Sentence Correction for CAT 2012

MBA CAT 2022
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3. Teachers in this country have generally been trained either to
approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should
force students to memorize rules and principles without truly
understanding how to apply them.
to approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they
should force students to memorize rules and principles
to approach mathematics like a creative activity or to force
students to memorize rules and principles
to approach mathematics as a creative activity or to force
students to memorize rules and principles
that they should approach mathematics as a creative
activity or to force students to memorize rules and
principles
that they should approach mathematics like a creative
activity or that they should force students to memorize
rules and principles


My take in bold. Is it correct?
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identify the correct one:
1)a)The fact that japan and korea have so far resisted the great disruption
b)is testimony for the power of culture to shape economic choices.
c)Both countries ,have shown strong cultural preferences for more traditional female roles ,
d)and both retained discriminatory formal laws that make it less likely for women to enter the workforce .
e)Particularly in korea,Confucianism gives broad support to the patriachal family

1)a and e 2)a,c,e 3)b,c,d 4)d and e 5)e only

plz explain the errors also..:)


My take is

4) d and e

D should start with and both have retained.

E. broad support to the patriarchal family. The is not appropriate here.
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3. Teachers in this country have generally been trained either to
approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should
force students to memorize rules and principles without truly
understanding how to apply them.
to approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they
should force students to memorize rules and principles
to approach mathematics like a creative activity or to force
students to memorize rules and principles
to approach mathematics as a creative activity or to force
students to memorize rules and principles
that they should approach mathematics as a creative
activity or to force students to memorize rules and
principles
that they should approach mathematics like a creative
activity or that they should force students to memorize
rules and principles


my take in bold ..

IMO between like/as, like is correct here .. since a verb isn't following like/as ..

OA ?

PS - I didn't know the 'rule' .. don't know if its correct or not -- Grammar Girl : Like Versus As :: Quick and Dirty Tips
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identify the correct one:
1)a)The fact that japan and korea have so far resisted the great disruption
b)is testimony for the power of culture to shape economic choices.
c)Both countries ,have shown strong cultural preferences for more traditional female roles ,
d)and both retained discriminatory formal laws that make it less likely for women to enter the workforce .
e)Particularly in korea,Confucianism gives broad support to the patriachal family

1)a and e 2)a,c,e 3)b,c,d 4)d and e 5)e only

plz explain the errors also..:)


b. testimony to the ..
d. and have retained ..

so i guess a,c,e are correct .. most probably these are just typos - patriachal is a spelling mistake and the k of Korea should be caps ..
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Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.

1 Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.

2 Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of how he famously and masterfully uses irony, evident in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.

3 Famed for using irony in a masterful way, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author slowly revealing a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.

4 Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author's famed and masterful use of irony, evidenced in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.

5 Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because he slowly revealed a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece, demonstrating his famed and masterful use of irony


ugh .. tough one
4 is correct acc to me ..

5 feels wrong .. don't know what .. !
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identify the correct one


a)eyebrows made a big difference in how people perceived the mood of the woman in the picture
b)when the brows were lowered or slanted toward the nose,or when forehead wrinkles were added,ratings of anger and disgust increased.
c)also,raising the outer corner of the eyebrows produced the increase in the perception of surprise
d)raising the inner corner of the eyebrows away from the nose was perceived as a sad facial expression.
1)a,b,d b)b and d c)c and d d) only d e)none

c ..produced an increase in ..
I didn't know toward / towards can be used interchangeably ! Thanks !!
Grammar Girl : "Toward" Versus "Towards" :: Quick and Dirty Tips

a)Part of my working life was a field ecologist ,probing about magic of invisible animal kingdoms.
b)In my most recent collection ,The invisible kings,the romani language attempts an opening between fields of language.
c)Romani contains many words and phrases from other tongues-language is absorbed as it travelled through .
d)Gypsy place-names for examlple are precise riddles that speak shrewdly from the travellers' point of view.
a)a and b b)b,c,d c)a and d d)only b 5)none of the above


a ..probing the magic..
c ..as it travels through ..
pad gaya tamatar .. no option with b/d
a is definitely wrong IMO .. is the sentence c a typo .. ? is it ..from other tongues-languages absorbed as it traveled through. ? would go with option 2 in that case ..
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3. Teachers in this country have generally been trained either to
approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should
force students to memorize rules and principles without truly
understanding how to apply them. principles


My take

to approach mathematics like a creative activity or to force
students to memorize rules and
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a)eyebrows made a big difference in how people perceived the mood of the woman in the picture
b)when the brows were lowered or slanted toward the nose,or when forehead wrinkles were added,ratings of anger and disgust increased.
c)also,raising the outer corner of the eyebrows produced the increase in the perception of surprise
d)raising the inner corner of the eyebrows away from the nose was perceived as a sad facial expression.
1)a,b,d b)b and d c)c and d d) only d e)none

c ..produced an increase in ..
I didn't know toward / towards can be used interchangeably ! Thanks !!
Grammar Girl : "Toward" Versus "Towards" :: Quick and Dirty Tips

a)Part of my working life was a field ecologist ,probing about magic of invisible animal kingdoms.
b)In my most recent collection ,The invisible kings,the romani language attempts an opening between fields of language.
c)Romani contains many words and phrases from other tongues-language is absorbed as it travelled through .
d)Gypsy place-names for examlple are precise riddles that speak shrewdly from the travellers' point of view.
a)a and b b)b,c,d c)a and d d)only b 5)none of the above


a ..probing the magic..
c ..as it travels through ..
pad gaya tamatar .. no option with b/d
a is definitely wrong IMO .. is the sentence c a typo .. ? is it ..from other tongues-languages absorbed as it traveled through. ? would go with option 2 in that case ..


retry bhai oa is ie option 2)...c is not a typo...
TOWARD VS TOWARDS LINK NOT WORKING ..plz tell me the difference in their usage..:)
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TOWARD VS TOWARDS


Pretty much the same ..

