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  1. ok varkir, can ya sell me ur big book? how much cost? where in mumbai?
  2. i tried loooking all over mumbai for BIG BOOK couldnt find it? could anyone who has finished using BIG BOOK sell it to me?? varkir, u still have ur big book? Lokesh
  3. DP8313 judging from ur avtaar are u a quake gamer?
  4. Is it just my misconception or is it a fact that essays written by girls get rated immediately... while my essays languish in wait like a prisoner in Bastille ? hmm, the only way to confirm that would be to get myself a female nick. :) :cool: :D
  5. Present perspective on an issue is of 45 minutes as compared to 30 minutes for Analysis of an argument. So one would expect the IssUES to be longer... Exactly how long for both?
  6. Is it just my misconception or is it a fact that essays written by girls get rated immediately..while my essays languish in wait like a prisoner in Bastille ? hmm, the only way to confirm that would be to get myself a female nick. :) :cool: :D
  7. Hi AMIGORO...can u review my essay.. here it is: At first glance, the results of the study seem to suggest that sea-food is gaining in popularity. Further on, it seems logical to take advantage of this growing popularity, and open up a new Bay City restaurant specialzing in sea food. Furthermore, this argument is provided impetus by the fact that most of the families in the area are two income families which eat most of their meals in restaurants. Yet, this argument is not entirely valid and is open to debate. The argument states that consumption at sea food has increased by thirty percent. But, one has to consider the percentage of the profits constituted by sea food. If sea food constitutes an insignificant part of the restaurant's food consumption and income, then an increase of thirty percent is not a reason enough to assume that popularity of sea food is on the rise. For example, let us suppose that the restaurant serves five hundred people in a day. Furthermore, let us assume that only ten people in a day choose sea food. An increase of thirty percent means that now, thirteen people consume sea food in a day. But the number thirteen is very small as compared to the remaining four hundred and eighty seven people who do not consume sea food. Even if sea food is consumed by a majority of patrons, it is unknown whether an increase of thirty percent is enough to warrant opening of a new sea food restaurant. For example, if a typical restaurant serves five hundred people in a day out of which 300 people consume sea food. A thirty percent increase would mean that now 390 people consume sea food. For the new restaurant to sustain itself let us assume that it would require five hundred patrons per day. Now, one can see that an icrease of 30 percent means 90 more people than before, consuming food. Ninety is very small as compared to five hundred and is not a valid argument to conclude that the new sea food restaurant will have five hundred customers per day. It could happen that the new restaurant wont have enough customers and the sea food prepared in the morning would never get finished before closing time. This would lead to wastage of food and losses. Thus, the 30 percent increase is not reason enough to open a new sea food restaurant. It is stated that the majority of families are two income families which have most of their meals in a restaurant. But, it has never been mentioned anywhere that these families would choose sea food. It is impossible to conclude that these families will definitely choose sea food over pizzas, hamburgers, french fries and other snacks. Perhaps, if a survery would have indicated high preference for sea food, then there would have been enough data to make such an assumpition. Opening a new restaurant, is a huge investment and such a decision must be based on sound reasoning and valid data. Thus, without data accumulated by surverys and questionnaires, one cannot make an assumption about families in the Bay City area liking sea food. The decision to open a new sea food restaurant must be taken only after analysing the significance of the thiry percent increase in sea food consumption. Without data about the people's preference, one cannot assume that a sea food restaurant will be able to sustain itself. Any new restaurant is a huge investment. Such a risk must be taken only after weighing the pros and cons.
