Thanks,
Abhinav
@mainbhidhruv Hi , If you have time on your side, which I am considering you have , as almost all the R1 deadlines are about 6 - 7 months away please go on and read those chapters they help you to tackle very hard or 700-800 type questions.
@EducationAisle in option E "the weakness of the hypothesis which sounds plausible" which refers to what? weakness or hypothesis....also i'll be grateful if u can help me with few of my querries about Subject Verb Agreement...
1. A large decline in oil prices should eventually (Lead/Leads) to...?
2. According to recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land (is/are) still a goal of ....? in this particular subject what's the subject? and aren't we suppose to consider the subject plural if two noun joined by and?
3. A breakwater of rocks that would rise six feet above the waterline and (act/acts) as a buffer..?
4. Wealth is singular/plural?
5. Data singular/plural?
thanks in advance...
@EducationAisle thanks for prompt reply...but as per OG11 Q132 it's "One view of the economy contends that a large drop in oil prices should eventually lead to..." sorry i asked for a large decline instead a large drop...both expression same or different?
is the expression "Strawberries and ice-cream is a high calorie snack." correct?
and one last querry...its regarding Like Vs As..
Just like a glass of water that will not overflow due to melting ice cubes, so melting sea ice does not increase oceanic volume. is the usage of like correct? we know that like is used to compare nouns and noun phrases..in that way a glass of water is a noun phrase and the expression "that will not...." is a modifier...so usage of like is correct..does it make sense?
thanks.
People!!
(A) from a one-page writing sample that it can assess
(B) from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing
(C) the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing
(D) to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess
(E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,
Digvijay.
C?
@braincrash said:People!!1.A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.(A) from a one-page writing sample that it can assess(B) from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing(C) the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing(D) to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess(E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,Digvijay.
A ?
@braincrash said:People!!1.A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.(A) from a one-page writing sample that it can assess(B) from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing(C) the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing(D) to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess(E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,Digvijay.
D?
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@braincrash said:People!!1.A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.(A) from a one-page writing sample that it can assess(B) from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing(C) the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing(D) to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess(E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,Digvijay.
D)
One claims [something] from [something else/some entity]
Eg, Raj claimed Rs1000 from the insurance company.
Basically, claim is a transitive verb and needs an object associated with it.
So saying that "the firm claimed from a one-page writing" is incomplete and incorrect.
@TheMask03
I, too, was confused between C and D.
But then I thought: You can't "claim" an ability, you can "claim" "to possess/ to be able to do".
The answer is D.
Hope it clears.
Digvijay
@egmat said:If you ask me outside of GMAT, I would say that verb-ed modifier work pretty much in the same way as verb-ing modifiers do. i.e. they are versatile modifiers that modify preceding clause when they are separated by comma (Thus, the modifier tired but excited modifies the subject "he" and not the "match) and the closest noun phrase when they are not separated by comma. Thus, in the context of general English, the sentence you have stated is correct. "tired and excited" applies to "he" or the preceding clause. It basically extends the thought presented in the preceding clause.But if you ask me in the context of GMAT, I would say that the rule that I stated earlier applies. i.e. verb-ed modifiers always modify the closest noun phrase. Remember OG is the prescribed syllabus. And there are 3 questions in OG that test the usage of verb-ed modifiers. OG12 #56, 28, 5. Thanks,Payal
Hi Payal, among the questions you have mentioned, in question 5, "surpassed" should modify "death", but it is actually modifying "diabetes".
Would appreciate your response.
Kindly answer this
which one is correct and why
steve, lucy and i will be going to harvard university this fall
steve, lucy and i will go to harvard university this fall
Lungfish have some characteristics similar to those of mammals, and in other ways they are more closely resemble fish.a.) and in other ways they are more closely resemble fishb.) and others similar to those of fishc.) and some fish -like characteristicsd.) in addition to several fish characteristicse.) and some characteristics similar as fish
The actual question is
Steve,lucy and I.... (go) to harvard university this fall
the question was under the section of future tense of verbs the answer which I had given was will go and the answer in the book is will be going this is the back ground so any thoughts on which one is precise (reference GMAT grammar book)
Kindly answer this
which one is correct and why
steve, lucy and iwill be going
to harvard university this fall
"will go" indicates a one time action, a for of infinitive. "will be going" means that in the future, there will be a continuous action of "going", which is not the implied meaning here.
Secondly, there is one point that is ignored. You are presenting a list of 3 people. Instead there can be a list of 3 actions. And if ALL 3 are part of the list, separate them with commas. So you present like this:
X, Y, and Z
where
list element 1: X
list element 2: Y
list element 3: Z
X, Y and Z
list elements are
list element 1: X
list element 2: Y and Z
This is extremely important in parallelism cases. So take care.
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The fanatical young group of girls have been waiting in the concert line all night by the time the tickets go on sale
A) have been waiting in the concert line all night
B) will have been waiting in the concert line each night
C) will have been waiting in the concert line the entire night
D) had been waiting in the concert line all night
E) has been waiting in the concert line the whole night
Kindly answer this one with proper explanation
1) my sister, lucy, still hasn't decided the country where she wants to travel after she graduates from university
a)still hasn't decided the country where she wants to travel
b)which country she wants to visit still doesn't know it
c) is undecided about the country where she wants to travel
d) hasn't decided which country where she is traveling
e)still hasn't decided what country she wants to visit
kindly answer this one
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His lawyer produced an important new evidence. Is this statement incorrect?