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can someone please confirm the OA? SC 1000 has says OA is E. (#697 there)

was stuck between C and E C looks awkward E distorts the meaning - the original sentence says "are and will"; E says "likely to", bringing uncertainty thought awkwardness should be preferred to distortion in meaning and went for C any comments on this?

"result from"? should it not be "result of" here? Erin, can you please explain?

138. Senator Lasker has proposed legislation requiring that employers should retain all older workers indefinitely or show just cause for dismissal. (A) that employers should retain all older workers (B) that all older workers be retained by employers © the retaining by employers of all older workers (D) employers' retention of all older workers (E) employers to retain all older workers the part of the sentence following the underlined part shows that the underlined portion has to be in active voice and that "employer has to be the subject. All but A and E can be eliminated. A has redundancy of expression : required that..should E remains

1.Opened in 1683, the Ashmolean was the first public museum in Great Britain, while earlier the Bodleian has been the first truly public library. (A) while earlier the Bodleian has been (B) where the Bodleian earlier is © just as earlier the Bodleian had been (D) as the earlier Bodleian has been (E) the Bodleian earlier being "while" brings in an element of contrast. "where" refers to place. neither of these fits well with the meaning of the sentence. eliminate A,B "as been" doesnt go well with "was". eliminate D "being" makes the sentence awkward. eliminate E C remains

fainter to be followed by than. eliminate A,B look for what is being compared : sources ->plural. correct choice ill have "those"..eliminate C "detecting" makes E wrong..select D

there are only two things being compared..cannot use superlative..the correct way to refer to the object is "larger" and "smaller"..can reject A,B,D immediately. "the smaller" does not make for a great blend with the rest of the sentence..can reject c E remains

while D is grammatically correct, putting it into the sentence doesnt make for a meaningful sentence - although ppl can choose among those 3things, there are no slopes without music? where is the contrast that "although" should bring? can someone please explain?

@mitzi not sure if i totally agree with you "is expected to be" puts the sentence to passive voice..i dont see a problem there. however A implies probability of paper getting recycled and D refers to the quantity of paper that will be recycled. meaning of D makes more sense than that of A..ut as such I dont see much problem with A

a clear case of parallelism test and E wins..but does the sentence look gramatically correct with E? i felt "the predator" doesnt properly refer to wolves..if at all it refers to somerthing, it would be "the population of wolves"...all other choices have this problem (if it is one) as well. any comments?

when two entities share an attribute, it means both the entities have the same attribute. so, saying "share the same X" does not make sense. This mistake is seen in all the choices except C. @shreya.sharma "same X as Y" is not the idiom being tested here

D looks faulty with respect to parallelism...I totally agree with explanation given by check.stone and others in favor of E

I would vote for E

can someone explain why B is correct? B puts the whole sentence in past perfect..doesnt look like a correct construction

i understand it is quite an easy question. someone please elaborate on the usage of "during"

Judge Forer recognizes that the American judicial system provides more safeguards for accused persons than does the legal system of any other country, but she believes there is a great disparity between the systems of justice accorded rich and poor. (A) for accused persons than does the legal system of any other country (B) to accused persons as the legal system of any country © for accused persons as the legal system of any country (D) to accused persons as the legal system of any other country (E) for accused persons than the legal system of any country

my reason to reject E : "among" puts in a sense of "one of these wins" as against " all of these in a particular proportion wins". The sentences calls for the latter meaning. comments invited

after eliminating B considering the above mentioned point, A looked like the most viable answer. while not fully satisfied with this choice, I do not see a serious problem there. The whole of the first half of the sentence(non-underlined portion) could very well refer to prediction. comments are welcome.

Initially considered B. A closer look at it forced me to reject it : predictions about the patient’s future behavior decrease in accuracy does prediction not anyway give the idea of future? thought gmat does not prefer such redundancies in sentences

It is not likely that the competitive imbalance that now exists between Japan with all major industrial nations will be redressed during the foreseeable future. (A) with all major industrial nations will be redressed during (B) with all other major industrial nations will be redressed within © with all other major industrial nations will be redressed during (D) and all major industrial nations will be redressed during (E) and all other major industrial nations will be redressed within Can someone please elaborate on the usage of "during"?

came across this question in SC 1000 OA is given as E couldnt bring myself to agree with it shortens the ... requirement? how can a requirement be shortened? in my opinion, it can only be reduced..."lessened" is the nearest possible word among the choices. I feel D should be the answer. any opinions?

In the minds of many people living in England,before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes , the opposite pole of civilization, an obscure and unimaginable place that was considered the end of the world. A. before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes B. before there was Australia, it was the antipodes C. it was the antipodes that was Australia D. Australia was what was the antipodes E. Australia was what had been known as the antipodes Systematic elimination process :-) : From the sentence, it is clear that, the part that follows the underlined portion refers to "antipodes". all choices that do not enc with "antipodes" can be eliminated. eliminate C. B: there is no noun in the sentence to which "there" can refer. eliminate. D: "was what was" makes an awkward sentence. the choice doesnt fit too well into the sentence as well. eliminate. E: distorts the meaning of the sentence..antipodes is not seen as a way of referring to a place (As implied by "known as")..it is more of a concept. eliminate. that leaves us with A, as wierd as it may look :-)

C : Legislation has not been recently passed to make legal bankruptcy easier to obtain. In my opinion, for this to be an "effective" assumption, one would also have to assume that ease of provision of bankruptcy is a sufficient reason for ppl to go for it an additional assumtion would be required to make C valid, and this makes C not too great a choice any thoughts on this?

B says : Even though its per capita food supply has hardly increased in 'its' refers to what? the modifier is not immediately preceded by China all choices involving 'its' can be rejected for this reason. it leaves us with D and E E should be the answer B is given as the OA...confused................

known+[infinitive|noun]