GMAT Sentence Correction Discussions

MBA
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1)a
2)b
3)b

Friend... Do quote the question number and the explanation for your answers 😃
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has anyone heard of this phrase - "increasing by important"? I came
across this in one of the IMS GMAT tests. I always thought
its "increasingly important" or "increasing in importance" but the
correct answer is one with "increasing by important"?

Hugdrug
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Hey Hugdrug, why dont you try to give us the sentence. Maybe with proper context the idiom might be correct. Or like I previously had said "GMAT expects the best of the options and not necessarily a correct answer." The options must be the better one among the others.
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Here's the next one...
Trying to learn some of the basics of programming is the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager: some people end up going to engineering school, and others, twenty years later, remember nothing of the experience.
(A) the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager
(B) similar to a teenager tinkering with a car
(C) like tinkering with a car as a teenager
(D) the same as a teenager tinkering with a car
(E) like the teenager's tinkering with a car

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Well people... I am way way way behind my original schedule. According to my schedule I should have stopped SC more than 20 days back. Finally I have put my foot down. I am now only gonna do whatever I can on this thread and am moving on to CR. So from now on, you will find me active on that thread as well. 😃

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Is the answer A ??

Parallelism
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I'm stuck between B n D.A is awkward ....
Like is used to compare nouns , So B n D left
I'll go for B...I guess it is an example rather than a comparison

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the ans are indeed D for 1 and A for 2.

Thanx a lot mealiennohuman and o-range for ur explanations.

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Here's the next one...
Trying to learn some of the basics of programming is the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager: some people end up going to engineering school, and others, twenty years later, remember nothing of the experience.
(A) the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager
(B) similar to a teenager tinkering with a car
(C) like tinkering with a car as a teenager
(D) the same as a teenager tinkering with a car
(E) like the teenagers tinkering with a car



seems comparison for a phenomenon, A,C and E fit the bill but because E seems beastly awkward and A assumes them to be the same, I would merit C to be the correct choice.
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Trying to learn some of the basics of programming is _the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager_: some people end up going to engineering school, and others, twenty years later, remember nothing of the experience.
(A) the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager
(B) similar to a teenager tinkering with a car
(C) like tinkering with a car as a teenager
(D) the same as a teenager tinkering with a car
(E) like the teenagers tinkering with a car


Can anyone help me out in this .....Thanks

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:neutral: Like is used to compare nouns only............If 'C ' is the answer can anyone explain .

Thanks
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Answer for 1st one is D.Reason is wen we use infinitive form object noun is required

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nssaini Says
Answer for 1st one is D.Reason is wen we use infinitive form object noun is required

Hey nssaini... Please click "Quote message in reply" while replying or at least quote the post number you are referring to 😃
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Here's the next one...
Trying to learn some of the basics of programming is the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager: some people end up going to engineering school, and others, twenty years later, remember nothing of the experience.
(A) the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager
(B) similar to a teenager tinkering with a car
(C) like tinkering with a car as a teenager
(D) the same as a teenager tinkering with a car
(E) like the teenager's tinkering with a car

Heres the answer...
Question Source: 1000 SC, Number 878
Answer: A

The main reason is parallelism. The action "to learn" is compared with "to tinker" and hence the two should be parallel. "Trying" is not the action being compared.
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Here's the next one...
The use of gravity waves, which do not interact with matter in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable astronomers to study the actual formation of black holes and neutron stars.
(A) in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable
(B) in the way electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable
(C) like electromagnetic waves, hopefully will enable
(D) like electromagnetic waves, would enable, hopefully
(E) such as electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable

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Here's the next one...
The use of gravity waves, which do not interact with matter in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable astronomers to study the actual formation of black holes and neutron stars.
(A) in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable
(B) in the way electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable
(C) like electromagnetic waves, hopefully will enable
(D) like electromagnetic waves, would enable, hopefully
(E) such as electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable


Answer is E .. hopefully will -> i doubt that .
like comparison is wrong as well
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Here's the next one...
The use of gravity waves, which do not interact with matter in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable astronomers to study the actual formation of black holes and neutron stars.
(A) in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable
(B) in the way electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable
(C) like electromagnetic waves, hopefully will enable
(D) like electromagnetic waves, would enable, hopefully
(E) such as electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable



My answer is E....Hopefully is always almost wrong
"such as elecctromagnetic waves do" is a well placed example....:)
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Here's the next one...
The use of gravity waves, which do not interact with matter in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable astronomers to study the actual formation of black holes and neutron stars.
(A) in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable
(B) in the way electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable
(C) like electromagnetic waves, hopefully will enable
(D) like electromagnetic waves, would enable, hopefully
(E) such as electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable


I think the answer is B. "in the way electromagnetic waves do" sounds more appropriate than "such as electromagnetic waves do".
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hey ppl ive got 2 doubts

1) Lacking information about energy use, poeple tend to overestimate the amount of energy used by equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that used by unobstrusive equipment, such as water heaters.

A) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that

B) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when

C) equipment, such as lights, that is visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when

D) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate that

E) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate it when

2) However much United States voters may agree that there is a waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a maovement toward a minimal state.

A) However much United States voters may agree that

B) Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact

C) Although United States voters agree

D) Even though United States voters may agree

E) There is agreement among United States voters that

would be a lot more helpful, if u cud also give the proper reasoning for ur answers.

Hi All,

1. I think correct option is D
(Visible equipment matches unobtrusive equipment)
(No confusion with usage of is / are)

2. D
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1) Lacking information about energy use, poeple tend to overestimate the amount of energy used by equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that used by unobstrusive equipment, such as water heaters.

A) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that

B) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when

C) equipment, such as lights, that is visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when

D) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate that

E) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate it when

2) However much United States voters may agree that there is a waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a maovement toward a minimal state.

A) However much United States voters may agree that

B) Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact

C) Although United States voters agree

D) Even though United States voters may agree

E) There is agreement among United States voters that

Ans .
1) D...Visible correctly modifies equipment.it when...is akward and wordy.
2)A .More precise than other choices

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Here's the next one...
The use of gravity waves, which do not interact with matter in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable astronomers to study the actual formation of black holes and neutron stars.
(A) in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable
(B) in the way electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable
(C) like electromagnetic waves, hopefully will enable
(D) like electromagnetic waves, would enable, hopefully
(E) such as electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable

Hey guys..

I would go with B. "in the way electromagnetic waves do" is a better choice than like (absolutely wrong) or such as...do.
"hopefully will enable" is awkward.
Leaves choice B.