http://www.urch.com/forums English grammar on the GMAT. en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:01:04 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.urch.com/forums/tm_images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.urch.com/forums http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129063-whats-correct-usage.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:19 GMT (1) I have to ask a favor of you. (2) I have to ask a favor from you. (1) I have to ask a favor of you.

(2) I have to ask a favor from you. ]]> GMAT Sentence Correction atishree http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129063-whats-correct-usage.html http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129041-biggest-single-component-municipal-trash.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:16:28 GMT _Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single component of municipal trash, many municipalities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal_. (A) Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single component of municipal trash, many municipalities have tried recycling to reduce the... Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single component of municipal trash, many municipalities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal. (A) Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single component of municipal trash, many municipalities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal.
(B) Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single component in municipal trash, many municipalities tried to recycle so that the cost of trash disposal is reduced.
(C) Because paper of all kinds are the biggest single components in municipal trash, many municipalities have tried to recycle to reduce the cost of trash disposal.
(D) All kinds of paper are the biggest single components of municipal trash, and so many municipalities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal.（A）
(E) All kinds of paper is the biggest single component of municipal trash, so many municipalities have tried to recycle so that the cost of trash disposal could be reduced. ]]> GMAT Sentence Correction Infinite7 http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129041-biggest-single-component-municipal-trash.html http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129040-french-government.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:11:05 GMT At a recent session, the French government _has decided that Paris needs_ a second, larger opera house to complement the famous Paris Opera. (A) has decided that Paris needs (B) decided that Paris needs (C) has decided that Paris will need (D) decided that Paris has a need of (E) has... At a recent session, the French government has decided that Paris needs a second, larger opera house to complement the famous Paris Opera.
(A) has decided that Paris needs
(B) decided that Paris needs
(C) has decided that Paris will need
(D) decided that Paris has a need of
(E) has decided that Paris needed ]]> GMAT Sentence Correction Infinite7 http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129040-french-government.html http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129039-astronomers-palomar-observatory.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:08:34 GMT Astronomers at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a distant supernova explosion, one _that they believe is _a type previously unknown to science. (A) that they believe is (B) that they believe it to be (C) they believe that it is of (D) they believe that is (E) they believe to be of Astronomers at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a distant supernova explosion, one that they believe is a type previously unknown to science.
(A) that they believe is
(B) that they believe it to be
(C) they believe that it is of
(D) they believe that is
(E) they believe to be of ]]> GMAT Sentence Correction Infinite7 http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129039-astronomers-palomar-observatory.html http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129038-us-nuclear-attack-submarines.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:02:50 GMT As U.S. nuclear attack submarines prowl their familiar haunts deep within the oceans of the world these days, _they increasingly are engaged in missions far different from the tasks for which they were built_ and for which their crews were trained over the last forty years. (A) they increasingly... As U.S. nuclear attack submarines prowl their familiar haunts deep within the oceans of the world these days, they increasingly are engaged in missions far different from the tasks for which they were built and for which their crews were trained over the last forty years.
(A) they increasingly are engaged in missions far different from the tasks for which they were built
(B) the missions they increasingly engage in are far different than the tasks they were built for
(C) they engage increasingly in missions that differ significantly from the tasks they were built for
(D) the missions they engage in are increasingly different than the tasks for which they were built
(E) they increasingly engage in missions far different than the tasks for which they were built ]]> GMAT Sentence Correction Infinite7 http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129038-us-nuclear-attack-submarines.html http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129037-alcohol-distilled-cereal-grain.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:57:21 GMT As the price of gasoline rises, _which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive, _the prices of bread and livestock feed are sure to increase. (A) which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive (B) which makes substituting the distillation of... As the price of gasoline rises, which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive, the prices of bread and livestock feed are sure to increase.
(A) which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive
(B) which makes substituting the distillation of alcohol from cereal grain attractive
(C) which makes distilling alcohol from cereal grain an attractive substitute
(D) making an attractive substitution of alcohol distilled from cereal grain
(E) making alcohol distilled from cereal grain an attractive substitute ]]> GMAT Sentence Correction Infinite7 http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129037-alcohol-distilled-cereal-grain.html http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129036-curfew.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:56:17 GMT Does the word curfew always needs the determiner 'The' ]]> GMAT Sentence Correction mishrapyush http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129036-curfew.html http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129033-etched-lines-computer-memory-chips.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:50:55 GMT As the etched lines on computer memory chips have become thinner and the chips’ circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have vastly increased.
