OA for this is (A).....and i am not at all convinced with it...looking for a pluasible explaination for this...:sad:
but option (E) says that "land" was a pre-columbian form of ownership...therefore, i think, it is also not correct...
Just wanted to poit out that "fewer than" is absolutely idiomatic....
May be, in this context, use of "of" just after the "less" makes sense...we can also make this sentence using "fewer" as well:
".....emit fewer pollutants than those burning gas...."
Moi also not convinced with A. Would go with B.
"a form of ownership" correctly modifies "communal form of ownership"
A. Violates parallelism
B. fewer than is not idiomatic + parallelism error
C. violates parallelism
D. fewer than is not idiomatic
E.Correct less than is the usage
Montaqes
refer to page 125 post 1234 I haad posted the diff between fewer than and less than
Just wanted to poit out that "fewer than" is absolutely idiomatic....
May be, in this context, use of "of" just after the "less" makes sense...we can also make this sentence using "fewer" as well:
".....emit fewer pollutants than those burning gas...."
Guys,
instead of posting a question, having a multitude of responses coming in and then declaring the right answer with so much suspense ๐ and then obviously having a discussion over them (not to mention the one-liner thank-you posts), we could make the whole process really short and effective by just posting the question,the right answer and the specific doubt in 1 post itself.
The people who are solving could just attack the exact doubt and the doubt would be cleared sooner. Basically, less page refreshes, less discussion and faster doubt-elimination. And just clicking the nice green thank-you button would be sufficient too.
See if this makes sense to anyone. Else if you like it the way it is, i'm absolutely cool with it ๐
Guys,
instead of posting a question, having a multitude of responses coming in and then declaring the right answer with so much suspense ๐ and then obviously having a discussion over them (not to mention the one-liner thank-you posts), we could make the whole process really short and effective by just posting the question,the right answer and the specific doubt in 1 post itself.
The people who are solving could just attack the exact doubt and the doubt would be cleared sooner. Basically, less page refreshes, less discussion and faster doubt-elimination. And just clicking the nice green thank-you button would be sufficient too.
See if this makes sense to anyone. Else if you like it the way it is, i'm absolutely cool with it :D
ur advice is well taken abchek...
how abt ur Gday? u haven't told us abt it....:-P
Just wanted to poit out that "fewer than" is absolutely idiomatic....
May be, in this context, use of "of" just after the "less" makes sense...we can also make this sentence using "fewer" as well:
".....emit fewer pollutants than those burning gas...."
OA for this is (A).....and i am not at all convinced with it...looking for a pluasible explaination for this...:sad:
but option (E) says that "land" was a pre-columbian form of ownership...therefore, i think, it is also not correct...
A majority of railway commuters reads or listens to music while traveling.
Is the sentence correct. Is "A majority" singular? I feel its plural As per manhattan its singular
as per manhattan pg 23
The majority of students in the class are hard workers.
here Majority of is considered plural
OA for this is (A).....and i am not at all convinced with it...looking for a pluasible explaination for this...:sad:
but option (E) says that "land" was a pre-columbian form of ownership...therefore, i think, it is also not correct...
A majority of railway commuters reads or listens to music while traveling.
Is the sentence correct. Is "A majority" singular? I feel its plural As per manhattan its singular
as per manhattan pg 23
The majority of students in the class are hard workers.
here Majority of is considered plural
gmatcracker08 SaysIn option E, we use that to introduce the modifier not which, and hence it does not mean that land "has been a pre-columbian ..." . I would still go for E. Can you qoute the source of this question
per my understanding, both "that" and "which" are used to modify or define the closest nouns. Only difference is that "that" is used to introduce a restrictive claues (something which just can't be omitted from the sentence without changing the meaning of sentence), and "which" is used to introduce non restrictive clause (which can be omitted without changing the meaning of the sentence). plz let me know if i m wrong:)
Well, this question is from 1000SC!
thanks
chsnmurthy,
"majority" is plural only when taken as subject of the sentence. The subject of the sentence "a majority of railway commuters reads or listens to music ..." is the "railway commuters" and not the "majority". Here, "majority" is used to refer to "greater number" of railway commuters and hence, should be treated as plural.
anyway "a mojority of railway commuters read or listen ..." sounds better :)
in the sentence " a government's majority has grown....", majority is cosidered as "singular" because it is the subject.
hope this clarifies ur doubt.
Manhattan Sc says specifically so about "which" ie "which" modifies the noun preceding it, but stays silent about "that". Also in the examples where a clause had to be modifed and "which" was erroneously used, it corrects the sentence by using a gerund or participle and not "that"...
So may be you are right, but I am still not very confident about the usage as you say.. May be other guys here can chip in...
BTW the answer to the original question as per SC 1000 is A. Is it a case of resumptive modifier ( discussed in psahil gmat notes)????
yah..as per SC1000 answer is A. but i m not sure abt the explaination...thats why I posted it on this thread.....u mentioned resumptive modifier..If u have some explaination of the answer, please share with us in detail...
Also, do share the online link to download psahil gmat notes :)
one more question from sc1000. This q17
A patient accusing a doctor of malpractice will find it difficult to prove damage if there is a lack of some other doctor to testify about proper medical procedures.
(A) if there is a lack of some other doctor to testify
(B) unless there will be another doctor to testify
(C) without another doctors testimony
(D) should there be no testimony from some other doctorฤลบหCฤลบโฐ
(E) lacking another doctor to testify
Ans is C. C looks fine to me but I cant find any problems with A and D
one more question from sc1000. This q17
A patient accusing a doctor of malpractice will find it difficult to prove damage if there is a lack of some other doctor to testify about proper medical procedures.
(A) if there is a lack of some other doctor to testify
(B) unless there will be another doctor to testify
(C) without another doctors testimony
(D) should there be no testimony from some other doctorฤลบหCฤลบโฐ
(E) lacking another doctor to testify
Ans is C. C looks fine to me but I cant find any problems with A and D
per my understanding, both "that" and "which" are used to modify or define the closest nouns. Only difference is that "that" is used to introduce a restrictive claues (something which just can't be omitted from the sentence without changing the meaning of sentence), and "which" is used to introduce non restrictive clause (which can be omitted without changing the meaning of the sentence). plz let me know if i m wrong:)
Well, this question is from 1000SC!
thanks