Hi,
Can anyone PM me the soft copy of SC grail?
thanks in advance.
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Sunil
Try to get the Manhattan SC guide in ur blood...and u'll be all gud...trust me...!!! :cheers:
ps25 Saysi fully agree. Manhattan is in fact better than Grail. Grail is mostly developed by Indians and who can be more reliable about American English than American themselves, so I would go for Manhattan (old and reputed one), additionally there are few things said in MAnhattan such as avoid "progressive" tense to express future (such as I am going to meet you tomorrow vs I will meet you tomorrow); and avoid verb form "to be + to" such as "they are to have lunch together", whereas Grail uses these things in their examples as well as in theory. so I got confused and decided to stick to Manhattan prep material
i)The restaurant not only hired a new chef, but it
also expanded its seating capacity.
ii) The restaurant not only hired a new chef, but also
expanded its seating capacity.
I read these two statements in some flashcards ,which says that option ii) is the correct choice.However i have a doubt in this case as I have read in MGMAT that when 'and' is preceded by comma it should be an independent clause.Doesn't the same rule applies for 'but' or any other coordinating conjuctions?
Please clarify the issue ASAP as I have my exam in 2 days.
the pronoun 'it' used here does not have a clear antecedent. Is it for restaurant or the chef??? I hope that clarifies your doubt.
All d best...Do keep us posted... Cheers...!!!
i)The restaurant not only hired a new chef, but it
also expanded its seating capacity.
ii) The restaurant not only hired a new chef, but also
expanded its seating capacity.
I read these two statements in some flashcards ,which says that option ii) is the correct choice.However i have a doubt in this case as I have read in MGMAT that when 'and' is preceded by comma it should be an independent clause.Doesn't the same rule applies for 'but' or any other coordinating conjuctions?
Please clarify the issue ASAP as I have my exam in 2 days.
i)The restaurant not only hired a new chef, but it
also expanded its seating capacity.
ii) The restaurant not only hired a new chef, but also
expanded its seating capacity.
I read these two statements in some flashcards ,which says that option ii) is the correct choice.However i have a doubt in this case as I have read in MGMAT that when 'and' is preceded by comma it should be an independent clause.Doesn't the same rule applies for 'but' or any other coordinating conjuctions?
Please clarify the issue ASAP as I have my exam in 2 days.
not only ABC but also PQR?
Also and may be preceded by comma in case of clause or in case of noun phrases too if the list has more than 2 items. But in both cases but is preceded by comma so not sure whats the doubt :(
Btw do give ur experience of exam.
Interesting question:
Long answer:
Consider the following two official sentences:
Many policy experts say that shifting a portion of health-benefit costs back to the workers not only helps to control the employer's costs, but also helps to limit medical spending by making patients more careful consumers.
The psychologist William James believed that facial expressions not only provide a visible sign of an emotion but also actually contribute to the feeling itself.
The first one has a comma, the second one does not.
Short answer: Punctuation per se is not tested on GMAT. So, in general, don't base your decision on the right/wrong option based upon punctuation.
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Thanks,
Ashish
GMAT Faculty @ EducationAisle
GMAT - 99th Percentile, MBA - ISB
EducationAisle
What about semicolon and comma? Are they also not tested in cases of identifying run-on sentences or if semicolon is used correctly?
In few mock tests i faced questions with punctuation differentiated answers (MGMAT mocks)
Yah...ur right...i overlooked it actually....:banghead:
Actually "it" very unambiguously refers to "restaurant". For one thing, "it" as a pronoun cannot refer to "living beings" (chef).
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Thanks,
Ashish
GMAT Faculty @ EducationAisle
GMAT - 99th Percentile, MBA - ISB
I guess we still need to verify the validity of a comma, semicolon or a colon if they are present in the original sentence. How do we go about that?
Actually "it" very unambiguously refers to "restaurant". For one thing, "it" as a pronoun cannot refer to "living beings" (chef).
