Parallelism can be one factor
aiding...pollinating....helping
B can be the answer as all other options fail on this criteria...
the thing is when u use semi-colon u shud have an independent clause having a subject and a verb.. but thats not the case here...
so I need help to differentiate when to use that "independent clause" thing and when not to.
i agree target750 that parallelism is an issue . but then y why wud we need a semi-colon? hope u get my point
@cogni,target,kunal : dudesdoes any one of you have og13 with you ??
I wanted to discuss some problems . I can't copy-paste them from any source and neither I want to type them
plz reply....well the questions are :
SC : 26,65,68,71,79,114,132
Well, as i have read at many places, the answer is the best among the choices and may not be the best in english usage. Considering that, I would make the choice as provided earlier and move on. Let me know of your take on that.
And yes , what's the OA?
u have given the correct answer.. it is B. 😃
but i would love to know the reason for omiting a subject in an independent clause.. that was the reason why I asked this question. and i read somewhere that u can omit.. but why and when..? i do not know that.. Hope u can help.. with this. thanks :)
Kunal..Thanks for the answer...dude i m more of a rookie with the verbal stuff...more than half the stuff what i read on these threads just blows over my head....never really cared about grammar in school....don't even know what subjunctive is (any many other grammar terms)....I just try to look for patterns and some intent....no wonder i scored pathetically in my GMAT verbal ...
Just a quick note...can it be a printing mistake...i was gng through the manhattan gmat website once...on one of their thread...the moderator had mentioned that one of the answer in OG was wrong...
Even astronomers were amazed at the success of the Neptune flyby, which produced a photograph of a previously undetected moon; this is likely to result in increased governmental support for the hitherto neglected U.S. space program.
(A) this is likely to result in
(B) that will cause
(C) and which is likely to result in
(D) this success is likely to result in
(E) it is likely to result with
I do not know that. would love to clear my concepts on it..
if u can get ur hands on OG 13 just look at 71.. May be i did not understand it.. but i got it wrong and did not understud the explaination also.. can not type one more question..:P
I do not think that this question is wrong.. and trust me target750 u just have the right approach and u can nail the exam.
For the records this is the first time that I will be appearing for GMAT was chasing CAT..
From 1982 to 1987 sales of new small boats increased between five and ten percent annually.
(A) From 1982 to 1987 sales of new small boats increased between five and ten percent annually.
(B) Five to ten percent is the annual increase in sales of new small boats in the years 1982 to 1987.
(C) Sales of new small boats have increased annually five and ten percent in the years 1982 to 1987.
(D) Annually an increase of five to ten percent has occurred between 1982 and 1987 in the sales of new small boats.
(E) Occurring from 1982 to 1987 was an annual increase of five and ten percent in the sales of new small boats.
From 1982 to 1987 sales of new small boats increased between five and ten percent annually.
(A) From 1982 to 1987 sales of new small boats increased between five and ten percent annually.
(B) Five to ten percent is the annual increase in sales of new small boats in the years 1982 to 1987.
(C) Sales of new small boats have increased annually five and ten percent in the years 1982 to 1987.
(D) Annually an increase of five to ten percent has occurred between 1982 and 1987 in the sales of new small boats.
(E) Occurring from 1982 to 1987 was an annual increase of five and ten percent in the sales of new small boats.
From 1982 to 1987 sales of new small boats increased between five and ten percent annually.
(A) From 1982 to 1987 sales of new small boats increased between five and ten percent annually.
(B) Five to ten percent is the annual increase in sales of new small boats in the years 1982 to 1987.
(C) Sales of new small boats have increased annually five and ten percent in the years 1982 to 1987.
(D) Annually an increase of five to ten percent has occurred between 1982 and 1987 in the sales of new small boats.
(E) Occurring from 1982 to 1987 was an annual increase of five and ten percent in the sales of new small boats.
"Tropical bats play important roles in the rain forest ecosystem, aiding in the dispersal of cashew, date, and fig seeds; pollinating banana, breadfruit, and mango trees; and indirectly help produce tequila by pollinating agave plants"
Looks like the problem is with the second part of statement - "and indirectly help produce". Based on my knowledge we cant use two verbs in continuation. So either one of A,B,C is the right answer. A is same so discarded. Can't describte what but something wrong with B. Option C looks more appropriate to me.
So the answer is C
On another thought....first two sentences are starting with "present continuous tense", for e.g. "aiding in the ..." and then "pollinating banana..". So the third sentence should also start with the same sense "helping....". With this analogy answer B looks more approapriate.
B. pollinating banana, breadfruit, and mango trees; and indirectly helping to produce
Yes, this is very strange. The only saving grace is that in this sentence, no option uses semicolon in a "classical" way and so, B emerges as the best among the given options.
In OG12, #92, an option reads:
The energy source on Voyager 2 is not a nuclear reactor, in which atoms are actively broken apart; rather a kind of nuclear battery that uses natural radioactive decay to produce power.
OE for this option clearly says: Subject and verb are needed after the semicolon.
Another question in OG12, #112, an option reads:
As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb, its rudimentary sense of vision would be rated about 20/500; qualifying it to be legally blind if an adult.
Again OE for this option clearly says: The use of a semicolon instead of a comma creates a sentence fragment.
In view of these, unless I am missing something, the current OG13 question seems to be a change in position vis-a-vis the usage of semicolon, on part of writers of the official questions, and we have to accept their position. I definitely do not think this is a typo in OG 13.
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In the mid-1920s the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company was the scene of an intensive series of experiments that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers performance.
(A) that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers performance
(B) investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have on workers performance
(C) for investigating what are the effects in workers performance that changes in working conditions would cause
(D) that investigated changes in working conditions effects on workers performance
(E) to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers performance
In the mid-1920s the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company was the scene of an intensive series of experiments that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers performance.
(A) that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers performance
(B) investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have on workers performance
(C) for investigating what are the effects in workers performance that changes in working conditions would cause
(D) that investigated changes in working conditions effects on workers performance
(E) to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers performance
In the mid-1920s the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company was the scene of an intensive series of experiments that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers performance.
(B) investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have on workers performance
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In the mid-1920s the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company was the scene of an intensive series of experiments that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers performance.
(A) that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers performance
(B) investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have on workers performance
(C) for investigating what are the effects in workers performance that changes in working conditions would cause
(D) that investigated changes in working conditions effects on workers performance
(E) to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers performance
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