GMAT Sentence Correction Discussions

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CONGRATS RIGHTY !!!!

Amazing score dude. 710 was not a bad score at all. your guts at re-taking the examination is commendable. have u put up a detailed post?? if not waiting for it. Give us the link. Waiting for ur post.


Thanks Sandy...
Detailed post for the first take is on my blog... The second shall soon be there....
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Amazing notes righty, im finding it really useful.

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Guys try this one.



The eventual departure of Brezhnev undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for obtaining power inside the Kremlin.
A) undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for obtaining power inside the Kremlin.
B) has undoubtedly touched off a Byzantine struggle for power inside the Kremlin.
C) undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for power within the Kremlin.
D) undoubtedly will have touched off a Byzantine struggle for power inside the Kremlin.
E) undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for power inside the Kremlin.



Plz POST EXPLN TOO !!!

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hey puys im really bad at sentence corection. wud b greatful is smbody cud suggest me some online material or some books.

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Guys try this one.



The eventual departure of Brezhnev undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for obtaining power inside the Kremlin.
A) undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for obtaining power inside the Kremlin.
B) has undoubtedly touched off a Byzantine struggle for power inside the Kremlin.
C) undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for power within the Kremlin.
D) undoubtedly will have touched off a Byzantine struggle for power inside the Kremlin.
E) undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for power inside the Kremlin.


Plz POST EXPLN TOO !!!


Is it B
Explanantion
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answer to #122

my take is c here....coz only option having "within the cremlin"...and the sentence conveys...struggle among...ppl..in kremlin....
not at all sure on this...just kicking off....

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# 122 my take is answer C. wot say ppl??????

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Guys try this one.



The eventual departure of Brezhnev undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for obtaining power inside the Kremlin.
A) undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for obtaining power inside the Kremlin.
B) has undoubtedly touched off a Byzantine struggle for power inside the Kremlin.
C) undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for power within the Kremlin.
D) undoubtedly will have touched off a Byzantine struggle for power inside the Kremlin.
E) undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for power inside the Kremlin.



Plz POST EXPLN TOO !!!



i think the answer is E,as it says"eventual" ,so plain future tense .So A ,Cand E remain.
Now i have never heard that people struggle for relinquishing power, so by default struggle for power means sruggle (to retain/obtain).So for obtaining not required.Now we have C and E.
I think within cremlin means cremlin is a place or house and something is going on within that.
but the cremlin here signifies the closed powerhouse of russia,so inside is a better choice.:)
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@IdiotR....
i thought on the same lines..only diff..is c..is the answer..cause....if "kremlin" personifies politicians..then "within Kremlin" sounds good as its a struggle for power among (within) people..not at confident.just my take....may be wrong.with interpreting "within" for "among",,,
@sandy_venkat...
post the ans..yaar..

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Guys try this one.



The eventual departure of Brezhnev undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for obtaining power inside the Kremlin.
A) undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for obtaining power inside the Kremlin.
B) has undoubtedly touched off a Byzantine struggle for power inside the Kremlin.
C) undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for power within the Kremlin.
D) undoubtedly will have touched off a Byzantine struggle for power inside the Kremlin.
E) undoubtedly will touch off a Byzantine struggle for power inside the Kremlin.



Plz POST EXPLN TOO !!!


Guys the OA is E. This one is from the scoretop forum. There's no proper expln for this. Just got the OA now.
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sandy_venkat Says
Guys the OA is E. This one is from the scoretop forum. There's no proper expln for this. Just got the OA now.

I disagree with the use of "inside"... Kremlin can be used to specify the Kremlin complex or as a reference to the government of Russia... In this case, the struggle will not be actually in the fort... It can take place through newspapers, other media etc... Therefore here the reference should be considered to the government and hence within should be used...
Does anyone agree with me?
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I disagree with the use of "inside"... Kremlin can be used to specify the Kremlin complex or as a reference to the government of Russia... In this case, the struggle will not be actually in the fort... It can take place through newspapers, other media etc... Therefore here the reference should be considered to the government and hence within should be used...
Does anyone agree with me?


thats exactly my take was...but as sandy..has given the answer from legitimate source...
@sandy_venkat...can you please post the explanation or give your own explanation...
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Here's a question...
In good years, the patchwork of green fields that surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them in the area just for the season.
(A) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them
(B) surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of whom are
(C) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of who are
(D) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustle with farm workers, many of which
(E) surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many are

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Here's a question...
In good years, the patchwork of green fields that surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them in the area just for the season.
(A) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them
(B) surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of whom are
(C) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of who are
(D) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustle with farm workers, many of which
(E) surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many are


my take is b here....
explanation: ...pathwork singular..so verb should be singular..hence narrowing down to b and e.....b sounds obvious..as..x of y..is teh idea..."many of whom"...conveys that...
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Looks like not many visiting this thread... Well samar... I had reasoned the same as you... but it turns out that the answer is A!!! The explanation is that "surround" is used to modify "green fields" and not patchwork... while "bustles" modifies "patchwork" ... Also since the end of the sentence is "in the area....", ending the option with "many of them" is also correct.
The sentence is from 1000 SC (No. 349) and explanation from ScoreTop...

