GMAT Sentence Correction Discussions

MBA
10107
Authoritative parents are more likely than permissive parents to have children who as adolescents are self-confident, high in self-esteem, and responsibly independent.

IMO A
10108

can you please share the OA ?

10109
@ankushpr can you elaborate on the following explanation? so if there is a noun used like that, we need to use "were" ryt?
10110
@sandy_venkat The second question is nice . Got one ryt out of the two! 😃
10111

@ramitagrawal

4.D
5.D
6.B
7C
8E

these were really good ones, Source please ?

10112
@ramitagrawal

9. E

10 E

11B

12B

13C
10113
One of the points the therapist stressed was the realization that as a child grows,
their ability to share and comprehend time, enables them to take turns, albeit
reluctantly.


A. the realization that as a child grows, their
B. the realization that as children grow, their
C. to realize that that when a child grows, his or her
D. to realize that as a children grow, their
E. realizing that as children grow, their

Could not get it right :|
10114
5. When we look at the star Alpha Centauri, we see it as it was a little over four years
ago, for it took the light that long to get here.
A. we see it as it was a little over four years ago
B. we see it as it had been a little over four years ago
C. we see it as if it was a little over four years ago
D. it appears to us as it did in a little over four years ago
E. it appears to us as though a little over four years ago

I simply did not understand the sentence

10115
@dudeabhi011 said:
One of the points the therapist stressed was the realization that as a child grows,
their ability to share and comprehend time, enables them to take turns, albeit
reluctantly.

A. the realization that as a child grows, their
B. the realization that as children grow, their
C. to realize that that when a child grows, his or her
D. to realize that as a children grow, their
E. realizing that as children grow, their

Could not get it right
answer is B?
10116
@dudeabhi011 said:
5. When we look at the star Alpha Centauri, we see it as it was a little over four years
ago, for it took the light that long to get here.
A. we see it as it was a little over four years ago
B. we see it as it had been a little over four years ago
C. we see it as if it was a little over four years ago
D. it appears to us as it did in a little over four years ago
E. it appears to us as though a little over four years ago

I simply did not understand the sentence

answer is E?
10117
@cyndrella hi ! can you provide an explanation for this answer? Most of us have gone for A
10118
@abhiEnigma007 OA is A , but I have no clue of reasoning behind it..

Can the experts please explain.
10119
@abhiEnigma007 yep B
B. the realization that as children grow, their

can you explain whats wrong with C ?

10120
@dudeabhi011
@dudeabhi011 said:
One of the points the therapist stressed was the realization that as a child grows,their ability to share and comprehend time, enables them to take turns, albeitreluctantly.A. the realization that as a child grows, theirB. the realization that as children grow, theirC. to realize that that when a child grows, his or herD. to realize that as a children grow, theirE. realizing that as children grow, theirCould not get it right
My Answer is C
10121
@dudeabhi011 said:
5. When we look at the star Alpha Centauri, we see it as it was a little over four yearsago, for it took the light that long to get here.A. we see it as it was a little over four years agoB. we see it as it had been a little over four years agoC. we see it as if it was a little over four years agoD. it appears to us as it did in a little over four years agoE. it appears to us as though a little over four years agoI simply did not understand the sentence
My answer is C
10122
@vaibhavwadhera 5. When we look at the star Alpha Centauri, we see it as it was a little over four yearsago, for it took the light that long to get here.A. we see it as it was a little over four years agoB. we see it as it had been a little over four years agoC. we see it as if it was a little over four years agoD. it appears to us as it did in a little over four years agoE. it appears to us as though a little over four years agoI simply did not understand the sentence

OA is A

can someone explain how >?
10123
@Govi Govi is right.Moreover, the verb required is generally followed by 'to'...am i right?
10124
@EducationAisle Is E the answer for that

And yes you are right it is not official question got it from some practice material
10125
@dudeabhi011 said:
5. When we look at the star Alpha Centauri, we see it as it was a little over four yearsago, for it took the light that long to get here.A. we see it as it was a little over four years agoB. we see it as it had been a little over four years agoC. we see it as if it was a little over four years agoD. it appears to us as it did in a little over four years agoE. it appears to us as though a little over four years agoI simply did not understand the sentence

This should be A I feel.

Let me try to give an analogy. Suppose you are telling someone about your college which you have not seen for many years. You might say something like "Whenever I think of my college, I remember it (i.e. the college) as it was a little over three years back" the idea being you remember the college, as it was then (and not as it is now)

Here A follows a similar structure.

B is wrong because had been is too clumsy (would you say "he was a good player 3 years ago" or "he had been a good player 3 years ago"?)

C is wrong, because it should be "as it (the star) was" not "as if it was" which would mean we see as if the time had changed.

D is wrong because it does not appear to us now as it appeared 4 years back (which is what this option seems to say) but as it actually was 4 years back.

E is ungrammatical and has a problem similar to C

regards
scrabbler
10126
@dudeabhi011 said:
One of the points the therapist stressed was the realization that as a child grows,their ability to share and comprehend time, enables them to take turns, albeitreluctantly.

B I feel.
@dudeabhi011 said:
A. the realization that as a child grows, their
Child does not agree with "their" or with "enables them"
@dudeabhi011 said:
B. the realization that as children grow, their
Best available choice.
@dudeabhi011 said:
C. to realize that that when a child grows, his or her

Child does not agree with "enables them"
@dudeabhi011 said:
D. to realize that as a children grow, their
A children makes no sense
@dudeabhi011 said:
E. realizing that as children grow, their

"One of the points" should be a noun, so would rather have "the realization" than "realizing" as that point.

regards
scrabbler