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by cesar.rodriguez.blanco
Thu May 07, 2009 11:56 am
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT Non-CAT Verbal
Topic: # 9 Chapter 5 of Critical Reasoning - Ambiguous Pronouns
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Re: # 9 Chapter 5 of Critical Reasoning - Ambiguous Pronouns

are you talking about p92 of the 3rd version of CR? I do not see this example in the book
by cesar.rodriguez.blanco
Thu May 07, 2009 2:49 pm
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT Non-CAT Verbal
Topic: AS - Conjuction or preposition
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AS - Conjuction or preposition

In the page 161 of the 3rd Edition of SC MGMAT, I do not understand the following example. AS can be a conjuction or a preposition. Comparison AS (conjunction): You should walk AS she wants you to. Equation AS (preposition): I think of you as my friend. Futhermore, the guide says: AS does not mean &...
by cesar.rodriguez.blanco
Thu May 07, 2009 3:03 pm
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT Non-CAT Verbal
Topic: Like vs AS
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Like vs AS

Chapter 8, examples 6,8 and 9. I know that LIKE must be followed by nouns, pronouns or noun phrases, but I do not understand the difference in meaning between LIKE and AS (when as is followed by the same elements) Ex6: Frankie never went to law school, but he believes that years of watching Law&...
by cesar.rodriguez.blanco
Fri May 08, 2009 10:57 am
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT Non-CAT Verbal
Topic: Greater than VS more than
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Greater than VS more than

In the page 233, CH10 of the 3rd edition SC book it says: "Numbers is possible in a few contexts. If you wish to make a comparison, use GREATER THAN, not MORE THAN (which might imply that the quantity of numbers is larger, not the numbers themselves)." I do not understand this difference i...
by cesar.rodriguez.blanco
Fri May 08, 2009 3:09 pm
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT Non-CAT Verbal
Topic: SC: MGMT Question Bank. LIKE vs AS
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SC: MGMT Question Bank. LIKE vs AS

I do not understand the explanation for the following SC: Teachers in this country have generally been trained either to approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should force students to memorize rules and principles without truly understanding how to apply them. to approach mathem...
by cesar.rodriguez.blanco
Fri May 08, 2009 4:44 pm
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT Non-CAT Verbal
Topic: Sentence correction
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Re: Sentence correction

One question:
"noun+forbidding X to do Y", for example "a law forbidding X to do Y", is ALWAYS wrong???

Thanks
by cesar.rodriguez.blanco
Fri May 08, 2009 5:47 pm
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT Non-CAT Verbal
Topic: SC: Despite
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SC: Despite

I have a question form the MGMAT SC Question Bank: Though research remains to be done into the reasons why the Civil War was triggered, scholars do not regard slavery to be the sole cause. Though research remains to be done into the reasons why the Civil War was triggered, scholars do not regard sla...
by cesar.rodriguez.blanco
Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:41 am
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT Non-CAT Verbal
Topic: CR: Mutual Funds
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CR: Mutual Funds

Many managers of mutual funds proclaim that they have been able to generate consistently higher rates of return on their investments than the general stock market bu buying shares of undervalued companies. Classical economic theory, however, proposes the "efficient capital markets hypothesis&qu...
by cesar.rodriguez.blanco
Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:19 am
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT Non-CAT Verbal
Topic: Greater than VS more than
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Re: Greater than VS more than

Nice explanation!!
by cesar.rodriguez.blanco
Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:11 am
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT Non-CAT Verbal
Topic: CR: Weaken questions
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CR: Weaken questions

What are the most common types of correct answers in "weaken a Conclusion" question? For example, in Strengthen the conclusion, the premise should do at least one of the following: 1) Fix a weakness of the conclusion OR 2) Validate an assumption made by the argument OR 3) Introduce additio...
by cesar.rodriguez.blanco
Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:48 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: In no other historical sighting
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Re: In no other historical sighting

What is the difference between C and E?
Can we discard E because it does not have "in"? In other words, because it is not parallel with "In no other..."?
by cesar.rodriguez.blanco
Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:11 pm
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT Non-CAT Math
Topic: Reciprocals of inequalities
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Reciprocals of inequalities

I do not understand the "Reciprocals of inequalities", page 119 Guide 3, 3rd Ed, Equations, Inequalities and VIC. For example, the guide says: "Taking reciprocals of inequalities is similar to multiplying/ dividing by negatives numbers". But it is not true because we have to cons...
by cesar.rodriguez.blanco
Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:05 am
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT CAT Verbal
Topic: Jim: The United States Mint has recently announced that the
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Re: Jim: The United States Mint has recently announced that the

Can anyone explain the OA in other words the following official explanation? (C) Mary provides an argument that such a proposal would have little practical chance of being implemented because of its unpopularity. The unpopularity of a public proposal is not necessarily correlated with whether the pr...
by cesar.rodriguez.blanco
Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:00 am
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: * SC: measuring or measured
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* SC: measuring or measured

I do not understand the difference in meaning between measuring and measured in this SC. Furthermore, I do not know why the OA is correct: As a result of a new technique that combines light from two powerful telescopes, astronomers have recently identified the torus at the center of the active galac...