tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71327975811581097892011-11-27T17:08:02.907-08:00Authornoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132797581158109789.post-38707455815477258182008-10-19T09:24:00.000-07:002008-10-19T09:53:00.144-07:002008-10-19T09:53:00.144-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;">If the number is different, the number of the subject nearer to the verb determines whether singular or plural form should be used<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7132797581158109789-3870745581547725818?l=gmatbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3FtiwSVsZUO8O6N6TrxD6Tqn78k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3FtiwSVsZUO8O6N6TrxD6Tqn78k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3FtiwSVsZUO8O6N6TrxD6Tqn78k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3FtiwSVsZUO8O6N6TrxD6Tqn78k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OneStopShopForGmatBusters/~4/MrSCpHhsbOE" height="1" width="1"/>Authornoreply@blogger.com0http://gmatbusters.blogspot.com/2008/10/either-or-neither-nor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132797581158109789.post-79675152399857678002008-10-19T09:10:00.002-07:002008-10-19T09:22:17.284-07:002008-10-19T09:22:17.284-07:00frightened by<br />afraid of<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7132797581158109789-7967515239985767800?l=gmatbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bkY2KkGMQu5-irIe-jrWdLIUnm0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bkY2KkGMQu5-irIe-jrWdLIUnm0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bkY2KkGMQu5-irIe-jrWdLIUnm0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bkY2KkGMQu5-irIe-jrWdLIUnm0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OneStopShopForGmatBusters/~4/LOasjaKNaQs" height="1" width="1"/>Authornoreply@blogger.com0http://gmatbusters.blogspot.com/2008/10/frightened-vs-afraid.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132797581158109789.post-44950015492587983972008-10-19T09:10:00.001-07:002008-10-19T09:10:47.903-07:002008-10-19T09:10:47.903-07:00Admission - entry along with rights and privileges<br /><br />Admittance - physical entry<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7132797581158109789-4495001549258798397?l=gmatbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9LYJbuGNL8IfHWxyWHGaGMdEw_k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9LYJbuGNL8IfHWxyWHGaGMdEw_k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9LYJbuGNL8IfHWxyWHGaGMdEw_k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9LYJbuGNL8IfHWxyWHGaGMdEw_k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OneStopShopForGmatBusters/~4/G-O5mwK-Yc0" height="1" width="1"/>Authornoreply@blogger.com0http://gmatbusters.blogspot.com/2008/10/admission-vs-admittance.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132797581158109789.post-91103514813455776502008-10-19T08:46:00.000-07:002008-10-19T08:48:01.921-07:002008-10-19T08:48:01.921-07:00Possessive form of ancient classical names include a ' at the end of the word<br /><br />Moses' leadership<br />Jesus' sermon<br />Achilles' heel<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7132797581158109789-9110351481345577650?l=gmatbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OXSv5DeM9vIHRDULm2Il0JCAi8M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OXSv5DeM9vIHRDULm2Il0JCAi8M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OXSv5DeM9vIHRDULm2Il0JCAi8M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OXSv5DeM9vIHRDULm2Il0JCAi8M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OneStopShopForGmatBusters/~4/62tI_iklp8E" height="1" width="1"/>Authornoreply@blogger.com0http://gmatbusters.blogspot.com/2008/10/posessive-form-of-ancient-classical.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132797581158109789.post-36059181066483891812008-10-19T08:39:00.000-07:002008-10-19T08:40:49.109-07:002008-10-19T08:40:49.109-07:00about - approximately<br />around - refers to motion<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7132797581158109789-3605918106648389181?l=gmatbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wKmOLTC2ksK8_4Sfv_agKBAbAdU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wKmOLTC2ksK8_4Sfv_agKBAbAdU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wKmOLTC2ksK8_4Sfv_agKBAbAdU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wKmOLTC2ksK8_4Sfv_agKBAbAdU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OneStopShopForGmatBusters/~4/R67zBr5Obao" height="1" width="1"/>Authornoreply@blogger.com0http://gmatbusters.blogspot.com/2008/10/about-vs-around.