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by xycdfr
Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:41 pm
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: Present Tense + Conditional Tense
Replies: 22
Views: 6966
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Present Tense + Conditional Tense

Combining enormous physical strength with higher intelligence, the Neanderthals  appear to have been equipped to face any obstacle the environment could put in their path, but their relatively sudden disappearance during the Paleolithic era indicates that an inability to adapt to some environmental...
by xycdfr
Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:18 am
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: Present Tense + Conditional Tense
Replies: 22
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Re: Present Tense + Conditional Tense

Also, note that you're examining a spurious "relationship" between two verbs that are not even describing the same timeframe/situation! The essence of this sentence is, "It appears (now) that X thing was true (in the distant past)". "Appear" is from the 'now' part; &qu...
by xycdfr
Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:02 pm
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: Comma is omited?
Replies: 3
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Comma is omited?

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by xycdfr
Mon Apr 07, 2014 6:13 am
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: "except" as a conjunction
Replies: 1
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"except" as a conjunction

Mauritius was a British colony for almost 200 years, excepting for the domains of administration and teaching, the English language was never really spoken on the island. (A) excepting for (B) except in (C) but except in (D) but excepting for (E) with the exception of Correct Answer is C. The two st...
by xycdfr
Tue Mar 10, 2015 5:38 am
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: Parallelsim: Subordinate Clauses
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Parallelsim: Subordinate Clauses

I am confused whether subordinators must be the same in the situation of clauses parallelism. In Chapter 4 of Manhattan GMAT SC 5th Edition, it says " the subordinators do not have to be identical" and provides a right example: There are many people WHO speak English BUT WHOSE parents do n...