790 GMAT (q50, v51)

[TwinnSplitter]

it was more along the lines of a list.

For example, the correct answer was something along the lines of:
The car dealership had Chevy, Ford, and Dodge trucks; Ferrari, Aston Martin, and Lamborghini sports cars; and BMW, Mercedes, and Bentley luxury cars.


An incorrect answer had something along the lines of:
The car dealership had Chevy, Ford, and Dodge trucks; cars considered sporty such as Ferrari, Aston Martin, and Lamborghini; and luxurious cars including BMW, Mercedes, and Bentley.

I chose the first type b/c of parallelism.

[Erin]

Good choice (you must be a natural test-taker).

We can swap in a semicolon in place of a comma to ease readability. For example, if you're going shopping, I can ask you to pick up:

some cucumbers, a head of lettuce, and a few ripe tomatoes (a, b, and c)

Notice the commas. If, however, my list is more complicated, and has commas separating each internal element, I can use semicolons in place of commas. Again, if you're going to the store, I can ask you to pick me up:

some ripe, unwaxed cucumbers and a head or two of butter lettuce; some extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinaigrette, and some fresh herbs; and some Fritos, Doritos, and Cheetos, just so you don't think I'm a food snob.

(a1, a2, and a3; b1, b2, and b3; and c1, c2, and c3.)

So if an item in the series has commas inside it, use a semicolon to separate the items in the series.

Good to know this could show up on the GMAT, eh?

[gmat168]

Funny stuff! piyusht asked about the same question in this thread:

http://www.urch.com/forums/showthrea...ght=semi-colon (; ; -)

[Sniper]

Great score twinsplitter !!

cheers,

[Anandha]

Honestly speaking, this is the best GMAT debriefing I have read.

Thank you and Good LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RAJDDUN2003]

Congrats Man It's A Great Score.plz Give Some Tips To Other Members Of This Forum To Get Close To 790

[TwinnSplitter]

Looking forward to hear your experience.

i want you to share with me your exprience in this test

plz Give Some Tips To Other Members Of This Forum To Get Close To 790

Are there any questions in particular that you guys had that I didn't answer in my test experience and prep strategy posts? If so, let me know, I'm here to help

[Priyadarshi]

Twinn..thanks a ton for the help in finding stuff for parabola..need one more help form u ..am not fully satisfied with my grasp on CR ..can u reccomend any study material for approaching the Cr probs in LSAT or any book ( other than the one you hv reccomended for addition practice questions)..

thanks in anticipation

[TwinnSplitter]

hi Priyadarshi,

unfortunately, I haven't really used any strategy guides to prep for CR and thus wouldn't really know which one to recommend...I found that my grasp on CR increased drastically simply through practice. Between January 1st and February 12, I did approximately 1200 CR questions, and I went from being about average on them to getting to the point where I would expect to never get a CR wrong unless I misread the question. You simply learn what kind of answer they expect as you do more and more. In other words, my main piece of advice is to practice!

Sorry I couldn't refer you to any specific CR strategy guide, but hopefully that helps.

[Priyadarshi]

believe me twinn ..what u said helps ..


thanks a ton again