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Thanks Ursula and Manusmile.

Thanks Ursula, I wanted to ensure that there is no exception to this rule. Clearly, the other elements in the answer choice helps one to nail it.

OG 141. Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same, all patients receiving hearts or other organs must take antirejection drugs for the rest of their lives. (A) Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same (B) Besides transplants involving identical twins with the same genetic endowment © Unless the transplant involves identical twins who have the same genetic endowment (D) Aside from a transplant between identical twins with the same genetic endowment (E) Other than transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same Answer ©. OG Explanation: Choice C, the best answer, solves these problems by using a clause introduced by Unless to describe the exception to the rule and a nonrestrictive clause beginning with 'who' to describe the characteristic attributed to all identical twins. Q: Since Nonrestrictive clauses are paranthetic, Commas are needed to separate these clauses. How is the case of 'Who' in the above answer choice C different from this rule? Please explain your answers. Thank you in advance.

OG 80. Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates. (A) that flourished at the same time as the civilizations (B) that had flourished at the same time as had the civilizations © that flourished at the same time those had (D) flourishing at the same time as those did (E) flourishing at the same time as those were Answer is A. Q1: What would be the diff if a 'did' existed after as in the answer choice A ? Q2: Is the 'did' as mentitoned in Q1, a) Optional b) Mandatory & c) Implicit Please explain your answers. Thank you in advance.

Critics of the trend toward privately operated prisons consider corrections facilities to be an integral part of the criminal justice system and question if profits should be made from incarceration. (A) to be an integral part of the criminal justice system and question if (B) as an integral part of the criminal justice system and they question if © as being an integral part of the criminal justice system and question whether (D) an integral part of the criminal justice system and question Whether (E) are an integral part of the criminal justice system, and they question whether This SC is from [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip] question #65, Page711. The correct answer is D. Q: If the answer choice A were to be modified so that it ends with 'whether' rather than 'if', then do you think Choice A would be a correct answer choice? OG Explanation : When consider means "regard as," as it does in this sentence, its object should be followed immediately by the phrase that identifies or describes that object. Thus, to be in A, as in B, and as being in C produce unidiomatic constructions in the context of the sentence. In other words is 'Consider to be' Idiomatic & Correct Usage in GMAT Land ? Thank you in advance.

Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers provide workers with unpaid leave so as to care for sick or newborn children. (A) provide workers with unpaid leave so as to (B) to provide workers with unpaid leave so as to © provide workers with unpaid leave in order that they (D) to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can (E) provide workers with unpaid leave and This SC is from [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip] question #67, Page 712. The correct answer is D. But can anyone tell me the antecedent (Employers or Workers?) for the pronoun 'they' in answer D? Please Explain your answers in detail. Thank you in advance.

Thank you Manusmile & Ursula for your replies. To summarize our discussion : Possesive Pronouns can refer back to Possesive Nouns. However, Nominative and Object Pronouns may NOT refer back to Possesive Nouns.

Hi Ursula & Manusmile, Thx for the lightning replies. I found some interesting references regarding this thread and thought would share the same with you folks. Ref :1 http://www.bartleby.com/68/17/4817.html Ref :2 http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/pronref.html A quote from the Ref:2 link: A pronoun should not refer to adjectives or possessive nouns You should not use adjectives, or nouns or pronouns in the possessive case, as antecedents. Although they may imply a noun, reference to them will be ambiguous: In Ruth's apology she told Jerry she'd loved him for years. In this case, the pronoun "she" seems to refer to the noun phrase "Ruth's apology,", though it was probably meant to refer to possessive noun "Ruth's." Jerry wore those blasted green knickers; it was his favourite colour. In this example, the pronoun "it" seems to refer to the noun "knickers," though it was probably meant to refer to the adjective "green."

Hmm, I dont seem to be convinced with the notion of possesive nouns being used as referents in the GMATland. Anymore inputs ?

