1.Although Napoleon's army entered Russia with far more supplies than they had in their previous campaigns, it had provisions for only twenty-four days.
(A) they had in their previous campaigns
(B) their previous campaigns had had
(C) they had for any previous campaign
(D) in their previous campaigns
(E) for any previous campaign
1.Although Napoleon's army entered Russia with far more supplies than they had in their previous campaigns, it had provisions for only twenty-four days.
(A) they had in their previous campaigns
(B) their previous campaigns had had
(C) they had for any previous campaign
(D) in their previous campaigns
(E) for any previous campaign
E sounds correct.Army is singular, so we can't use "they" or "their" to refer to the army.
1.Although Napoleons army entered Russia with far more supplies than they had in their previous campaigns, it had provisions for only twenty-four days.
(A) they had in their previous campaigns
(B) their previous campaigns had had
(C) they had for any previous campaign
(D) in their previous campaigns
(E) for any previous campaign
Here the subject is Napoleon's army,which is a collective noun and therefore takes a singular pronoun. This is clear from the next part of the sentence "it had provisions". So cancel out all the options that have a plural pronoun referent - they,their etc.This leaves option "E". E is correct
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Originally Posted by checkinnn View Post
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...
the more I see 2, the more I feel convinced that it is wrong, since the portion before 2 lacks a verb and therfore is a phrase... since after phrases the sentence should begin with the subject... I think that this is wrong
Princeton says that the below two sentences are not parallel... could you please lemme know how can we make them parallel
As have many other newer American cities, Atlanta doubled in size in only its first ten years of existence
As with many other newer American cities, Atlanta doubled in size in only its first ten years of existence
Hi abchekstylo,
Q59 is talking about an age that is spread over a certain timeline.So 'in which' is perfect.All the other choices are clearly wrong anyway.If u think one of em is correct, tell me which one it is. -- Actually I took the 4 one thinking that time has to be in terms of when or during which , so it was like writing an age during which ....
Q62 is about a pact that was signed in 1972.Clearly past tense.So it should be "reduced"."reduces" can be used as in "the new xyz method reduces the amount of phosphates by 10%" -- Here I am not very clear , i thought of the above sentence to be in subjuntive mode , because a pact followed with that implies something like subjunctive mode , which led to me to choose reduces instead of reduced, can you please elaborate how you go along to find out whether the sentence is in subjunctive mode or not.
Q67."criminal or delinquent behavior" is the effect of "allergy to some food".
So it should e written as "criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to allergy to some food"."attributing as" is wrong use of the idiom
Q72 please specify what is not clear in this one.Seems very straighforward and the remaining choices are easily eliminated coz they make no sense. -- I took the answer 3 considering parrallelism , but i could not make out much from the solution which they have given for the above and also the reasoning which they have given.,,, can you elaborate on the same,
thanks man ,,, for the help..
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Originally Posted by checkinnn View Post
Princeton Pg 31, Q14 :
in 1, rooms are compared with apartment buildings whereas apartment buildings should be compared with residential complexes.Hence it could be a case of parallel comparison. Cant figure out any misplaced modifier in this one.
in 2, apartment buildings are part of residential complexes and if they have 5 or more residential units, they should have a sprinkler.this is clearer than 1.
Princeton says that the below two sentences are not parallel... could you please lemme know how can we make them parallel
As have many other newer American cities, Atlanta doubled in size in only its first ten years of existence
As with many other newer American cities, Atlanta doubled in size in only its first ten years of existence
I think a parallel version of this sentence would be:
As have many other newer American cities, Atlanta has doubled in size in only its first ten years of existence.
Hi abchekstylo,
Q59 is talking about an age that is spread over a certain timeline.So 'in which' is perfect.All the other choices are clearly wrong anyway.If u think one of em is correct, tell me which one it is. -- Actually I took the 4 one thinking that time has to be in terms of when or during which , so it was like writing an age during which ....
Q62 is about a pact that was signed in 1972.Clearly past tense.So it should be "reduced"."reduces" can be used as in "the new xyz method reduces the amount of phosphates by 10%" -- Here I am not very clear , i thought of the above sentence to be in subjuntive mode , because a pact followed with that implies something like subjunctive mode , which led to me to choose reduces instead of reduced, can you please elaborate how you go along to find out whether the sentence is in subjunctive mode or not.
Q67."criminal or delinquent behavior" is the effect of "allergy to some food".
