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Post subject: from GMAT prep pack 1  Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:18 am |
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Post subject: Re: from GMAT prep pack 1 Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:13 am |
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Post subject: Re: from GMAT prep pack 1 Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:13 am |
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ya D is the OA....but by saying 'calories than they' arent we wrongly comparing 'calories' with 'they' ????
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Post subject: Re: from GMAT prep pack 1 Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:22 am |
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here 'they' refers to rats and mice. If you read the sentence as a whole,
Laboratory mice and rats live up to 40 % longer than usual when fed a diet that has at least 30% fewer calories than they(rats and mice) would normally eat but that(the diet) otherwise contains all necessary vitamins and nutrients.
the two diets are compared - the one which has 30% fewer calories and the one which they (rats and mice) normally eat.
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Post subject: Re: from GMAT prep pack 1 Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:47 am |
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career.sumit wrote: here 'they' refers to rats and mice. If you read the sentence as a whole,
Laboratory mice and rats live up to 40 % longer than usual when fed a diet that has at least 30% fewer calories than they(rats and mice) would normally eat but that(the diet) otherwise contains all necessary vitamins and nutrients.
the two diets are compared - the one which has 30% fewer calories and the one which they (rats and mice) normally eat. following that line of reasoning....shouldnt it be ....'than that they would normaly eat'
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Post subject: Re: from GMAT prep pack 1 Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:25 am |
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i feel using a 'that' will make the sentence look unnecessary wordy and awkward...
imagine using 'than that they' together....
if what i am thinking is correct, then 'that' is not necessary
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Post subject: Re: from GMAT prep pack 1 Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 3:50 am |
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career.sumit wrote: imagine using 'than that they' together.... there are certainly correct sentences with these three words in a row. for instance: the athletes' problem was more that their equipment was poorly designed than that they lacked skills.--> perfectly correct sentence; contains the parallel structure more x than y, in which both "x" and "y" are clauses starting with "that".
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Post subject: Re: from GMAT prep pack 1 Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 12:46 am |
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what are the 2 parallel elements in this sentence: Laboratory rats and mice live up to 40 percent longer than usual.
i think that parallelism is ellipse-ed and full sentence would be "Laboratory rats and mice live up to 40 percent longer than they live usually". However, only thing that i am worried about is that in my 2nd sentence "usual" is changed to "usually" and ellipsis do not incorporate any change of words.
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Post subject: Re: from GMAT prep pack 1 Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:59 pm |
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GMAT Prep Pack questions are a paid-resource, so we can't discuss them on the forums. Sorry folks.
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Post subject: Re: from GMAT prep pack 1 Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 2:09 pm |
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but my question is related to something else. anyways, if it still is a problem, i think i better rephrase my sentence. Here is my modified query:
what are the 2 parallel elements in this sentence: Laboratory bacteria and flies live up to 40 percent longer than usual.
i think that parallelism is ellipse-ed and full sentence would be "Laboratory bacteria and flies live up to 40 percent longer than they live usually". However, only thing that i am worried about is that in my 2nd sentence "usual" is changed to "usually" BUT ellipsis do not incorporate any change of words.
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Post subject: Re: from GMAT prep pack 1 Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:24 pm |
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sorry, if you want to discuss this issue you'll need to show us that it is a real issue by quoting a problem from a free resource or referring us to a problem number in a source that we can verify (such as OG). without this we can not be sure that the GMAT even tests the issue you are talking about, so it may not be worth any of our time to discuss..
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