In fact Arun, there is a sweet rule followed by GMAT.
" A 'Which' in a sentence Always refers to what it follows "
This is one hard and fast rule and can be blindly trusted.
The only exception to this rule is when WHICH is followed by a preposition, as in
........to which...
or
.........in which.....
So there should be no confusion as to what WHICH is referring to in the Qn stem and hence for this reason no answer to this Qn can begin with WHICH, because what follows in rest of the sentence is the further description of the extinct animal and not its wingspan.
is just not a relative pronoun. It may also act as a determiner or an interrogative pronoun. Even as a relative pronoun, it may be subjective or objective in nature. If that was not enough-the relative clause introduced by "
which"
The tool to which you are referring is out of stock.
Please pardon my low ability of comprehension. Could you explain what you meant when you said that the 'rule is out of stock'. Does it means that it is no longer in use now or it is limited in scope or its a 'stock rule' ie can be used only in certain scenarios?
Also, I got an Information Overload seeing the varieties of names that a simple 'Which' can take. Could you also explain how one can make use of such vast knowledge of Grammar in solving SC Qns during Gmat Test.
Should one go about identifying what kind of 'Which' the sentence is featuring and then look for the specifics of that particular type and then negate the answer choice? It will be helpful for me and other people if you can share ur experience from the real Gmat tests.
If you can , please try to answer from the perspective of a single time GMAT taker, who isnt obsessed about Gmat but just wants to take the Gmat only once to clear this first step of application marathon and who is aiming to score within the median range of top 30 Bschools worldwide.
The football team, tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut. A. tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut. B. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut. C. tired after four hours of practice and because they wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut. D. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, will take a short cut. E. tiring after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut.
@245857anu said: The football team, tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut.A. tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut.B. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut.C. tired after four hours of practice and because they wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut.D. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, will take a short cut.E. tiring after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut.puys pls explain also in detail.
Hi Guys, would appreciate if you could please let me know the sources for SC questions. Manhattan and Aristotle contain the concepts but they dont really have questions.
I would like to see beyond OG and 1000SC, are there any other good sources available?
Can you please give in your thoughts for my SC strategy as i think this should suit me.
Learn all the concepts from MGMAT SC and Artistotle SC Grail as in TOPIC WISE and then practice questions from OG so that i can be firmed up in my mind.
Most of the people read all the book and then practice but in that loosing the earlier concepts learned.
@245857anu , Hi there...I am not a veteran but I guess you are on a right track. If you could just do few questions in b/w here and there then it would help you in keeping all your concepts intact....once your are done with all the fundas then go for the kill.
This is the approach I am planning to follow......Experts plz share your 2 cents as well...
Idea is to do it topic wise and practice questions. But the problem is if I do it then my OG SC will get exhausted. So in the end what will be the source for practice.
My Expln: Understanding the structure of the sentence wil help a lot here.
The football team : Subject
Tired of.. and wanted to.. : Modifying phrase
Took: Verb
The confusing part is 'why tired and why wanting' in the correct sentence. Reason is you should maintain parallelism before and after 'AND'.. Correct Usage should be tired(participle) and wanting(participle).. And the tense in the original sentence should be maintained.. That is why the ans is B and not D.. Hope this helps.. If u need more explanations, lemme know.. I ll try my best..
OA is B, but my question is how did you recognize wanted as a verb and wanting as a participle. how you can see so deep and think in 1 minute to answer. Is it exhaustive practice or some good grammar base OR any special book to refer!!! hope for a quick reply.
I wouldn't cal it an exhaustive practice because I have jus started my preparation. I have started to look into things very deeply during my preparation. Believe me, 100 hours of practice and 1000 questions jus can't do the magic. For instance, whenever i see an AND, I look for parallelism too. Parallelism is jus not maintaining -ing form or -ed form. It is more than that. That way, 'tired' is an adjective and wanted should be 'wanting' to be an adjective.. Also, u don't hav to be a grammar guru. but should be in a position to understand the concepts. That way u can master.. I would say understanding the concepts deeply(which I am also tryin to do) wil really help since GMAT is more than jus identifying patterns.. This is my approach.. Experts pl clarify whether my approach to this ques is right..
The team was tired after playing for 4 hours. It is simple past tense. And the team still wants to go home. This is present continous. Hence tired (simple past) and wanting (present continous).
tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut.
A. tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut.
B. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut.
C. tired after four hours of practice and because they wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut.
D. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, will take a short cut.
E. tiring after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut.puys pls explain also in detail.
In this sentence -- "tired after few hours and wanted to reach home quickly" is set off with comma. If we analyze the meaning --
Tired after few hours of practice, the football team took a short cut --- "tired" is the cause for the effect "taking short cut". Moreover "tired" is a past participle and hence derived from a passive construction. Past participle is perfect here as the football team cannot get tired by themselves. There should be a agent for getting tired.
the football team took a short cut , wanting to reach home quickly -- this two action is an action taking place at the same time.
@a_tomIdea is to do it topic wise and practice questions. But the problem is if I do it then my OG SC will get exhausted. So in the end what will be the source for practice.Experts please pitch in some thoughts.
SC Grail has 125 questions at the end so you won't have to worry about exhausting the OG questions. After going through a particular topic from the book, I do the associated questions at the end to fine tune what i learnt.
A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could, (B) that they would, or could, (C) they will be or could (D) think that they will be or could (E) think the power stations would or could
A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present butthat they will, or could,be made sufficiently safe in the future.(A) that they will, or could,(B) that they would, or could,(C) they will be or could(D) think that they will be or could(E) think the power stations would or could
wil really help since GMAT is more than jus identifying patterns.. This is my approach.. Experts pl clarify whether my approach to this ques is right..