So it should e written as "criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to allergy to some food"."attributing as" is wrong use of the idiom
Q72 please specify what is not clear in this one.Seems very straighforward and the remaining choices are easily eliminated coz they make no sense. -- I took the answer 3 considering parrallelism , but i could not make out much from the solution which they have given for the above and also the reasoning which they have given.,,, can you elaborate on the same,
thanks man ,,, for the help..
Q59 and Q67 are clear i think since u didnt mention any doubt.
Q62 this sentence is not in subjunctive mood.The subjunctive mood is used to express wishes, requests and conditional phrases like "i wish it would rain."
Q72 Active voice is preferred over passive voice.Secondly, "architects and masons" in the sentence should describe "the maya". Apparently, the maya seems to be some kind of cult which consisted of architects and masons.
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Originally Posted by checkinnn View Post
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...
the more I see 2, the more I feel convinced that it is wrong, since the portion before 2 lacks a verb and therfore is a phrase... since after phrases the sentence should begin with the subject... I think that this is wrong
1)I think here the first one a test of idiom usage. The Idiom is "In contrast to X,Y". The sentence follows this pattern and therefore is idiomatic and correct.There is no modifier in this sentence. Now coming to the usage of "that". I think "that" is used to introduce a clause or to refer to a noun immediately preceding it. so here that refers to "smaller apartment buildings" which seems correct.
2) Whenever a sentence begins with a participle it should modify something that comes after "," so it has to modify each room but here it looks as though it violates parallelism. If the second part of the sentence starts with Any complex then the sentence will be something like Any complex with rooms must be fitted with a sprinkler this clear changes the meaning of the sentence from rooms being fitted to apartments being fitted which is not correct.In GMAT we have to choose the best option.
Again, here that is not introducing a clause but refers to apartment buildings which seems correct. There is no modifier here.Hope this helps
hi all,
I am copy-pasting something which I got to read on the web just now. Here it goes.....
The difference between 'toward' and 'towards' :
what is the difference is between the words toward and towards (with an s). The bottom line seems to be that toward and towards are both correct and interchangeable: you can use either one because they mean the same thing. Many sources say that the s is more common in Britain than in the United States (1,2,3), so you should take into account what the convention is in your country and use towards in Britain and toward in the U.S. The story is similar when you need to decide between the words backward or backwards. Most references say that, like towards, backwards is standard in Britain and backward is standard in America. The exception is that when you are using backward as an adjective, as in her grandmother's backward ways or the program has backward compatibility, then you never use the s. It is always backward as an adjective.
So I guess if you are in the U.S. you have it easier because you can just remember that it's always backward without the s. We like short-cuts here, such as eating dinner in our cars, so you can remember that we've lopped off the s. But if you are using British English, then you have to remember that it's backwards as an adverb and backward as an adjective.
Can someone please enlighten me on this?
I am copy-pasting something which I got to read on the web just now. Here it goes.....
The difference between 'toward' and 'towards' :
what is the difference is between the words toward and towards (with an s). The bottom line seems to be that toward and towards are both correct and interchangeable: you can use either one because they mean the same thing. Many sources say that the s is more common in Britain than in the United States (1,2,3), so you should take into account what the convention is in your country and use towards in Britain and toward in the U.S. The story is similar when you need to decide between the words backward or backwards. Most references say that, like towards, backwards is standard in Britain and backward is standard in America. The exception is that when you are using backward as an adjective, as in her grandmother's backward ways or the program has backward compatibility, then you never use the s. It is always backward as an adjective.
So I guess if you are in the U.S. you have it easier because you can just remember that it's always backward without the s. We like short-cuts here, such as eating dinner in our cars, so you can remember that we've lopped off the s. But if you are using British English, then you have to remember that it's backwards as an adverb and backward as an adjective.
Can someone please enlighten me on this?
hi all,
I am copy-pasting something which I got to read on the web just now. Here it goes.....
The difference between 'toward' and 'towards' :
what is the difference is between the words toward and towards (with an s). The bottom line seems to be that toward and towards are both correct and interchangeable: you can use either one because they mean the same thing. Many sources say that the s is more common in Britain than in the United States (1,2,3), so you should take into account what the convention is in your country and use towards in Britain and toward in the U.S. The story is similar when you need to decide between the words backward or backwards. Most references say that, like towards, backwards is standard in Britain and backward is standard in America. The exception is that when you are using backward as an adjective, as in her grandmother's backward ways or the program has backward compatibility, then you never use the s. It is always backward as an adjective.
So I guess if you are in the U.S. you have it easier because you can just remember that it's always backward without the s. We like short-cuts here, such as eating dinner in our cars, so you can remember that we've lopped off the s. But if you are using British English, then you have to remember that it's backwards as an adverb and backward as an adjective.