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Thanks,
Ashish
GMAT Faculty @ EducationAisle
GMAT - 99th Percentile, MBA - ISB
EducationAisle
What about semicolon and comma? Are they also not tested in cases of identifying run-on sentences or if semicolon is used correctly?
In few mock tests i faced questions with punctuation differentiated answers (MGMAT mocks)
Interesting question:
Long answer:
Consider the following two official sentences:
Many policy experts say that shifting a portion of health-benefit costs back to the workers not only helps to control the employer's costs, but also helps to limit medical spending by making patients more careful consumers.
The psychologist William James believed that facial expressions not only provide a visible sign of an emotion but also actually contribute to the feeling itself.
The first one has a comma, the second one does not.
Short answer: Punctuation per se is not tested on GMAT. So, in general, don't base your decision on the right/wrong option based upon punctuation.
-------------------------------------------
Thanks,
Ashish
GMAT Faculty @ EducationAisle
GMAT - 99th Percentile, MBA - ISB
In case of Non-essential modifiers, the MGMAT SC Guide says that there should be a comma with a which... My point is that in such cases, shud we or shudnt we consider the elimination by this rule?
Actually in case of what is called a "run-on" sentence, the presence or absence of a comma does not matter; in either case the sentence would be incorrect. A semicolon, on the other hand, functions almost like a full-stop, in the sense that two Independent clauses can be separated by it. So, there is generally no scope for confusion.
By the way, my post stated "in general" you should not look at punctuation to identify right or wrong answers. One instance comes to my mind where a comma can be used to eliminate a wrong answer - when "which" is used as a pureplay relative pronoun (in the sense that "which" is not a part of prepositional phrase), there would always be a comma before "which".
However, even in that case, the absence of comma (before "which") would not be the only reason why that option would be incorrect.
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Thanks,
Ashish
GMAT Faculty @ EducationAisle
GMAT - 99th Percentile, MBA - ISB
Here's one question from actual gmat.
Can some help out with right answer?
The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales and in fact
include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is
famous for its aggressive hunting pods.
A. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long
and is
B. include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and
C. include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long and
being
D. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet
long and is
E. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long
and it is
Here's one question from actual gmat.
Can some help out with right answer?
The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales and in fact
include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is
famous for its aggressive hunting pods.
A. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long
and is
B. include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and
C. include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long and
being
D. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet
long and is
E. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long
and it is
Seems like you have given wrong options there :)..
As far as I Remember, this question is frm the OG with the options being differnt...:grin:
Anyways, the original sentence here seems to be most apt
Yes, and in case you are wondering how we figured out, the first word in the underlined portion is the same for all answer choices ("include"). This never happens on GMAT.
So this is either not an authentic question or you have mis-typed it.
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Thanks,
Ashish
GMAT Faculty @ EducationAisle
GMAT - 99th Percentile, MBA - ISB
Here's one question from actual gmat.
Can some help out with right answer?
The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales and in fact
include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is
famous for its aggressive hunting pods.
A. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long
and is
B. include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and
C. include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long and
being
D. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet
long and is
E. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long
and it is
ps25 SaysSeems like you have given wrong options there :)..
One doubt from the OG (dissatisfied with the solution 
)
Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.
(a)
(b) An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear
(c) An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past
(d) Executives' being heavily committed to a course of action,especially if it has worked well in the past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting them when they do appear
(e) Being heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has worked well in the past, is likely to make an executive miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear
Please do reply as i hav spent a lot of time writing this....:-(......
One doubt from the OG (dissatisfied with the solution)
Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.
(a)
(b) An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear
(c) An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past
(d) Executives' being heavily committed to a course of action,especially if it has worked well in the past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting them when they do appear
(e) Being heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has worked well in the past, is likely to make an executive miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear
Please do reply as i hav spent a lot of time writing this....:-(......
This seems a question of misplaced pronoun reference.
In A, "makes it likely to" here the confusion is on what IT refers to:
-Commitment
-Course of action
In B, "misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear", this seems to imply that only misinterpreting is likely and missing is certain. Altered Intent
In D, the use of Executives' is wrong
In E, referent of "Being" is not clearly Executive.