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132797581158109789.post-74509318317573305422008-10-12T10:23:00.000-07:002008-10-12T10:28:45.856-07:002008-10-12T10:28:45.856-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;">When two distinct words or phrases are joined by<br /><br />either . . . or<br />neither . . . nor<br />not only . . . but also<br /><br />number (singular or plural) of the word or phrase nearer to the verb determines the number of the verb.<br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7132797581158109789-7450931831757330542?l=gmatbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9e7kZr7N6EQsi2ivVgdTmbtoHIA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9e7kZr7N6EQsi2ivVgdTmbtoHIA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9e7kZr7N6EQsi2ivVgdTmbtoHIA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9e7kZr7N6EQsi2ivVgdTmbtoHIA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OneStopShopForGmatBusters/~4/gH1hiJgixtA" height="1" width="1"/>Authornoreply@blogger.com0http://gmatbusters.blogspot.com/2008/10/gmat-grammar-rule_12.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132797581158109789.post-82975448373993999492008-10-12T09:51:00.000-07:002008-10-12T09:53:58.380-07:002008-10-12T09:53:58.380-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Joining a singular subject with other noun(s) or pronoun(s), by prepositions such as along with, together with, with, as well as, in addition to, or accompanied by does not make the singular subject plural<br />Only "and" can join two singular subjects and make them plural<br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7132797581158109789-8297544837399399949?l=gmatbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/20FIW0v7av0Z9JYaVp1QHU-GcBY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/20FIW0v7av0Z9JYaVp1QHU-GcBY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/20FIW0v7av0Z9JYaVp1QHU-GcBY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/20FIW0v7av0Z9JYaVp1QHU-GcBY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OneStopShopForGmatBusters/~4/H7EEQRBO9dY" height="1" width="1"/>Authornoreply@blogger.com0http://gmatbusters.blogspot.com/2008/10/gmat-grammar-rule.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132797581158109789.post-48949241932252858842008-10-09T09:52:00.000-07:002008-10-09T09:54:56.758-07:002008-10-09T09:54:56.758-07:00lay - to put down<br /><br />lie - to speak untruth, untruth<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7132797581158109789-4894924193225285884?l=gmatbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tolwvqjfNSozb__HDzostGW5gy4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tolwvqjfNSozb__HDzostGW5gy4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tolwvqjfNSozb__HDzostGW5gy4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tolwvqjfNSozb__HDzostGW5gy4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OneStopShopForGmatBusters/~4/G7kh5T2mrKE" height="1" width="1"/>Authornoreply@blogger.com0http://gmatbusters.blogspot.com/2008/10/gmat-vocabulary-lay-vs-lie.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132797581158109789.post-77660733247799201312008-10-09T09:50:00.000-07:002008-10-09T09:51:35.000-07:002008-10-09T09:51:35.000-07:00Affect - to influence something<br /><br />Effect - to bring about a change, the change itself<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7132797581158109789-7766073324779920131?l=gmatbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mbp0uZvLyti3fk7_PsfMPITUr60/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mbp0uZvLyti3fk7_PsfMPITUr60/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mbp0uZvLyti3fk7_PsfMPITUr60/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mbp0uZvLyti3fk7_PsfMPITUr60/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OneStopShopForGmatBusters/~4/-czNagFG-uA" height="1" width="1"/>Authornoreply@blogger.com0http://gmatbusters.blogspot.com/2008/10/gmat-vocabulary-affect-vs-effect.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132797581158109789.post-45465412605752435552008-10-09T09:48:00.000-07:002008-10-09T09:49:06.605-07:002008-10-09T09:49:06.605-07:00advise - verb<br /><br />advice - noun<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7132797581158109789-4546541260575243555?l=gmatbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y7Nf5lAgglGhi7NL5X0RvLfoHXE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y7Nf5lAgglGhi7NL5X0RvLfoHXE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y7Nf5lAgglGhi7NL5X0RvLfoHXE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y7Nf5lAgglGhi7NL5X0RvLfoHXE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OneStopShopForGmatBusters/~4/lANRqKE7JUk" height="1" width="1"/>Authornoreply@blogger.com0http://gmatbusters.blogspot.com/2008/10/gmat-vocabulary-advise-vs-advice.