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Post subject: Re: Sports Medicine Programs  Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:35 am |
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sbhole wrote: What I fail to understand is why "The Sports Medicine Programs" is considered plural? It could be one of the divisions of the complex. Note that "P" is in upper case in programs, why does it not mean that it is part of complex (such as a Unit or Division)?
I would have chosen E as correct ans if the P had been in lower case. Can someone throw some light on subject issue here? the rule is simple -- if you see a plural form, you should assume that it is plural. the only exceptions will be: (a) exceptions that are extremely well known (e.g., it is considered general knowledge that "the United States" is a singular noun), or (b) exceptions that have some sort of proof elsewhere in the sentence (e.g., if the non-underlined part of a sentence said "rhythm and blues is a type of music that...", then you would understand that "rhythm and blues" is singular even if you'd never heard that name before).
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Post subject: Re: Sports Medicine Programs Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:11 am |
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Hi Ron, i have another question regarding my decision between parallel structure and meaning. allow me to suppose that gear to/toward is exchangeable ( http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/gear%5B2%5D), can choice C be interpreted as: both the performance and the preparation are under the purpose of what the programs are aiming to enhance? compared with OA's structure (toward Ving and Ving), if choice C is interpreted with a lower level of parallel structure (to enhance X and Y), can it be correct? (hope my first question does make some senses...pretty nervous...) James
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Post subject: Re: Sports Medicine Programs Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:17 am |
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justmailjames wrote: Hi Ron, i have another question regarding my decision between parallel structure and meaning. allow me to suppose that gear to/toward is exchangeable ( http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/gear%5B2%5D) gmac sometimes makes weird decisions about idioms, so the only way to make that decision for sure is to wait for gmac to either (1) declare outright that the idiom is right or wrong, or (2) create a problem in which the version it considers wrong is the only error in some answer choice. Quote: can choice C be interpreted as: both the performance and the preparation are under the purpose of what the programs are aiming to enhance? hmmmm i see where you're coming from here. this interpretation doesn't seem to make as much sense to me, but it also doesn't seem ridiculous. Quote: compared with OA's structure (toward Ving and Ving), if choice C is interpreted with a lower level of parallel structure (to enhance X and Y), can it be correct? parallelism should be considered relative to other answer choices -- if you see "a lower level of parallelism", then don't pick it!
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Post subject: Re: Sports Medicine Programs Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:17 am |
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i think we should postpone further discussion of this problem until someone verifies that it is actually from the GMAT PREP SOFTWARE. i am suspicious, especially as the problem comes up relatively few times in google searches.
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Post subject: Re: Sports Medicine Programs Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 11:05 am |
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Hi Ron,
I got this problem in my GMAT Prep today, so I can vouch for it. :)
I was hoping to get to know about the mistakes in (d).
I can see that (d) is wordy and awkward, but Stacey pointed out a parallelism issue with it. Can you please explain why it is wrong to have "are geared toward X and Y"?
I see no problem with the following - "All my life savings are geared toward post-retirement comfort and satisfaction"
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tim
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Post subject: Re: Sports Medicine Programs Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:52 am |
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there is nothing wrong with "are geared toward X and Y"; that's why E is okay. D is the one with the parallelism issue (and the pronoun issue as well)..
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Post subject: Re: Sports Medicine Programs Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:25 am |
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tim wrote: there is nothing wrong with "are geared toward X and Y"; that's why E is okay. D is the one with the parallelism issue (and the pronoun issue as well).. If "gear to" and "gear towards" both right, then why C is wrong. Please clarify
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Post subject: Re: Sports Medicine Programs Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:42 pm |
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Where did anyone say that ”gear to” is correct?
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Post subject: Re: Sports Medicine Programs Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:12 am |
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Isn't Sports Medicine Programs a proper noun? For example:
Perfect Life Hotels is planning to organize a series of events in the upcoming year.
The only "hint" I can see in the sentence is the presence of "The" in from of Sports Medicine Programs.
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Post subject: Re: Sports Medicine Programs Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 11:52 am |
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alexcey wrote: Isn't Sports Medicine Programs a proper noun? For example:
Perfect Life Hotels is planning to organize a series of events in the upcoming year.
The only "hint" I can see in the sentence is the presence of "The" in from of Sports Medicine Programs. alex, i'll thank you to read the thread before commenting on it: post54007.html#p54007
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