Hi , In choice B, what two thing we're comparing (if it's not the cost)? In choice B, it seems to me: greater X than Y where X & Y are NOT similar things. X=proportion Y=in any previous election Can anybody please explain how B is making sense here? there's ellipsis here. the understood compari...

After reading this example I realized that some examples of such as are used with a preceding comma and some(such as this example) are used without a comma. Is there any rule when to use comma with "such as"?

just as .... so is idiomatic in C yes. just memorize this as a 2-piece parallelism signal. unlike most parallelism signals, though, it requires an independent clause after each part (a relatively unusual construction). i've always hated this construction, because the more concise "just as ... ...

I apologize for reviving this old thread. The OA is A. How can A be correct? What does 'since Robert Boyle' mean? Shouldn't it be something like 'since Robert Boyle's time' or something like that? I think the implication is that Robert Boyle's work and discoveries were so significant that there was...

I have 2 questions about choice (D) Q1: Is (D) wrong because it compares number with people? - movies, a number lower than the people Q2: Are following modified versions of (D) grammatically correct? (even though awefully lengthy) (A) ...movies, a number lower than a number of people killed by bee s...

I am not clear about the use of past-perfect here. Isn't "Until" telling you the time sequence clearly? Why do we need past-perfect? you're still obligated to use the tense that is dictated by the context of the problem, even if the time cues ore otherwise "obvious". this proble...

In option E, isn't that refers to "Japan’s population " as you cannot seperate them. Instructors please reply. no, you can use "that of Y" in parallel to either "NOUN of X" or "X's NOUN". Hi Ron, I did not get how "that of Y" is parallel to "NO...

I also rejected(D) because it doesn't state "florida" explicitly. Since OA is (D) & the question is from GmatPrep, it is clear that (D)'s description is about Florida - even though that's the only choice that doesn't have "florida" in it! How does this work? Do we just assume...

Question asks "which one of the following is a questionable ASSUMPTION." Can we reject (C) because it does not seem like an assumption? I was also deciding between (C) & (E) and rejected (C) because it does not seem to be an assumption of the argument; it seems more as a fact. Whereas ...

Got it!
I neglected the word "just" in (B) and thought we can treat "as ..." and "just as..." in similar ways. Now I understand that they are quite different - just how much a difference the word "just" can make.

Thanks for clarifying it Ron. You rock!

One more follow up question - You mentioned that : " if "as" is used to make a comparison or to draw an analogy, then it must be followed by a complete clause. " In the SC strategy guide I came across following example: - As in the previous case , the judge took an early break. H...

That makes sense. Thanks for clarifying jsummers !

Can someone help clarify the reason why (B) is wrong? (B) says --> Modified vaccine prevents SV40 contamination. Doesn't this strengthens the fact that the vaccine contained SV40 at first place, which is researcher's hypothesis? Or is (B) wrong because it says SV40 and doesn't explicitly say SV40...

Thanks Jamie for clearing that. But (E) also claims that cost of harvesting raw cotton has gone up and thereby illustrates that there are other factors affecting final price of cotton clothing.
So why is (E) wrong?

Good point Sunil! Thanks for that reply. I also had the same doubt, which is cleared now. I've another question: What does "those" in choices (B) & (E) stand for? Choice(B) is: "painted by the artist long before such a vantage point was to become possible, are much more subtle and...