Can someone please enlighten me on this?
well that post seems to be self-enlightening.
US english uses backward and toward and British English uses backwards and towards.however i dont think that the GMAT would test this in particular.If it does, it would always be safer to choose American English over British English. eg: color instead of colour.
Also i read in a book(Princeton i think) that GMAT tests neither American nor Bristish English, but only GMAT English. 😁 Wonder if that helps anyone but thats the way it is and they have their own disclaimer: "choose the best option from those available." it could very well mean: "choose the option that WE, the testers, think is the best".
Hi abchekstylo
What would be the correct version of this sentence to make it parallel..
As with many other newer American cities, Atlanta doubled in size in only its first ten years of existence.
Hi abchekstylo
What would be the correct version of this sentence to make it parallel..
As with many other newer American cities, Atlanta doubled in size in only its first ten years of existence.
hi checkinnn
a parallel version could be:
Atlanta, like many other newer American cities, doubled in size in only its first ten years of existence.
basically, the "as with X, Y did ...." part is not parallel in the given sentence.
Hope that helps! Lemme know...
1. A substance from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose, was recently discovered, is not only a natural sweetener but also prevents tooth decay.
(A) A substance from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose, was recently discovered,
(B) A substance , which was recently discovered, from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose,
(C) A substance from the licorice plant, which was recently discovered to be 50 times sweeter than sucrose,
(D) A substance from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose, which was recently discovered,
(E) A recently discovered substance, 50 times sweeter than sucrose from the licorice plant.
what i interpreted from the sentence is... a substance which is 50 times sweeter than sucrose has been recently discovered ....and not that the substance has been recently discovered to be 50 times sweeter than sucrose....
let me know ur inputs guys...
Ans should be C.Is it?
1. A substance from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose, was recently discovered, is not only a natural sweetener but also prevents tooth decay.
(A) A substance from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose, was recently discovered,
(B) A substance , which was recently discovered, from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose,
(C) A substance from the licorice plant, which was recently discovered to be 50 times sweeter than sucrose,
(D) A substance from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose, which was recently discovered,
(E) A recently discovered substance, 50 times sweeter than sucrose from the licorice plant.
what i interpreted from the sentence is... a substance which is 50 times sweeter than sucrose has been recently discovered ....and not that the substance has been recently discovered to be 50 times sweeter than sucrose....
let me know ur inputs guys...
I think answer is B
In A was discovered ,is not only (tense error)
B. looks correct which clearly modifies Substance
C.Which modifies the noun immediately preceding it. So here it gives an idea licorice plant was recently discovered
D.Again use of which is not correct
E.Changes the meaning of the sentence (where is the substance from?)
abchekstylo SaysAns should be C.Is it?
Yeah,,answer is indeed (C)...but doesn't it modifies the meaning of the original sentence altogether? I think, substance was recently discovered and not the property of that substance! (i.e it is 50 times sweeter than sucrose)
I think answer is B
In A was discovered ,is not only (tense error)
B. looks correct which clearly modifies Substance
C.Which modifies the noun immediately preceding it. So here it gives an idea licorice plant was recently discovered
D.Again use of which is not correct
E.Changes the meaning of the sentence (where is the substance from?)
Shiva,
I think..both of us always make same kind of mistakes :happy: ...I also marked it as (B), ensuring that meaning of the original sentence shud not change. but, correct answer given is (C) which directly changes the meaning of sentence!!
Also i read somewhere that we shud not modify the actual meaning of the sentence in an attempt to make it grammatically correct....is it true?
montaqes SaysYeah,,answer is indeed (C)...but doesn't it modifies the meaning of the original sentence altogether? I think, substance was recently discovered and not the property of that substance! (i.e it is 50 times sweeter than sucrose)
very true.
but except C, all the other choices have major errors.
A- was recently discovered, is ... wrong
B- licorice plant aint 50 times sweeter than nothing
D- Sucrose wasnt recently discovered
E- Sucrose is not from licorice plant.
Is that good enuf?
So even if C changes the meaning from A (after all A is wrong), it is the best choice.
very true.
but except C, all the other choices have major errors.
A- was recently discovered, is ... wrong
B- licorice plant aint 50 times sweeter than nothing
D- Sucrose wasnt recently discovered
E- Sucrose is not from licorice plant.
Is that good enuf?
So even if C changes the meaning from A (after all A is wrong), it is the best choice.
yah..convinced with ur explanation....I missed out on (B)'s error...thanks a lot!