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Hi, Urgent-This morning I got the announcement that tomorrow I will be out of country on business trip with my director team untie come back U.S on May 29, this is big ....bad news for me because I have GMAT test on May 27. Now I must start my business trip after negotiating with my director. Can I now cancel the GMAT test? anyone here know how to cancel the GMAT test and can I get the money back, could you please tell me?

Hey m.campanella, Thanks a lot of your useful suggestions!

Hi, m.campanella, First of all, could you share your experiences to me how to progress through Critical reasoning in GMAT ? How to recollect the CR and summarize after doing the CR on indicating OG11? This is my poorest segment to sit for the GMAT, and worstly I did not find the appropriate approach to attack this section, excepting for doing again and again the CR questions in OG11. Secondly, I admire your writing english so much after viewing your writing skill. For me, english is my second language so I need more practice on my AWA in testing GMAT. May I ask you how do you prepare your AWA before testing the GMAT? Do you use the template instruments in AA and AI? If yes, could you share your templates to me so that I can instinctively implement it on practicing AWA. Do you have any suggestions or recommendations to me regarding how to improve the english writing and AWA in GMAT? Again, thanks a million for your extraordinary correspondences and recommendations!

Thanks for explanation! pretty appreciated. Can I say that indicating both with X and with(must show to parallel) 0r with both A and B? So A, and B must add the both with X and with Y.

43. (26693-!-item-!-188;#058&002873) A one-million-year-old skull bearing traits associated both with Homo erectus and, in addition, Homo sapiens has been found in the Afar region of Eritrea, and indicates that modern humans developed much earlier than previously thought. (A) both with Homo erectus and, in addition, Homo sapiens has been found in the Afar region of Eritrea, and indicates (B) both with Homo erectus and Homo sapiens have been found in the Afar region of Eritrea, which indicates © with both Homo erectus and Homo sapiens has been found in the Afar region of Eritrea, indicating (D) with both Homo erectus and Homo sapiens and found in the Afar region of Eritrea, indicating (E) with both Homo erectus and Homo sapiens have been found in the Afar region of Eritrea, which indicates The correct answer is C, but I did D My question is that A and B are using both with, but C is with both. I knew that associate should be connected with, but I am always confused between both with and with both in GMAT. Could anyone tell me how to accurately recognize both with and with both?

58. (27527-!-item-!-188;#058&003203) Both weakened by concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced the central bank to intervene for the fourth time in a week. (A) Both weakened by concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced (B) Both concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and the growing fears of a rise in inflation weakened the country's currency, continuing its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced © Both because it was weakened by concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a raise in inflation, the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, forcing (D) The country's currency, weakened both by concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, forcing (E) The country's currency, weakened by both concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and growing fears of a raise in inflation, continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced urgent help! The correct answer is D, but I did the E. the only difference is that D-forcing and E-which forced. Could somebody here can provided specific explanation to me why D not E? and most importantly, how to differentiate what situation should be used -forcing (V-ing), and should be used- which forced? I always perplex when I encountered those usage in GMAT test. Thanks a lot

1-2. Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from the sale of oil into a special fund, with the intention to sustain the state’s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves. (A) fund, with the intention to sustain the state’s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves (B) fund, the intention of which is to sustain the state’s economy after they have exhausted their oil reserves © fund intended to sustain the state’s economy after oil reserves are exhausted (D) fund intended to sustain the state’s economy after exhausting its oil reserves (E) fund that they intend to sustain the state’s economy after oil reserves are exhausted The correct answer is C, I chose D. Can pleanse anyone here elabortate why C rather than D 2 Canadian scientists have calculated that one human being should be struck every nine years by a meteorite, while each year sixteen buildings can be expected to sustain damage from such objects. (A) one human being should be struck every nine years by a meteorite (B) a human being should be struck by a meteorite once in every nine years © a meteorite will strike one human being once in every nine years (D) every nine years a human being will be struck by a meteorite (E) every nine years a human being should be struck by a meteorite 5. The correct answer is D. What is different between D-will and E-should? Thanks

-Margaret Courtney-Clarke has traveled to remote dwellings in the Transvaal to photograph the art of Ndebele women, whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography and in a style that varies from woman to woman and house to house. (A) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography and in a style that varies from woman to woman and house to house (B) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries are embellished with old and new iconography, and their style is varying among women and houses © whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries are embellished with old and new iconography, and they are in styles that vary from woman to woman and house to house (D) with murals brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography, and their style varies among women and houses (E) with murals that are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography, and their styles vary among women and houses OA is A. Why is A correct. Could anyone here help me in understanding it?

what is run-on sentence? how to define run-on sentence? Thanks

SC-209 The fact of some fraternal twins resembling each other greatly and others looking quite dissimilar highlights an interesting and often overlooked feature of fraternal-twin pairs, namely they vary considerably on a spectrum of genetic relatedness Despite the growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced that, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers to automatic teller machines, many travelers will still use travel agents. A. growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced that, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers to automatic teller machines, many travelers will B. growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers to automatic teller machines, that many travelers would C. growing number of people purchasing plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers as compared to automatic teller machines, many travelers will D. fact that the number of people purchasing plane tickets online is growing, airline executives are convinced, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers as compared to automatic teller machines, that many travelers would E. fact that the number of people who purchase plane tickets online are growing, airline executives are convinced that, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers compared with automatic teller machines, many travelers would The correct answer is A, I select the B. Here somebody can explain the difference between "convinced that,...., many traveler.." and"convinced,...., that many travelers..."? which one is formally to be used? Secondly, why here should be used future tense-will?

