I am posting some questions from OG , (59,62,67,6, just in case there is a typo error , I have some confusion on the same which I have mentioned below the question.
My ans for the SC
1.In which great ice sheets had existed in what are now temperate areas
2.Reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump
3.If some food allergy is attributed as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior.
4.Many people, willing to admit that they lack computer skills or other technical skills, are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.
-Deepak.
fattu SaysIn the same question I have another doubt. 1972 agreement happened in past. Phosphate was dumped in lake before 1972 .(past of past) so had been looks OK ?why the answer with *are* is the correct choice
well, the story goes like this.
Municipalities were allowed to dump a certain amount of phosphates.They are still allowed to dump them even now.
The 1972 agreement just reduced the maximum amount of phosphates that municipalities can dump.
So "are" is the correct choice.
hope this helps.
Thanks .. that looks a good explaination
A siple one from Princeton.. m confusin myself badly
Fire alarms will fail to detect a fire if they haven't been cleaned recently
My doubt is that since the sentenc is in simple future.. shouldn't it be like:
Fire alarms will fail to detect a fire if they wouldn't have been cleaned recently...
to keep the trense consistent as mentioned by princeton...
lemme know ur thoughts
A siple one from Princeton.. m confusin myself badly
Fire alarms will fail to detect a fire if they haven't been cleaned recently
My doubt is that since the sentenc is in simple future.. shouldn't it be like:
Fire alarms will fail to detect a fire if they wouldn't have been cleaned recently...
to keep the trense consistent as mentioned by princeton...
lemme know ur thoughts
hi checkinnn,
it's easy to have such doubts if u have just finished reading all the rules of SC but relax.
" Fire alarms will fail to detect a fire if they haven't been cleaned recently" is correct.
All the tenses do not have to be in the same tense.
Both the events are not taking place in the future and they dont occur together.
The cleaning is done first and depending on whether it has been done or not, the fire alarms detect fire.See the flow?
hi checkinnn,
it's easy to have such doubts if u have just finished reading all the rules of SC but relax.
" Fire alarms will fail to detect a fire if they haven't been cleaned recently" is correct.
All the tenses do not have to be in the same tense.
Both the events are not taking place in the future and they dont occur together.
The cleaning is done first and depending on whether it has been done or not, the fire alarms detect fire.See the flow?
But Princeton clearly says that the the verb tense of a sentence should be consistent??? So is this an exception?? How do u realise that this case is an exception... anwhere any such rules are mentioned?? where did u get this explanation from??
I guess the way I have framed it is also right... comments??
one of the Princeton sc's has this as the final answer:
His temperament fueled by a distrust of technology, Stanley did his best to insulate himself from what he termed "the pains of modern living"
the first part kinda looks incomplete to me...
I feel that a much bettr way is
Having had his temperament fueled by a distrust of technology, Stanley did his best to insulate himself from what he termed "the pains of modern living"
but Princeton says that this gives the impression thats he had his temperament fueled on purpose...
comments??? somehow I had elimimnated the first one straightaway coz it feels incomplete to me...
But Princeton clearly says that the the verb tense of a sentence should be consistent??? So is this an exception?? How do u realise that this case is an exception... anwhere any such rules are mentioned?? where did u get this explanation from??
I guess the way I have framed it is also right... comments??
i havent gone through the princeton verbal so im not sure which part u r referring to.yes, verb tense should be consistent.U have to check when the events are taking place and that makes the tense consistent actually.this is not an exception.
consistency doesnt mean that both tenses must be same.it just means that the tenses must be ordered logically.
i didnt get this explanation from anywhere.i saw ur question and answered it.
hope this helps!
one of the Princeton sc's has this as the final answer:
His temperament fueled by a distrust of technology, Stanley did his best to insulate himself from what he termed "the pains of modern living"
the first part kinda looks incomplete to me...
I feel that a much bettr way is
Having had his temperament fueled by a distrust of technology, Stanley did his best to insulate himself from what he termed "the pains of modern living"
but Princeton says that this gives the impression thats he had his temperament fueled on purpose...
comments??? somehow I had elimimnated the first one straightaway coz it feels incomplete to me...
this one is better
both sentences are grammatically correct and complete.so that makes the job a bit tougher.the 2nd one is quite tempting but it does feel like Stanley first had his temperament fuelled by ..... and then he did his best to...
However, in reality, he did not do anything to have his temperament fueled by distrust of technology.it just happened to him.the 1st sentence presents this idea in a better way.hence the 1st choice.
Hi .
I was not clear with the explanations given in OG for following questions.
Any light on these will b very helpful.
107. In his research paper, Dr. Frosh, medical director of the Payne Whitney Clinic, distinguishes mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis.
