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Thank you. Can you please give a more detail explanation on why "which" is wrong in the original statement? COMMA + WHICH + SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE typically serves to express a GENERAL TRUTH about the immediately preceding noun. SC66 in the OG12: The 32 species...include the animal known as...
- by dixitnagpal
Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:12 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Please explain
- Replies: 18
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Can U please mention the source of this question as it doesnt seems to be a good GMAt Question. reason being the it in the stem of the Question is ambiguous and GMAT Barely do that.
Thanks
- by dixitnagpal
Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:47 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Please explain
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4743
Hi Mitch , I'm really confused here about how to choose between "is" and "Are". As to me Icelandic should be the subject of sentence and it is singular so the correct answer should contain "is". Moreover , How to judge in situation like this and choose right Verb? can ...
- by dixitnagpal
Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:38 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Icelandic
- Replies: 13
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I am not finding any solid reason to eliminate choice D.I searched Internet and found that some people has written that the reason for eliminating choice D is they are already mentioned in the premise. But if we read the sentence in the passage carefully( However, a recent study found that top mana...
- by dixitnagpal
Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:33 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Intuition VS Methodical reasoning
- Replies: 3
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Lobsters usually develop one smaller, cutter claw and one larger, crucehr claw. To show that exercise determines which claw becomes the crusher, researchers placed young lobsters in tanks and repeatedly prompted them to grab a probe with one claw -- in each case always the same, randomly selected c...
- by dixitnagpal
Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:27 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Lobsters usually develop one smaller, cutter claw and one
- Replies: 1
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When Americans filed their tax returns this year, the United States Treasury Department collected $315.1 billion in tax revenue, a 13.4% increase over last year. Yet the number of tax returns filed by employees did not increase significantly over the past year. Each of the following, if true, could...
- by dixitnagpal
Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:02 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: When Americans filed their tax returns this year, the United
- Replies: 3
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Hi Mitch , I'm really confused here about how to choose between "is" and "Are". As to me Icelandic should be the subject of sentence and it is singular so the correct answer should contain "is". Moreover , How to judge in situation like this and choose right Verb? can u...
- by dixitnagpal
Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:54 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Icelandic
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2872
HI Tommy ,
IN E) on which it stands isnt changing the meaning and making the sentence awkward. As per my understanding it as if castle itself stands , however C is clearly saying on which it is now standing, although being redundant isnt C more clear in meaning than E. Please Explain.
- by dixitnagpal
Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:36 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Castle bult by royals
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1666
Yes ,Of course.See here it can either refer to staff or company, however intended meaning
of it is to refer to company. So , yes "it" is ambiguous here.
- by dixitnagpal
Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:26 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: pronoun error
- Replies: 1
- Views: 812