(A) the chips’ circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have
(B) the chips’ circuits more complex, the power of both the chips and the electronic devices they drive has
(C) the chips’ circuits are more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive has
(D) their circuits are more complex, the power of both the chips and the electronic devices they drive have
(E) their circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have ]]> GMAT Sentence Correction Infinite7 http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129033-etched-lines-computer-memory-chips.html http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129032-paintings-attributed-rembrandt.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:45:29 GMT As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may actually be the works of his students or other admirers.
(A) the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may
(B) the 720 paintings attributed to be Rembrandt’s might
(C) the 720 paintings that were attributed to be by Rembrandt may
(D) the 720 Rembrandt paintings that were once attributed to him might
(E) Rembrandt’s paintings, although 720 were once attributed to him, may ]]> GMAT Sentence Correction Infinite7 http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129032-paintings-attributed-rembrandt.html http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129031-ground-breaking-work-barbara-mcclintock.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:41:02 GMT As a result of the ground-breaking work of Barbara McClintock, many scientists now believe that all of the information encoded in 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely three percent of the cell’s DNA.
(A) 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely
(B) 50,000 to 100,000 of the human cell’s different genes are contained in a mere
(C) the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in human cells are contained in merely
(D) 50,000 to 100,000 of human cell’s different genes is contained in merely
(E) the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in a human cell is contained in a mere ]]> GMAT Sentence Correction Infinite7 http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129031-ground-breaking-work-barbara-mcclintock.html http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129001-please-help-me-one.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:30:06 GMT 1. The original building and loan associations were organized as limited life funds, whose members made monthly payments on their share _subscriptions, then taking turns drawing _on the funds for home mortgages. (A) subscriptions, then taking turns drawing (B) subscriptions, and then taking... 1. The original building and loan associations were organized as limited life funds, whose members made monthly payments on their share subscriptions, then taking turns drawing on the funds for home mortgages.
(A) subscriptions, then taking turns drawing
(B) subscriptions, and then taking turns drawing
(C) subscriptions and then took turns drawing
(D) subscriptions and then took turns, they drew
(E) subscriptions and then drew, taking turns ]]> GMAT Sentence Correction atishree http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129001-please-help-me-one.html http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129000-one-really-good.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:05:54 GMT 1. The new regulations mandate _that a company allows their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue _the same insurance at their own expense for a specified period. (A) that a company allows their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group... 1. The new regulations mandate that a company allows their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue the same insurance at their own expense for a specified period.
(A) that a company allows their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue
(B) companies to allow their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage that they can continue
(C) that a company allow its retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue
(D) companies allowing a retiring employee whose group health care coverage would otherwise be lost the continuation of
(E) companies to allow a retiring employee whose group health care coverage would otherwise be lost he continuation of ]]> GMAT Sentence Correction atishree http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/129000-one-really-good.html http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/128998-forbids.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:59:40 GMT 1.The new contract _forbids a strike by the transportation union_. (A) forbids a strike by the transportation union (B) forbids the transportation union from striking (C) forbids that there be a strike by the transportation union (D) will forbid the transportation union from striking (E) will... 1.The new contract forbids a strike by the transportation union.
(A) forbids a strike by the transportation union
(B) forbids the transportation union from striking
(C) forbids that there be a strike by the transportation union
(D) will forbid the transportation union from striking
(E) will forbid that the transportation union strikes ]]> GMAT Sentence Correction atishree http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/128998-forbids.html http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/128995-sc-question.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:31:36 GMT The results of the company’s cost-cutting measures are evident in its profits, _which increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fell_ over the last two years. (A) which increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fell (B) which had... The results of the company’s cost-cutting measures are evident in its profits, which increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fell over the last two years.
(A) which increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fell
(B) which had increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it had fallen
(C) which have increased five percent during the first three months of this year after falling
(D) with a five percent increase during the first three months of this year after falling
(E) with a five percent increase during the first three months of this year after having fallen
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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 ]]> GMAT Sentence Correction BooMat http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/128960-another-one.html