(A) mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(B) mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(C) between mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(D) between mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(E) genuine manic-depressive psychosis and mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease
My doubt: distinguish A from B and distinguish between A and B both are correct idiom. Why does OG bluntly reject distinguish A from B
122.More than 30 years ago Dr. Barbara McClintock, the Nobel Prize winner, reported that genes can jump, as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another.
(A) as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another
(B) like pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another
(C) as pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
(D) like pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
(E) as do pearls that move mysteriously from one necklace to some other one
My doubt: Isn't here genes jumping (an action) compared with pearls movement. Did not understand why like is prefered here
Any help would be very much appreciated
Princeton Pg 31, Q14 :
1) In contrast to smaller apartment buildings that contain fewer than four residential units, each room within any residential complex must be equipped with a sprinkler system
It says that 1 is incorrect because it is a misplaced modiifier... My understanding is that ..In contrast to smaller apartment buildings is a modifier of the sentence after the comma and that contain fewer than four residential units is a modifier of Incontrast to smaller apartment buildings....
please correct me if I am wrong... if that is the case I agree that this is a case of misplaced modifier
2) Excluding those apartment buildings that have fewer than four residential units in them, each room within any residential complex must be equipped with a sprinkler system
Now here... that have fewer than four residential units in them is it a modifier of Excluding those apartment buildings....
is the first sentence before comma a phrase or a clause... like the first sentence isnt this also a case of misplaced modifier since we are talkin of apartmnet buildings and after comma it starts off with a room...
Hi .
I was not clear with the explanations given in OG for following questions.
Any light on these will b very helpful.
107. In his research paper, Dr. Frosh, medical director of the Payne Whitney Clinic, distinguishes mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis.
(A) mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(B) mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(C) between mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(D) between mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(E) genuine manic-depressive psychosis and mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease
My doubt: distinguish A from B and distinguish between A and B both are correct idiom. Why does OG bluntly reject distinguish A from B
122.More than 30 years ago Dr. Barbara McClintock, the Nobel Prize winner, reported that genes can jump, as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another.
(A) as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another
(B) like pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another
(C) as pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
(D) like pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
(E) as do pearls that move mysteriously from one necklace to some other one
My doubt: Isn't here genes jumping (an action) compared with pearls movement. Did not understand why like is prefered here
Any help would be very much appreciated
107)the idioms "distinguish A from B" and "distinguish between A and B" both are correct.
the choices A,B,D and E have been eliminated because they have other errors.
Choice A uses "their" which is unnecessary.the use of idiom here is correct though.totally agree with you.Still we can safely eliminate choice A because of "their".
Did you notice that in B and D, they say clearly and strongly "incorrect idiom".But in A, they say "fails to use the correct idiomatic expression;their should be omitted".
"distinguish between A and B" is preferred over "distinguish A from B" provided there are no other errors.But if there is an error(like "their") safely eliminate.
i think that answers ur question.
122)choices C,D and E imply that the pearls actually move between necklaces but they don't.they stay in their own necklaces unless someone does that manually.it is just being imagined to show that genes can jump between 2 chromosomes.
Between A and B, the only difference is "as" and "like".
the part after the comma is a phrase and it should be introduced by a preposition like "like" instead of a conjunction."as" can be used if the 2nd part of the sentence is a clause with its own subject and verb.Hence 'like' is correct.
Hi,
The correct answer given for the following question in 1000SC is (A). Can any one help me out with the explanation..i m little confused abt it.
1.According to a study published by Dr. Myrna Weissman, only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression by the age of seventy-five; of those born since 1955, six percent had become depressed by age twenty-four.
(A) only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression by the age of seventy-five; of those born since 1955, six percent had become depressed by age twenty-four
(B) only one percent of Americans born before 1905 suffer major depression by the age of seventy-five; if they are born since 1955, six percent become depressed by age twenty-four
(C) of Americans born before 1905, only one percent of them have suffered major depression by age seventy-five, but six percent of those born since 1955 do by the age of twenty-four
(D) major depression is suffered by the age of seventy-five by only one percent of Americans born before 1905, and by age twenty-four by the six percent born since 1955
(E) Americans born before 1905 suffer major depression by the age of seventy-five only one percent of the time, but six percent of those born since 1955 did so by age twenty-four
Hi,
The correct answer given for the following question in 1000SC is (A). Can any one help me out with the explanation..i m little confused abt it.
1.According to a study published by Dr. Myrna Weissman, only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression by the age of seventy-five; of those born since 1955, six percent had become depressed by age twenty-four.