SC-213 The fact of some fraternal twins resembling each other greatly and others looking quite dissimilar highlights an interesting and often overlooked feature of fraternal-twin pairs, namely they vary considerably on a spectrum of genetic relatedness 213. (31353-!-item-!-188;#058&006136) Caribou are wary animals with excellent hearing, so stalking them over the treeless landscape, getting close enough to kill it with nothing but a handheld lance, as Dorset people did, required exceptional hunting skill. A. so stalking them over the treeless landscape, getting close enough to kill it B. so to stalk them over the treeless landscape and get close enough to kill one C. so in order to stalk them over the treeless landscape and get close enough to kill one D. and so in order to stalk it over the treeless landscape, getting close enough to kill it E. and so stalking them over the treeless landscape and getting close enough in order to kill it The correct answer is B. this question is focuing on the usage of so and enough to, but in GMAT SC, how to use the so and enough to.

The fact of some fraternal twins resembling each other greatly and others looking quite dissimilar highlights an interesting and often overlooked feature of fraternal-twin pairs, namely they vary considerably on a spectrum of genetic relatedness SC-214 Being that she was secretary of labor, Frances Perkins' considerable influence with Franklin D. Roosevelt was used preventing him from restraining strikes by longshoremen and automobile workers. A. Being that she was secretary of labor, Frances Perkins' considerable influence with Franklin D. Roosevelt was used preventing B. As secretary of labor, Frances Perkins' considerable influence with Franklin D. Roosevelt was used to prevent C. Being secretary of labor, Frances Perkins' considerable influence with Franklin D. Roosevelt was used preventing D. As secretary of labor, Frances Perkins used her considerable influence with Franklin D. Roosevelt to prevent E. Secretary of labor, Frances Perkins' considerable influence was used with Franklin D. Roosevelt preventing The correct answer is D, I selected the C In D, the "as" should be followed by a clause in terms of OG's explanation, why here as can be followed by secretary of labor? First time I would like to pick up D, but after delibberately consindering the usage of As is offered in OG, I elimiated the D to select the C.

First of all, I want to correct the official answer in question 2 is E rather than A. here the usage of twice is twice +noun. Second, regarding the usage of twice as follows I still have question want to get the response. 72. The number of undergraduate degrees in engineering awarded by colleges and universities in the United States increased by more than twice from 1978 to 1985. (A) increased by more than twice (B) increased more than two times © more than doubled (D) was more than doubled (E) had more than doubled Correct answer is C OG72's explanation is that twice Adv., but after "by" should be followed by noun or proun. Therefore here should be selected C. Right? But as follows uage of twice is different 17. In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice as fast as the 1970’s. (A) twice as fast as (B) twice as fast as it was in © twice what it was in (D) two times faster than that of (E) two times greater than The correct answer is C. What does mean "what it was", and what is refer to "it"? is "it" refers to rate of increase? And I check the longman dictionary to indicate the usage of twice- twice adverb, predeterminer (it is very important to remember that twice is adverb and predeterminer) 1. two times He was questioned by police twice yesterday. twice a day/week/year etc (=two times in the same day, week etc) Letters were delivered twice a week only. None of our dinner menus are exactly the same twice over . 2 two times more, bigger, better etc than something else twice as many/much (as something) They employ 90 people, twice as many as last year. twice as high/big/large etc (as something) Interest rates are twice as high as those of our competitors. twice the size/number/rate/amount etc an area twice the size of Britain But I didnot find the uage of twice +what As following regarding twice is my big.....headache to do 1- In 1914 a total of 469,000 cars and trucks were produced in the United States, but in 1929 almost twice the numbers of tucks alone came off the assembly lines.A.the numbers of tucks alone B.that number of trucks alone C.the number of trucks by themselves D.as many trucks themselves E.as many trucks by themselves Answer is B. Why use the that in B rather than the in A? and is alone better than by themselves? 2- Providing initial evidence that airport are a larger source of pollution than they were once believed to be, environmentalists in Chicago report that the total amount of pollutant emitted annually by vehicles at O’Hare International Airport is twice as much as that which is being emitted annually by all motor vehicles in the Chicago metropolitan area. as much as that which is being emitted annually by all as much annually as is emitted by the as much compared to what is annually emitted by all that emitted annually by all that emitted annually compared to theThe correct answer is D 3- A new hair-growing drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the drug’s maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient. A.As B.than C.that D.of what E.at which The correct answer is C. three times that？ The uage of twice is big...problem for me. I am still cannot figure it out when I do the GMAT SC. Thanks for all your help!

Agree-If the sentence would have been "Chasez continues to perform,write and produce for such acts as Boyz and Girlz United and Wild Orchid" then perform,write and produce would be 3 parallel actions. But I still don't completely understand that usage of "and" and "as well as" position in the sentence. yes the author wants to emphasize the write and produce in the sentence-how about the sentence like this :Chasez continues towrite and produce as well as proform for such acts as Boyz & Girlz United and Wild Orchid. I mean switch the position from and to as well as so I maybe understand this sentence. Thanks for any comments!

176. (25765-!-item-!-188;#058&001724) For at least two decades or more previous to when the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, he was the most admired painter in Italy. A. For at least two decades or more previous to when the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, he was B. For at least two decades before the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, he had been C. For at least two decades or more before the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's dying in 1770, he had been D. When the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, for at least two decades previously he was E. When the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, having been for at least two decades before that the correct answer is B, I chose the D.I don't know why B is correct. Is here the important word "died" using? why use the past perfect tense rather than past simple tense? or is the difference between using "For" and "When" Thanks for any explanations.