Thus C seems to be the best option.
Option 'E' is what the OG suggests...
Waiting for comments from ps2 and EducationAisle...
This seems a question of misplaced pronoun reference.
In A, "makes it likely to" here the confusion is on what IT refers to:
-Commitment
-Course of action
In B, "misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear", this seems to imply that only misinterpreting is likely and missing is certain. Altered Intent
In D, the use of Executives' is wrong
In E, referent of "Being" is not clearly Executive.
Thus C seems to be the best option.
One doubt from the OG (dissatisfied with the solution
Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.
(a)
(b) An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear
(c) An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past
(d) Executives' being heavily committed to a course of action,especially if it has worked well in the past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting them when they do appear
(e) Being heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has worked well in the past, is likely to make an executive miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear
Please do reply as i hav spent a lot of time writing this....:-(......
Option 'E' is what the OG suggests...
Waiting for comments from ps2 and EducationAisle...
i guess option c is not correct for two reasons
first, what is subject of second "is" in the sentence?
1. An executive
2. Course of action
second problem i think with this option is last part "especially if it..." what is it referring to? its placed too far from course of action to refer it unambiguously.
these two things i could identify from the option c, however i will read explanation in og. i believe its from og12, can u give me question number? problem is fantastic however
@ps25...i knew u wud appreciate it:biggrin:... OG12...ques 101....
my take...acc to Manhattan, 'it' can only refer to thing(s)...and a pronoun can never replace a clause....so 'it' shudnt b ambiguous....
Option (E) is a passive voice...i wudnt go for it...until i hav no other options...
waiting for ur take.... let the gr8 minds get to work
...waiting for an answer....
i guess option c is not correct for two reasons
first, what is subject of second "is" in the sentence?
1. An executive
2. Course of action
second problem i think with this option is last part "especially if it..." what is it referring to? its placed too far from course of action to refer it unambiguously.
these two things i could identify from the option c, however i will read explanation in og. i believe its from og12, can u give me question number? problem is fantastic however
This seems a question of misplaced pronoun reference.
In A, "makes it likely to" here the confusion is on what IT refers to:
-Commitment
-Course of action
In B, "misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear", this seems to imply that only misinterpreting is likely and missing is certain. Altered Intent
In D, the use of Executives' is wrong
In E, referent of "Being" is not clearly Executive.
Thus C seems to be the best option.
One doubt from the OG (dissatisfied with the solution
Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.
(a)
(b) An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear
(c) An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past
(d) Executives' being heavily committed to a course of action,especially if it has worked well in the past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting them when they do appear
(e) Being heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has worked well in the past, is likely to make an executive miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear
Please do reply as i hav spent a lot of time writing this....:-(......
While depressed property values can hurt some large investors, they are potentially devastating for home-owners. whose equity--in many cases representing a life's savings--can plunge or even disappear.
(A) they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose
(B) they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their
(C) for homeowners they are potentially devastating, because their
(D) for homeowners, it is potentially devastating in that their
(E) it can potentially devastate homeowners, whose
Hi all,
The above question, i have picked from previous posts. Can some please post the answer with explanation....
2.Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called for urban apartment houses including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities.
(A) including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities
(B) that included child-care facilities, and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
(C) with child-care facilities included and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
(D) that included child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities
(E) to include child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities included
Another Question..Please post the answer with explanation.
While depressed property values can hurt some large investors, they are potentially devastating for home-owners. whose equity--in many cases representing a life's savings--can plunge or even disappear.
(A) they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose
(B) they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their
(C) for homeowners they are potentially devastating, because their
(D) for homeowners, it is potentially devastating in that their
(E) it can potentially devastate homeowners, whose
Hi all,
The above question, i have picked from previous posts. Can some please post the answer with explanation....
Answer A.
Choice D and E out of question, "it" is singular whereas antecedent is plural "property values"
C has "their" which is ambiguous and B has a phrase "..in that their.." is something sounds awkward.