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This is an excerpt from my previous thread...
http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/racked-up-a-740-25017581
Hope it helps everybody here....also, do go through the initial posts...

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SC:
--Took out 10 seconds and wrote down
a b c d e
a b c d e
a b c d e
and so onon the notepad
-- go by eliminationstrike out d absurd choices n for the 2-3 options left,
apply groundrules:
Next one minute wrote this formula n itz full formv used 2 do this often at the NDAmakin shortcuts on must-know questions
RAK C(see) U(you) TIP TRASH
(consider RAK to b a name, so I say--RAK, see you tip trash!! Heh hehpoor RAK)
expln:
R--Run on- for short sentences,mk sure ur option doesnt produce a run-on
A- check out the antecedent of pronouns n see their tense,num,person
K- keywords-eg. each,every,like,such as, i.e. whichever has specific rules
C- Comparison rules
-Between like
-like for people/things, as for clauses
-as long as for comparison of duration, so long as for provided that
-Like similarity n Such as for examples
-contrast A with B
-compare to-unlike n compare with - like
U- universal truth is always in present
T- Tense of the entire sentence should be same
I- Idiomatic expression
P- parallelism error
T- Terse option always wins if it expresses d idea
R- Repetition of unnecessary words..
A- Ambiguity
S- semantics(spelling errors..)
H- Hypothetical situation tks verb in past
You can make ur own codes n incorporate more ground rules for elimination
What I did was, I wrote this list in the first minute, n then onwards referred the same for all d options.
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Hope it helps, ATB 2 all puys...

ciao everybody...
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hey puys help me this one


When oil prices were increased in 1984, officials predicted they would make further increases unnecessary, for at least four years.
(A) they would make further increases unnecessary,
(B) that it would not be necessary for further rate increases,
(C) the implication was that further rate increases would not be necessary,
(D) that further rate increases would be made unnecessary,
(E) that further rate increases would not be necessary,

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hey puys help me this one


When oil prices were increased in 1984, officials predicted they would make further increases unnecessary, for at least four years.
(A) they would make further increases unnecessary,
(B) that it would not be necessary for further rate increases,
(C) the implication was that further rate increases would not be necessary,
(D) that further rate increases would be made unnecessary,
(E) that further rate increases would not be necessary,

Lets go step by step...
Choice (A) is not correct for a couple of reasons... First: "predicted" immediately followed by "they" seems incorrect... Second: "they" is ambiguous. Also increases in what?

Choice (B) does not sound correct at all... Sounds very awkward... Not the correct option

Choice (C) predicted followed by "the implication..." doesnt seem correct and seems very wordy

Choice (D) "...would be made unnecessary" doesnt fit with the word "predicted"

Choice (E) is correct according to me since it unambiguously points increases in what.

Any comments?
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hey puys help me this one


When oil prices were increased in 1984, officials predicted they would make further increases unnecessary, for at least four years.
(A) they would make further increases unnecessary,
(B) that it would not be necessary for further rate increases,
(C) the implication was that further rate increases would not be necessary,
(D) that further rate increases would be made unnecessary,
(E) that further rate increases would not be necessary,



Ans should be (E)

(A)predicted they....wrong usage
(B)it should be 'increase' n not 'increases'
(C)way too wordy...also it shud be...predicted the implication to be tht...
(D) Out of (D) and (E), (E) is d winner for being "terse" (Please refer my list...)

ciao ppl...ATB

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Heres another one...
Since 1986 enrollments of African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanic Americans in fulltime engineering programs in the United States has steadily increased, while the number of other students who enter the field has fallen.
(A) has steadily increased, while the number of other students who enter the field has fallen
(B) has steadily increased, while other students entering the field have declined in number
(C) increased steadily, while there was a decline in the number of other students entering the field
(D) have steadily increased, while the number of other students entering the field has fallen
(E) have steadily increased, while that of other students who enter the field fell