some litigants have a preferred status to another in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact not equally distributed betweenďźˆB
(E) does one litigant have a preferred status over the other in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact they are not equally distributed among
Thanks