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Nuances Of Sentence Correction
Framework to find if “Noun + Noun Modifier” Modifies the preceding noun phrase
We have learned here that the modifiers of the construction – “noun + noun modifier” can either modify preceding clauses or modify preceding nouns. This depends on the context of the sentence. We can make this determination by understanding the meaning of the sentence. In this post we will present a framework that will [...]
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Framework to find if “Noun + Noun Modifier” Modifies Clauses
We have learned here that the modifiers of the construction – “noun + noun modifier” can either modify preceding clauses or modify preceding nouns. This depends on the context of the sentence. We can make this determination by understanding the meaning of the sentence. In this post we will present a framework that will help [...]
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“Noun + Noun Modifier” – Can modify Nouns and Clauses!!!
Often we see the modifiers with the following structure: NOUN PHRASE + NOUN MODIFIER (VERB –ED OR RELATIVE CLAUSE OR VERB-ING) For example, A trend that will place more women in leadership positions = Noun + Noun Modifier Noun = a trend Noun modifier = that will place more women in leadership positions. Typically these [...]
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Comma or no Comma, ‘THAT’ is the question
A very common question that crops up time and again is whether to use COMMA before THAT or not. Today we will take a closer look at this and try to simplify the answer. Grammatically COMMA + THAT is not correct usage. By definition ‘that clause’ presents required information or essential information and hence cannot [...]
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To meet the rapidly rising market demand for fish and seafood, suppliers…GMATPrep
To meet the rapidly rising market demand for fish and seafood, suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment by nearly half and raising them on special diets. A their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment B their natural growth rate, their feed allotment cut C growing them [...]
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Ambiguous Pronoun – Nobody knows exactly how many languages…OG12#91
Nobody knows exactly how many languages there are in the world, partly because of the difficulty of distinguishing between a language and the sublanguages or dialects within it, but those who have tried to count typically have found about five thousand. Understand the meaning of the sentence and determine the logical antecedent Per the sentence: [...]
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Ambiguous Pronoun – Fossils of the arm of the sloth…OG12#78
Fossils of the arm of a sloth found in Puerto Rico in 1991, and dated at 34 million years old, made it the earliest known mammal of the Greater Antilles Islands. Understand the meaning of the sentence and determine the logical antecedent Per the sentence: Certain fossils were found in Puerto Rico in 1991 and [...]
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Pronoun Ambiguity Errors in GMAT
GMAT follows relatively strict rules pertaining to subject-verb agreement, verb tenses, modification, & parallelism. But “Pronoun Reference” is one such error topic that is not based on a strict rule-set. For this reason, many people often mistakenly eliminate an answer choice because of “ambiguous pronoun error”, when in fact the pronoun reference is not really [...]
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Comparisons – To Repeat Verb or Not
While reviewing comparison sentences, people are often confused whether they should repeat the verb in the comparison or not. For example, which of these are correct? Jack cooks better Italian food than his wife. Jack cooks better Italian food than his wife does. Both the sentences above convey the same meaning, and hence are considered [...]
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If Vs. When
In conditional statements, ‘if’ and ‘when’ can be used interchangeably – but only in certain cases. In certain other cases, using ‘when’ instead of ‘if’ will result in idiomatically incorrect sentence. In this post, I will explain when ‘if’ and ‘when’ can be used interchangeably and when they cannot be. When in conditional statements can [...]
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