A 1972 agreement between canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the great lakes
A. ... B. reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping C. reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump D. reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump E. reduces the phosphate amount allowed for dumping by municipalities
Please also provide an explanation to clear my doubt - I am confused on this after reading manhattan SC rule that a condition that occured in past and continues to be true in present shoud use present perfect tense e.g. "they have done this since 1972" Accordingly the correct answer must include have in the sentence.
IMO (D) is the answer. Many explanations have been given and I agree to the same. :)
@Vikram.... Thanks for such a good explanation . :):):) ...
1. According to the enrollment statistics published by U.S. medical schools, the number of female medical students is equivalent to the number of male medical students currently enrolled in medical school.
a) b) as many female as male students are currently enrolled in medical school c) the number of female students is as many as that of male students currently enrolled in medical school d) as great as the number of female is the number of male students currently enrolled in medical school e) female and male students are currently enrolled in equal numbers in medical school
2. However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement 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
Please help me understand the difference between usage of GOOD and WELL. I was going through the Manhattan SC Guide and here is what is says:
GOOD: Is an adjective and should be used to modify a noun. eg: Amy is a GOOD person (Good is modifying noun Amy)
WELL: Can be either used as adjective that means healthy, or as an advery that means competently. eg: Amy is feeling WELL (Well is an adjective modifying Amy)
In this example, I feel WELL is an adverb which answers the question "How is Amy feeling?" Please correct me if I am wrong.
Please help me understand the difference between usage of GOOD and WELL. I was going through the Manhattan SC Guide and here is what is says:
GOOD: Is an adjective and should be used to modify a noun. eg: Amy is a GOOD person (Good is modifying noun Amy)
WELL: Can be either used as adjective that means healthy, or as an advery that means competently. eg: Amy is feeling WELL (Well is an adjective modifying Amy)
In this example, I feel WELL is an adverb which answers the question "How is Amy feeling?" Please correct me if I am wrong.
Thanks! Gaurav
Good Vs. Well
The general rule is that "Good" is an adjective and "Well" is an adverb.
E.g. 1. This is a good book E.g. 2. X plays the guitar well
However, "Well" can be used as an adjective to mean "in good health"
E.g. 1. I feel well E.g. 2. You look well
I agree with Gaurav.. @Nada... in the sentence, "I feel well" well does modify feel and not I...
Lets take another example, "She looks lovely" here lovely modifies looks.... and is an adverb. In that case why would "well" be an adjective??? 😲
My pick is D. to be able...........to access. TO access is better than accessing and it maintins llism.
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.
(D) to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess
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1. What has often been forgotten about Paine was that, after he discovered his vocation, he became a professional revolutionary.
B) is that, after he had discovered his vocation c) is that, once his vocation was discovered d) is, after he had discovered his vocation, that e) was that, once his vocation was discovered
In this case, I thought we should maintain in past tense and choose only among answers that start with "was that". Does anyone feel the same way?
2. While at the beach, the weather was chilly, but when they got home, the temperature rose remarkably
b. While they were at the beach, the weather was c. While at the beach, they had been d. While being at the beach, the weather was e. While at the beach, the weather had been
I chose A but OA is B. Can anyone explain?
3. Selling several hundred thousand copies in six months, the publication of "Maple Leaf Rag" in 1899 was an instant hit, helping to establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer.
(A) Selling several hundred thousand copies in six months, the publication of "Maple Leaf Rag" in 1899 was an instant hit, helping to establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer. (B) The publication in 1899 of "Maple Leaf Rag" was an instant hit: in six months they sold several hundred thousand copies and it helped establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer. (C)) Helping to establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer was the publication of "Maple Leaf Rag" in 1899, which was an instant hit: it sold several hundred thousand copies in six months. (D) "Maple Leaf Rag" was an instant hit: it helped establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer, published in 1899 and selling sev- eral hundred thousand copies in six months. (E) Published in 1899, "Maple Leaf Rag" was an instant hit, selling several hundred thousand copies in six months: it helped establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer.
According to the Manhattan SC Guide : should be used to equate a list with its components. You should be able to insert the word namely after the colon. I chose A because : is not used though I was not quite convinced because of the modifier issue. In B,C,D,E I felt that the : rule was violated. But the OA is E.
4. Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds; born into an Iroquois community and instructed in traditional Iroquois ways, he also received an education from English speaking teachers. (A) Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds; (B) Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, living in two worlds, Joseph Brant was (C) Like many another of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant, living in two worlds, was (D) As with many others of his generation of Native American leaders, living in two worlds, Joseph Brant was (E) As with many another of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds;
Here OA is A. When ; is used, the second sentence should be capable of standing on its own. So I chose D (wasn't convinced completely though!!)
born into an Iroquois community and instructed in traditional Iroquois ways, he also received an education from English speaking teachers. Is this capable of standing alone?
Can someone help me understand if we can violate these rules regarding punctuation?
I come across such ambiguous questions which violate some basic rules in 1000SC. Do you think its a useful study material?
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1. What has often been forgotten about Paine was that, after he discovered his vocation, he became a professional revolutionary.
B) is that, after he had discovered his vocation c) is that, once his vocation was discovered d) is, after he had discovered his vocation, that e) was that, once his vocation was discovered
In this case, I thought we should maintain in past tense and choose only among answers that start with "was that". Does anyone feel the same way?
Since the first part uses "has been" construction indicating a process valid even in present, the correct usage should be "is that". The second part is describes two events in the past. Hence dsicovered should be in past perfect.
Nada Nada : your answers are right. But my questions are:
1. why should we use "is that"? 2. you are right - parallelism. But we do not know who 'they' are? can you use it twice? In that case A should be correct. 3. and 4 violates the punctuation rule for : and ; respectively
Do we have such questions which violate the punctuation in real GMAT?
Nada Nada : your answers are right. But my questions are:
1. why should we use "is that"? 2. you are right - parallelism. But we do not know who 'they' are? can you use it twice? In that case A should be correct. 3. and 4 violates the punctuation rule for : and ; respectively
Do we have such questions which violate the punctuation in real GMAT?
Thanks
1. I hope my explanation in the previous post answered this one.
2. The parallelism is in the construction: While they were at beach... When they got home... And yes, "they" can be used twice. It does not violate any grammar rule.
3. While I too thought that use of ":" was a bit awkward, E explains the sequence of events in the most appropriate manner.
Providing initial evidence that airports are a larger source of population than they were once believed to be, environmentalists in Chicago report that the total amount of pollutant emitted annually by vehicles at O'Hare International Airport is twice as much as that which is being emitted annually by all motor vehicles in the Chicago metropolitan area.
(B) as much annually as is emitted by the (C) as much compared to what is annually emitted by all (D) that emitted annually by all (E) that emitted annually compared to the