Check out this dictionary entry.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/towards
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retry bhai oa is ie option 2)...c is not a typo...
TOWARD VS TOWARDS LINK NOT WORKING ..plz tell me the difference in their usage..:)


prats .. i checked the link .. seems to be working. Anyways, I'm attaching the text from the site in a doc file ..

this link says there is no difference in the usage .. toward and towards are interchangeable ..

3. Teachers in this country have generally been trained either to
approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should
force students to memorize rules and principles without truly
understanding how to apply them.
to approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they
should force students to memorize rules and principles
to approach mathematics like a creative activity or to force
students to memorize rules and principles
to approach mathematics as a creative activity or to force
students to memorize rules and principles
that they should approach mathematics as a creative
activity or to force students to memorize rules and
principles
that they should approach mathematics like a creative
activity or that they should force students to memorize
rules and principles


vishal bhai ... iska OA de do plz ..

writetotanveer, can you shed some light on this .. looked up some resources but am confused abt this

LIKE vs AS Usage : GMAT Sentence Correction (SC)
Grammar Girl : Like Versus As :: Quick and Dirty Tips
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Hello puys,

Please tell the correct usage of pronoun in following cases:

1. In comparative degree using than or as

Which one is correct : He is wiser than I or He is wiser than me.

2. When pronoun is used as the complement of the verb to be:

Which one is correct : It is I or It is me.

3. Normal case
Which one is correct : Nobody was there but I or Nobody was there but me.

Please give the answer with explanations.

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writetotanveer, can you shed some light on this .. looked up some resources but am confused abt this

LIKE vs AS Usage : GMAT Sentence Correction (SC)
Grammar Girl : Like Versus As :: Quick and Dirty Tips


Like - used to compare two nouns.

e.g

Incorrect - Gita and Sita, as their mother Reema, are extremely smart.
Correct - Gita and Sita, like their mother Reema, are extremely smart.

As - used to compare two clauses. (A clause is a phrase that includes a verb).

Incorrect - Just like swimming is good exercise, running is a way to burn calories.
Correct - Just as swimming is good exercise, running is a way to burn calories.

Note : Do not use Like when you mean for example.


Some Exercise: As or like?
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Hello puys,

Please tell the correct usage of pronoun in following cases:

1. In comparative degree using than or as

Which one is correct : He is wiser than I or He is wiser than me.



Please give the answer with explanations.


Refer Grammar Girl : "Than I" Versus "Than Me" :: Quick and Dirty Tips
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2. When pronoun is used as the complement of the verb to be:

Which one is correct : It is I or It is me.


Grammar Girl : "It Is I" Versus "It Is Me" :: Quick and Dirty Tips
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Hello puys,

Please tell the correct usage of pronoun in following cases:

1. In comparative degree using than or as

Which one is correct : He is wiser than I or He is wiser than me.

2. When pronoun is used as the complement of the verb to be:

Which one is correct : It is I or It is me.

3. Normal case
Which one is correct : Nobody was there but I or Nobody was there but me.

Please give the answer with explanations.


while using the comparative degree 'than',use the objective case..that is :'me'...that's the rule.

For the second case,you got to use the nominative case that is 'I'...bcoz you are the does of the action here.

in the 2rd case : again use the objective case as you are not the doer of the action....
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Could you plz help me out with this one

He lives....... Bengaluru.....115, Richmond road.

a) in at
b) in on
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Choose the correct option for the phrase However, I would say to make a grammatically correct sequel to the sentence given below.

Orthodox rabbis generally find no firm reason in Jewish law and ethics to object to cloning.
OPTIONS

1)However, I would say, that endangered species cloning may deter donations to help preserve the natural habitat and wild life population.
2)I would say, however, that cloning of endangered species may deter donations to help preserve the natural habitat and wild life population.
3)I, however, would say, that, cloning of endangered species, may deter donations to help preserve the natural habitat and wild life population.
4)That cloning of endangered species, I however, would say, may deter donations to help preserve the natural habitat and wild life population.

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Could you plz help me out with this one

He lives....... Bengaluru.....115, Richmond road.

a) in at
b) in on

He lives...in... Bengaluru...on...115, Richmond road.

u can't live at road...u can live on the road...
living 'at the road' means, kind of ur home is the road itself...i hope u get my point...
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identify the correct
a)Don starry is a tall,husky man ,grey haired and grey eyed ,
b)who wears steel -rimmed glasses and spoke with authority .
c)He enjoys carpentery and painting his summer house in the solitary mountains of colorado.
d)He managed his 4000 volume library meticulously.
e)He looks like a university president -which ,in fact ,he was for a time -although not at a conventional university.
1)a,b and c 2)b and c 3)a,d,and e 4)c and d 5)a,c, and e..

a)No jewish mother ever wanted her son to be a president .
b)special assistant to the president ,may be ;but president ,never.
c)traditionally,politics never played an important role
d)in the jewish community as it did in the other communities .
e)And the jewish mother is not what she used to be as there are currently three governors in the U.S of jewish origin .
1)a only 2)a,b,c 3)A,D,E 4)c only 5) d only
plz provide explanation also...:)

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What is wrong with the following sentence

Television can attract attention of people more than anything else.


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