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132797581158109789.post-16612807476262999652008-10-09T09:47:00.000-07:002008-10-09T09:48:22.970-07:002008-10-09T09:48:22.970-07:00Practise - Verb<br /><br />Practice - Noun<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7132797581158109789-1661280747626299965?l=gmatbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LFHmm6jlN0lIW7JIsgnIX73eW0g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LFHmm6jlN0lIW7JIsgnIX73eW0g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LFHmm6jlN0lIW7JIsgnIX73eW0g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LFHmm6jlN0lIW7JIsgnIX73eW0g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OneStopShopForGmatBusters/~4/XoMOuEfopcQ" height="1" width="1"/>Authornoreply@blogger.com0http://gmatbusters.blogspot.com/2008/10/gmat-vocabulary-practice-vs-practise.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132797581158109789.post-79832058930671279242008-09-26T10:58:00.000-07:002008-09-26T11:31:29.739-07:002008-09-26T11:31:29.739-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Gaff.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Gaff.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />gaff - spearhead or hooked shaft for fishing<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7132797581158109789-7983205893067127924?l=gmatbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RlLW8BmJlAjb13WBLHGuRpLGW1M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RlLW8BmJlAjb13WBLHGuRpLGW1M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RlLW8BmJlAjb13WBLHGuRpLGW1M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RlLW8BmJlAjb13WBLHGuRpLGW1M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OneStopShopForGmatBusters/~4/jwIEcWTDBiU" height="1" width="1"/>Authornoreply@blogger.com0http://gmatbusters.blogspot.com/2008/09/gmat-vocabulary-gaff.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132797581158109789.post-11468416439750344272008-09-26T10:08:00.000-07:002008-09-26T10:09:39.494-07:002008-09-26T10:09:39.494-07:00<b>Cynics charge that Major League Baseball <u>lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices</u>. </b> <ol type="a"><li class="text">lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.</li><li class="text">lobbied for stadiums with less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.</li><li class="text">lobbied for stadiums that had been built with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.</li><li class="text">lobbied for stadiums that had less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.</li><li class="text">lobbied for stadiums that had less seats as a means of reducing supply so they could increase ticket prices</li></ol>--<br />Ans : lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7132797581158109789-1146841643975034427?l=gmatbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jdx3cGj6h_FcyLLzOoayqY7BUbE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jdx3cGj6h_FcyLLzOoayqY7BUbE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jdx3cGj6h_FcyLLzOoayqY7BUbE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jdx3cGj6h_FcyLLzOoayqY7BUbE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OneStopShopForGmatBusters/~4/LgUKB_xJXA8" height="1" width="1"/>Authornoreply@blogger.com0http://gmatbusters.blogspot.com/2008/09/gmat-sentence-correction.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132797581158109789.post-35017351807099747992008-09-26T09:51:00.000-07:002008-09-26T09:53:03.319-07:002008-09-26T09:53:03.319-07:00'Fewer' answers the question, "How many?" - countable - people, objects...<br /><br />'Less' answers the question, "How much?" - uncountable - quantities, measures...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7132797581158109789-3501735180709974799?l=gmatbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8aCOBjZzwzs1zHJyl0Jfep1D4O8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8aCOBjZzwzs1zHJyl0Jfep1D4O8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8aCOBjZzwzs1zHJyl0Jfep1D4O8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8aCOBjZzwzs1zHJyl0Jfep1D4O8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OneStopShopForGmatBusters/~4/vMD7Kvq3-_g" height="1" width="1"/>Authornoreply@blogger.com0http://gmatbusters.blogspot.com/2008/09/fewer-vs-less.html