School integration plans that involve busing between suburban and central-city areas have contributed, according to a recent study, to significant increases in housing integration, which, in turn, reduces any future need for busing.
(A) significant increases in housing integration, which, in turn, reduces
(B) significant integration increases in housing, which, in turn, reduces
(C) increase housing integration significantly, which, in turn, reduces
(D) increase housing integration significantly, in turn reducing
(E) significantly increase housing integration, which, in turn, reduce
can some one explain this SC.. and also highlight when should i use words ending with "-ly".... i guess these words are advebs.. but i get confused with the words usages.. pls throw some light..
I think the answe shud be A
B changes the original meaning of the sentence
C.shud be increase in housin rather than increase housing
D.same as C
E.shud be increased rather than increase housing .....increasing can also be used here instead of increase but i think that wud be wrong because increasing wud then act as a noun and significantly ( an adverb ) can modify it.
Scientists calculated that the asteroid, traveling at 46,000 miles an hour, is on an elliptical path that orbits the Sun once a year and regularly brings it back toward Earth.
(A) hour, is on an elliptical path that orbits the Sun once a year and regularly brings it
(B) hour, is orbiting the Sun once a year on an elliptical path that regularly brings it
(C) hour, once a year orbits the Sun, regularly bringing it on an elliptical path
(D) hour and orbiting the Sun once a year on an elliptical path, regularly bringing it
(E) hour, orbits the Sun on an elliptical path once a year and that regularly brings it
think answer shud be B .
A.that orbits the Sun is modifying path whic is totally absurd.
C.once a year orbits the sun results in a sentence fragment. The connecting verb is missing.
D. hour and orbiting the Sun again results in a sentence fragment, I think.
E. is wordy and imprecise .
Am i right pushing_hard ??
yes u are right ....
are right ....
n more importantly r u satisfied with the explanations
n more importantly r u satisfied with the explanations
School integration plans that involve busing between suburban and central-city areas have contributed, according to a recent study, to significant increases in housing integration, which, in turn, reduces any future need for busing.
(A) significant increases in housing integration, which, in turn, reduces
(B) significant integration increases in housing, which, in turn, reduces
My choices are also A and B
1. A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published, reveals that Twain provided financial assistance to one of the first Black students at Yale Law School.
(A) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published,
(B) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
(C) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published,
(D) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year as he published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that
(E) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that
can anybody explain what is the correct answer and why?
(A) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published,
(B) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
(C) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published,
(D) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year as he published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that
(E) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that
can anybody explain what is the correct answer and why?
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 assessďźˆD
(E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,
can anybody explain what is the correct answer and why?
(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 assessďźˆD
(E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,
can anybody explain what is the correct answer and why?
1. A number of linguists contend that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people can be traced back to a common root language.
(A) that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people can be traced
(B) that the worlds five billion people speak thousands of languages of which all can be traced
(C) the worlds five billion people speak thousands of languages which are all traceable
(D) all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people to be traceable.
(E) the ability to trace all of the thousands of languages that are spoken by the worlds five billion people
can anybody explain what is the correct answer and why?
(A) that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people can be traced
(B) that the worlds five billion people speak thousands of languages of which all can be traced
(C) the worlds five billion people speak thousands of languages which are all traceable
(D) all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people to be traceable.
(E) the ability to trace all of the thousands of languages that are spoken by the worlds five billion people
can anybody explain what is the correct answer and why?
Hi,
Attached are couple of questions from GMAT Prep. Y is the 1st answer incorrect and please throw some light on the approach of both the questions.
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 assessďźˆD
(E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,
can anybody explain what is the correct answer and why?
claims that / claims to be - is the correct idiom..
only option D seems to have that .. and option D has the parallel structure which none of the other have.
1. A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published, reveals that Twain provided financial assistance to one of the first Black students at Yale Law School.
(A) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published,
(B) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
(C) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published,
(D) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year as he published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that
(E) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that
can anybody explain what is the correct answer and why?
"A letter by mark..reveals that" .. the sentence is in present form....
so we can eliminate options D & E.. since these 2 sentences have "wrote"
Opotion A has "were" which makes the dependant clause to have a plural subjectc but it doesnt/...ruled out..
In B...."year of publication" has made the verb to act as a noun.. so this can be ruled out.
so C is the right choice... !
saurav_chat1234 Saysare right ....
n more importantly r u satisfied with the explanations
yes... saurav.. later i realized that i didnt read it properly !.. got trppaed with the pronoun that.. any way thanks for your input.. was helpful! 😃
Hi,
Attached are couple of questions from GMAT Prep. Y is the 1st answer incorrect and please throw some light on the approach of both the questions.
"based on records from ancient athens" is the dependant clause.. so the dependant clause should modify the immediate idependant clause,... but here the subject of the independant clause has "each year young..." makes the sentence to look like,, "each year .." is "based on records from an..." .. so A is ruled out...similarly B - gone,...
Option E.. should have an idiom indicate that,,,, so it is also ruled out..
option C...."according to ".. this clause is again a dependant clause and in this sentence it does not fit in properly.. here too "each year." is modified with this clauses which does not make any sense...similar to A and B..
so D stands out.. welcome ur inputs too !
1. A number of linguists contend that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people can be traced back to a common root language.
(A) that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people can be traced
(B) that the worlds five billion people speak thousands of languages of which all can be traced
(C) the worlds five billion people speak thousands of languages which are all traceable
(D) all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people to be traceable.