  8. Hi I know that the higher the score, the better but Since i am looking towards doing my MS in Computer engineering from a reputed college, whats the optimum score i should aim for?? coz im a bit nervous i gave my TOEFL on 24 FEB and it says 227 to 283. listening 28 structure 13 to 30 Reading 30
  9. Hi, i wanna know what's da optimum length of an essay for: 1] analysis of argument 2] present perspective on an issue
  10. Here is my essay. Smoking in public places is banned in many countries. This implies that those caught smoking in a public place such as a movie theatre, public park or place of work would face legal action. Though, being strongly in favor of this ban, I doubt its effectiveness. The tobacco industry is a multi-billion dollar business. A ban on smoking will result in heavy losses to the tobacco industry resulting in unemployment and deficit. In several countries, tobacco products are heavily taxed. Such a ban would result in loss of revenue to the government. There is no doubt that smoking is hazardous to health. Tobacco is the main ingredient of cigarettes. It contains nicotine which causes the addiction. It has been proved that if a healthy person is given five milligrams of nicotine, it would lead to paralysis of his respiratory system resulting in instant death. The combustion of tobacco produces tar and carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide is an extremely posionous gas. Tar is carcinogenic. Regular smokers are known to be afflicted by cancerrs of the mouth, tongue, lungs , throat and nose. There is no confirmed cure for cancer. Though, chemotherapy is preferred nowadays, its success rate is extremely low. Chemotherapy has several undesirable side effects like loss of hair, severe nausea and loss of immunity. Loss of immunity is a serious side effect because of which even a minor disease like common cold could prove fatal. The biggest example of the harmful effect of smoking comes from a research, where scientists proved that smoking one cigarette takes away five minutes from a person's life. Hence, it would be a crime to underestimate the harm caused by smoking. Smoking is injurious to people in the immediate vicinity of a smoker. Secondary smoke is lethal and is capable of causing cancer. Infants, pregnant mothers, senior citizens and animals are most susceptible. Secondary smoke is known to trigger an attack in a person afflicted by asthma. It has been proven that pregnant mothers coming in contact with cigarette smoke give birth to offspring who are highly likely to take up smoking when they reach adulthood. There is a high risk that smokers may experiment with narcotics resulting in a lifetime addiction. Thus, one must always be aware of the risk posed by secondary smoke. Banning smoking in public places is not the best soultion. It has several flaws. People will continue to smoke in their homes inspite of the fact that infants may be present. If people cannot smoke in offices, they will find some other place to smoke. Smoking is a bane on humanity. But substance abuse is another bigger bane. If steps are take to curb smoking then use of narcotics should not be left out. To avoid losses to the tobacco industry resulting from a ban, a long term soultion must be implemented. Tobacco industries should be encouraged to increase their area of expertise and explore other sources of revenue. In my opinion, a more holistic approach should be used wherein the production of cigarettes should be completely banned. Thus, there exist solutions other than banning smoking in public places. That smoking is hazardous to health is undebatable. Secondary smoke is responsible for trigering syptoms in people afflicted by respiratory disorders. To curb the ill-effects of smoking a holisitc approach is necessary.
  11. It is said that the introduction of an essay should proceed as follows 1] state topic 2]state your understanding of the topic 3]state thesis statement 4]state variousperspectives Sometimes it is difficult to stick this pattern.. Especially the "THESIS STATEMENT" still confuses me. I am not entirely clear about it. Could someone give a sample introduction to a sample topic such as. It would be best if ERIN could provide an introduction. :) #144: Would you prefer to live in a traditional house or in a modern apartment building? Use specific reasons and details to support your choice.
  12. Also , remember, there is no point in doing the reasoning part of CAT NOW sincE it would not benefit you in any way for GRE
  13. da CAT math and Verbal IS WAy way tougher than GRE while studying for CAT...start with da GRE word list and the CAT CAREER FORUM word list.. this way you can BE assured that you are studying both in parallel also, you can start by getting a few notes on math and VERbal from IMS or CAREER FORUM then have a look at da math n verbal syllabus of GRE and start studying from the CAT notes. this way you are not only prepared for GRE. but you also have a head start for CAT before joining any classes.
  14. ERIN.... that essay of mine you put in the Non TOEFL essays section is actually from da POWERPREP TOEFL TEST 1 so, it is a TOEFL essay and maybe you should consider shifting it into the TOEFL essays section coz it has been lying here for a long time without anyone reading it or rating it. the topic is Music tells us something about a culture. What does the music of your country reveal about the culture of your country? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.
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