(A) only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression by the age of seventy-five; of those born since 1955, six percent had become depressed by age twenty-four
(B) only one percent of Americans born before 1905 suffer major depression by the age of seventy-five; if they are born since 1955, six percent become depressed by age twenty-four
(C) of Americans born before 1905, only one percent of them have suffered major depression by age seventy-five, but six percent of those born since 1955 do by the age of twenty-four
(D) major depression is suffered by the age of seventy-five by only one percent of Americans born before 1905, and by age twenty-four by the six percent born since 1955
(E) Americans born before 1905 suffer major depression by the age of seventy-five only one percent of the time, but six percent of those born since 1955 did so by age twenty-four
I am not sure but here's my explanation:
Choices B, C, D and E and hugely flawed so A needs re-consideration :)
In choice A, though it seems that it doesn't follow the rules of parallelism, but since the two parts separated by ";" are grammatically correct, the whole sentence is correct. semi colon is used to join two distinct but related sentences. had there been a comma instead the sentence would have been wrong.
107)the idioms "distinguish A from B" and "distinguish between A and B" both are correct.
the choices A,B,D and E have been eliminated because they have other errors.
Choice A uses "their" which is unnecessary.the use of idiom here is correct though.totally agree with you.Still we can safely eliminate choice A because of "their".
Did you notice that in B and D, they say clearly and strongly "incorrect idiom".But in A, they say "fails to use the correct idiomatic expression;their should be omitted".
"distinguish between A and B" is preferred over "distinguish A from B" provided there are no other errors.But if there is an error(like "their") safely eliminate.
i think that answers ur question.
122)choices C,D and E imply that the pearls actually move between necklaces but they don't.they stay in their own necklaces unless someone does that manually.it is just being imagined to show that genes can jump between 2 chromosomes.
Between A and B, the only difference is "as" and "like".
the part after the comma is a phrase and it should be introduced by a preposition like "like" instead of a conjunction."as" can be used if the 2nd part of the sentence is a clause with its own subject and verb.Hence 'like' is correct.
Moreover, following a general rule, "as is used to compare same elements but "like" is used to compare similar things.
Here's a ques from 800score test. I am unable to understand their reasoning.
In his work, George Santayana is more reminiscent of Plato's poetic narratives and David Thoreau's obsessive detailing than Bertrand Russel's scientific precisions.
(A) In his work, George Santayana is more reminiscent of
(B) George Santayana writes more like
(C) George Santayana reminds one more of
(D) George Santayana's work is more reminiscent of
(E) George Santayana's work more resembles that of
My answer is (D), but they have mentioned (E) as correct reasoning that "resemble" is better usage than reminiscent for literary comparisons.
Is there any such thing??
Also, I think (E) is wrong because of "resembles that of". just "resembles of" is correct.
Here's a ques from 800score test. I am unable to understand their reasoning.
In his work, George Santayana is more reminiscent of Plato's poetic narratives and David Thoreau's obsessive detailing than Bertrand Russel's scientific precisions.
(A) In his work, George Santayana is more reminiscent of
(B) George Santayana writes more like
(C) George Santayana reminds one more of
(D) George Santayana's work is more reminiscent of
(E) George Santayana's work more resembles that of
My answer is (D), but they have mentioned (E) as correct reasoning that "resemble" is better usage than reminiscent for literary comparisons.
Is there any such thing??
Also, I think (E) is wrong because of "resembles that of". just "resembles of" is correct.
I would have also marked it as (D) .. it is more convincing.
"resembles that of" doesn't go in parallel with "than Bertrand Russel's scientific precision". However, i think "resembles of" is not idiomatically correct.
Hi puys,
please help me out with the following:
1.Acid rain and snow result from the chemical reactions between industrial emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides with atmospheric water vapor to produce highly corrosive sulfuric and nitric acids.
(A) with atmospheric water vapor to produce highly corrosive sulfuric and nitric acids
(B) with atmospheric water vapor producing highly corrosive sulfuric and nitric acids
(C) and atmospheric water vapor which has produced highly corrosive sulfuric and nitric acids
(D) and atmospheric water vapor which have produced sulfuric and nitric acids which are highly corrosive
(E) and atmospheric water vapor to produce highly corrosive sulfuric and nitric acids
I would have also marked it as (D) .. it is more convincing.
"resembles that of" doesn't go in parallel with "than Bertrand Russel's scientific precision". However, i think "resembles of" is not idiomatically correct.
what about the use of "reminiscent"?
is it incorrect to use it for literary comparisons?
what about the use of "reminiscent"?
is it incorrect to use it for literary comparisons?
"reminiscent" is generally used to refer something which reminds us of past experience. It is used to "remind/recall" and not to "compare". But, if we reject this as well, what would be the correct answer then
montaqes Says"reminiscent" is generally used to refer something which reminds us of past experience. It is used to "remind/recall" and not to "compare". But, if we reject this as well, what would be the correct answer then
yeah true. I guess they did a type by writing "that of" in last option having resembles...