(E) the ability to trace all of the thousands of languages that are spoken by the worlds five billion people
can anybody explain what is the correct answer and why?
That should be used to introduce a clause here. So C,D and E are all ruled out
A and B remain of which all is unidiomatic --all of which is the idiom. also all of the thousands of languages should be the subject.
So B is ruled out
A is my answer
Hi,
Attached are couple of questions from GMAT Prep. Y is the 1st answer incorrect and please throw some light on the approach of both the questions.
2)
A. correct
B. and lightning still--there is no verb to complete it. gives rise to a sentence fragment
C.Unnecessarily wordy and still being is awkward
D.Wordy and unnecessary use of "ing" form
E.simple past tense should be used to state earlier facts so had been and had should not be used
1. Studies show that young people with higher-than-average blood pressure and their families have a history of high blood pressure are more likely than others to develop a severe form of the condition.
(A) and their families have a history of high blood pressure
(B) whose families have a history of high blood pressure
(C) and a history of high blood pressure runs in the family
(D) whose families have a history of high blood pressure running in them(E) with a history of high blood pressure running in their family
how to use whose in thise sentence.. should it be close to the people ?... else whose can come in any where in the sentence as long as the meaning is clear ?
(A) and their families have a history of high blood pressure
(B) whose families have a history of high blood pressure
(C) and a history of high blood pressure runs in the family
(D) whose families have a history of high blood pressure running in them(E) with a history of high blood pressure running in their family
how to use whose in thise sentence.. should it be close to the people ?... else whose can come in any where in the sentence as long as the meaning is clear ?
Pls answer the following SC's with explanation
1.
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.
- a greater proportion than it was
- a greater proportion than
- a greater proportion than they have been
- which is greater than was so
- which is greater than it has been
Faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places have been cited by a new study of the 2000 United States presidential election, which estimated that they did not count 4 million to 6 million of the 100 million votes cast.
- Faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places have been cited by a new study of the 2000 United States presidential election, which estimated that they did not count 4 million to 6 million of the 100 million votes cast.
- Citing faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places, a new study of the 2000 United States presidential election has estimated that 4 million to 6 million of the 100 million votes cast were not counted.
- Citing faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places, 4 million to 6 million of the 100 million votes cast were not counted in the 2000 United States presidential election, a new study estimates.
- A new study has cited faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places in estimating that 4 million to 6 million of the 100 million votes that were cast had not been counted in the 2000 United States presidential election.
- A new study of the 2000 United States presidential election, citing faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places, has estimated 4 million to 6 million votes had not been counted of the 100 million votes cast.
To develop more accurate population forecasts, demographers have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic determinants of fertility.
- have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic
- have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economical
- would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economical
- would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economic
- would have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economical
1. Studies show that young people with higher-than-average blood pressure and their families have a history of high blood pressure are more likely than others to develop a severe form of the condition.
(A) and their families have a history of high blood pressure
(B) whose families have a history of high blood pressure
(C) and a history of high blood pressure runs in the family
(D) whose families have a history of high blood pressure running in them(E) with a history of high blood pressure running in their family
how to use whose in thise sentence.. should it be close to the people ?... else whose can come in any where in the sentence as long as the meaning is clear ?
Actually any relative pronoun should be placed just after the thing that it modifies.
But here there is no option to choose other than B.
1. D and E is eliminated.
Subject is "Soaring television costs" -- so "it" does not agree in A.
in B the comparision is not correct.
In C comparision as well as the pronoun agreement is correct.
So C is the correct one.
2.D shows that casting of the votes took place after the counting which is incorrect.
A C and E can be eliminated.
So B is the correct answer.
3.A and E--wrong comparision.
economic should be replaced by economical because only economical determinants of fertility make sense.
So C is the answer.
Am i right Bunty4Billi?
30. A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(A) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(B) Considered to be a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, genmai-cha is a special green tea that contains brown rice, virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(C) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered a gourmet delicacy by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(D) Most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea which contains brown rice, as a delicacy virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(E) Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama, most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea that contains brown rice, a gourmet delicacy.
Please explain the answer..
Thank u for the reply...
Answers for 1 and 2 are correct i.e 1(C) & 2(B)
But for 3rd q..its E..I don't know the reason.
1. D and E is eliminated.
Subject is "Soaring television costs" -- so "it" does not agree in A.
in B the comparision is not correct.
In C comparision as well as the pronoun agreement is correct.
So C is the correct one.
2.D shows that casting of the votes took place after the counting which is incorrect.
A C and E can be eliminated.
So B is the correct answer.
3.A and E--wrong comparision.
economic should be replaced by economical because only economical determinants of fertility make sense.
So C is the answer.
Am i right Bunty4Billi?
30. A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(A) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(B) Considered to be a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, genmai-cha is a special green tea that contains brown rice, virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(C) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered a gourmet delicacy by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(D) Most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea which contains brown rice, as a delicacy virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(E) Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama, most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea that contains brown rice, a gourmet delicacy.
Please explain the answer..
Took me some time to figure this one out . Gud question dude.
I think the correct answer is C because when co consdider in used in the sense of regard or believe no preposition should be used after it ( as , to etc ) . This rules out A n B .
D again uses consider as plus the sentence construction is a bit awkward .
E . totally distorts the meaning of the original sentence. " a gourmet delicacy " modifies brown rice instead of green chai.
B also has the misplaced modifier " irtually unavailable outside Japan ".
Is C the right answer ??