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A and B for me too

1. A 2. C

I will go with B on this. x is different from Y - idiomatic x is different than Y - unidiomatic

Congratulations on your awesome score and thanks for providing such good input. Can you post the notes that you took for SC's while preparing.

will go with D. Efforts needs plural verb have

I will go with B and D. "partly because" must be used in order to maintain paralleism. partly because X and partly because Y this will leave C and D In C because of is unidiomatic. Hence D.

I will go with E. Unlike the honeybee, the yellow jacket....

Congratulations on your awesome score. :tup:

Thanks score800. That's what I had in mind. A collection of everyone's tips and techniques for cracking SC. Such as vs Like Such as is used to indicate examples Like is used to indicate similarities Can you buy me some fruit like oranges or grapefruit? In GMATLand, this sentence would mean that you do NOT want oranges or grapefruit; instead, you'd prefer some fruit similar to oranges and grapefruit. For example, you may want pomelo, lemons, or limes. Yes, I know this sounds a little crazy, but our goal is to understand what GMAT is looking for, not what is "correct" English. Can you buy me some fruit such as oranges or grapefruit? Yes, this is what we're supposed to say in GMATLand -- oranges and grapefruit are examples of the type of fruit we want. If…Then Construction Sentences that use the word ‘if’ to describe hypothetical conditions require a conditional verb construction. These sentences have two parts: if clause, and the then clause. The word ‘if’ does not always signal a conditional sentence. Only when the sentence has a ‘then’ clause, then the sentence is considered a conditional sentence. Also note would/could never appears in the ‘if’ clause. The actual word then is frequently omitted If Clause ; Then Clause Present Tense ; Will + Base Verb Past Tense ; Would/Could + Base Verb Past Perfect Tense ; Would/Could + Have + Past Participle

Like vs As 'Like' is used to compare people or things (nouns) Ex: Jack and Jull, like Humpty Dumpty, are extremely stupid. 'As' is used to compare clauses. A clause is any phrase that includes a verb Ex: Just as jogging is a good exercise, swimming is a great way to burn calories. Each other vs One another Each other - used when two persons are involved Ex: Ross and Rachel love each other. One another - used when there are more than 2 people Ex: The three brothers love one another. As Long As vs So Long As As long as - deals with physical comparision Ex: The baseball bat was as long as the club So long as - deals with a condition Ex: So long as you maintain your cool, the meeting should be fine. Equal vs Equivalent Equal should be used only in its strict sense. Ex: 4+3 is equal to 5+2 Equivalent is preferable when we are saying that two thing s are not entirely identical, but are almost equal. Ex: Country X spent $xx on something, equivalent to the GDP of country Y.

I want to start a thread which contains tips for cracking SC's. Please feel free to contribute. 1) Answer choices in which the word "being" is a verb are rarely correct. Pay special attention to where and how "being" is used at the end of the answer choices. This is a Kaplan takeaway strategy 2) "There" constructions are rarely correct. If you see "there" WITH a comma before it, it's probably wrong 3) If you see "which" WITHOUT a comma before it, it's probably wrong. 4) Consider, regard....as, think of......as: there is no as after consider, while both regard and think of need the as. 5) To be/Being: In general, avoid the construction to be/being because they are usually passive. To be/being are commonly used in junk answer choices. 6) “after when” is WRONG 7) From x to Y - CORRECT, From x up to Y - INCORRECT 8) Rates for - CORRECT, Rates of – INCORRECT 9) If “who” is present it should refer to one before the comma. 10) “so much.....as” is preferred if it is preceded by a negative. Ex: She left not so much as a trace. 11) Have + verb (-ed) + present participle (-ing) is WRONG ex: “have elected retiring” should be “have elected to retire” 12) A relative pronoun (which, that or who) refers to the word preceding it. If the meaning is unclear, the pronoun is in the wrong position. The word "which" introduces non-essential clauses and "that" introduces essential clauses. "Who" refers to individuals; "that" refers to a group of persons, class, type, or species. Wrong: The line at the bank was very slow, which made me late. Right: I was late because of the line at the bank OR The line at the bank made me late. 13) “Less” and “amount” refer to non-countable things and answer: “How much?” [soup]. 14) "Fewer" and "number" refer to countable things and answer: "How many?" [people]. 15) "if" vs. "whether" vs "whether or not". if these are being tested in one sentence choose "whether" almost 100% of the time!!! 16) Disinterested vs Uninterested Disinterested: neutral, unbiased Ex: The best judges are disinterested. Uninterested: bored, not interested Ex: Uninterested in his homework, Martin nodded off. 17) Who vs Whom If you can’t get who and whom straight, try this trick: rephrase the sentence to get rid of who or whom. If you find you’ve replaced who/whom with he, she, or they, then "who" is correct. If you find you’ve replaced who/whom with him, her, or them, then "whom" is correct. 18) Conditional The conditional might trip you up or give you pause, but it’s actually a wonderfully simple verb form to get right. The formula always goes: If.....were.....would. That’s it! There’s nothing else to memorize. Ex: If I were principal, I would let everyone leave at eleven a.m. Note that it’s never correct to say if . . . was . . . were. The title of the song “If I Were a Rich Man” is an excellent way to remember the use of were with the conditional.

Can someone also tell me if "than have" is idiomatic in GMATland. I remeber reading somewhere that "than have" is unidiomatic. I couldn't find that resource.

Awesome Bob. Thanks for helping us on this forum.

Awesome score piyush....congratulations....thanks for sharing such wonderful information. Can you send the material to terlapu@gmail.com.

The OA's are E, B, E. For the 1st question, can anyone point out what's wrong with A.