Each of Hemingway’s wives—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—were strong and interesting women, very different from the often pallid women who populate his novels. (A) Each of Hemingway’s wives—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—were strong and interesting women, (B) Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—each of them Hemingway’s wives—were strong and interesting women, © Hemingway’s wives—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—were all strong and interesting women, (D) Strong and interesting women—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—each a wife of Hemingway, was (E) Strong and interesting women—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—every one of Hemingway’s wives were This SC is from [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip] question #18 Page700. The correct answer is C. But can anyone tell me the antecedent for the pronoun 'his' in 'his novels' ? Thank you in advance.

I downloaded a set of essays from a chinese website and frankly, I have no Idea whether these essays are from GRE?

Hi Dan, Congrats on your Wonderful Score. I have couple of questions for you. Did you try all the 6 GMAT plus study books? Can you elaborate why GMAT plus did not help you? After completing [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip] twice, I am entirely banking on the GMAT plus questions for practice. Also, I almost remember all the answers for the [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip] questions in SC, CR & to a certain extent RC. This prompted me to plunge into GMAT Plus and I have completed 2 study books. OfCourse I am not convinced with some of the answers and refer to the previous postings for a detailed explanation. Currently I am also pursuing a 9-week Course in Manhattan GMAT to augment my prep. Any advice in this regard is welcome from any member. Thanks in Advance

Thanks Ursula. Your answers are correct. I was having a major trouble comprehending the Q1 answer and you have demystified it. BTW Do you have any suggestions to improve RC ?

Yes C is the Correct Answer. Thank you for your explanation Ursula.

Agricultural progress provided the stimulus necessary to set off economic expansion in medieval France. As long as those who worked the land were barely able to ensure their own subsistence (5) and that of their landlords, all other activities had to be minimal, but when food surpluses increased, it became possible to release more people for governmental, commercial, religious and cultural pursuits. (10) However, not all the funds from the agricultural surplus were actually available for commercial investment. Much of the surplus, in the form of food increases, probably went to raise the subsistence level; an additional amount, in the form (15) of currency gained from the sale of food, went into the royal treasury to be used in waging war. Although Louis VII of France levied a loss crushing tax burden on his subjects than did England's Henry ¢ò, Louis VII did spend great sums on an unsuc- (20) cessful crusade, and his vassals-both lay and ecclesiastic-took over spending where their sovereign stopped. Surplus funds were claimed both by the Church and by feudal landholders, where- upon cathedrals and castles mushroomed throughout (25) France. The simultaneous progress of cathedral building and, for instance, vineyard expansion in Bordeaux illustrates the very real competition for available capital between the Church and commercial interests; (30) the former produced inestimable moral and artistic riches, but the latter had a stronger immediate impact upon gross national product. More- over, though all wars by definition are defensive, the frequent crossings of armies that lived off the (35) land and impartially burned all the huts and barns on their path consumed considerable resources. Since demands on the agricultural surplus would have varied from year to year, we cannot precisely calculate their impact on the commercial growth of (40) medieval France. But we must bear that impact in mind when estimating the assets that were likely to have been available for investment. No doubt castle and cathedral building was not totally barren of profit (for the builders, that is), and it produced (45) intangible dividends of material and moral satisfac- tion for the community. Even wars handed back a fragment of what they took, at least to a few. Still, we cannot place on the same plane a primarily destruct ive activity and a constructive one, nor expect (50) the same results from a new bell tower as from a new water mill. Above all, medieval France had little room for investment over and above the preservation of life. Granted that war cost much less than it does today, that the Church rendered all (55) sorts of educational and recreational services that were unobtainable elsewhere, and that government was far less demanding than is the modern state¡ª nevertheless, for medieval men and women, supporting commercial development required considerable (60) economic sacrifice. 3. The passage suggests that which of the following would have reduced the assets immediately available for commercial investment in medieval France? I. Renovation of a large cathedral II. A sharp increase in the birth rate III. An invasion of France by Henry II (A) III only (B) I and II only © I and III only (D) II and III only (E) I, II, and III 8. The passage implies that which of the following yielded the lowest dividend to medieval men and women relative to its cost? (A) Warfare (B) Vineyard expansion © Water mill construction (D) Castle building (E) Cathedral building Can anyone explain the correct answers with explanation from the passages. Thanks in advance.