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10 Jul 2010, 07:48
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Hi,
I am poor at understanding sentences.
Please help me because most of the time i lose many CRs/ a few RCs because of misinterpreting the sentences.This has been a big problem for me.
PS
I am normally good at SC since most of the times ,understanding a sentence is not of great importance.Grammatical structure is important although i agree that some answer choices change the meaning of the original sentence in SC..
The CR is about decrease of unemployment rate between a year and the next year.
Sentence 1 :
less than 2% of the population working or willing to work at the start of the politician's term have stopped working or looking for work
My interpretation of sentence 1:
Say the politician came to office in 2009 . less than 2% of X at the start of politician's term (i.e., 2009) have stopped working/looking for work by 2010
800 Score interpretation of sentence 1:
At the start of politician's term (2009) , less than 2% of X have stopped working at that time (i.e., 2009 ) itself
I would have interpreted the sentence correctly if the phrase At the start of politician's term is at the beginning rather than at the end..
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
understanding words:
whats the difference between incentive and benefit and bonus?
are all of them monetary terms?
I would be really thankful.. Please help me
I am poor at understanding sentences.
Please help me because most of the time i lose many CRs/ a few RCs because of misinterpreting the sentences.This has been a big problem for me.
PS
I am normally good at SC since most of the times ,understanding a sentence is not of great importance.Grammatical structure is important although i agree that some answer choices change the meaning of the original sentence in SC..
The CR is about decrease of unemployment rate between a year and the next year.
Sentence 1 :
less than 2% of the population working or willing to work at the start of the politician's term have stopped working or looking for work
My interpretation of sentence 1:
Say the politician came to office in 2009 . less than 2% of X at the start of politician's term (i.e., 2009) have stopped working/looking for work by 2010
800 Score interpretation of sentence 1:
At the start of politician's term (2009) , less than 2% of X have stopped working at that time (i.e., 2009 ) itself
I would have interpreted the sentence correctly if the phrase At the start of politician's term is at the beginning rather than at the end..
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
understanding words:
whats the difference between incentive and benefit and bonus?
are all of them monetary terms?
I would be really thankful.. Please help me
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10 Jul 2010, 07:59
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sentence 2:
Currently undergoing rapid gentrification, there still are more Polish residents in Greenpoint,Brooklyn, than in any neighbourhood in the city.
this is an SC question..
My issues:
what is Greenpoint ? i thought it is a city
what is Brooklyn ? i thought it might be a state
what i missed ? any neighbourhood in the city (Brookyln)
I googled, and came to know that Greenpoint is a neighbourhood in Newyork..,
i totally misinterpreted Greenpoint to be city, and[highlight] i dint understand why a city is beign compared to a neighbourhood with in the city < comparing whole to a part >[/highlight]
I lost the SC.
if we are comparing part to parts , then i know we should use 'than any other neighbourhood'
Currently undergoing rapid gentrification, there still are more Polish residents in Greenpoint,Brooklyn, than in any neighbourhood in the city.
this is an SC question..
My issues:
what is Greenpoint ? i thought it is a city
what is Brooklyn ? i thought it might be a state
what i missed ? any neighbourhood in the city (Brookyln)
I googled, and came to know that Greenpoint is a neighbourhood in Newyork..,
i totally misinterpreted Greenpoint to be city, and[highlight] i dint understand why a city is beign compared to a neighbourhood with in the city < comparing whole to a part >[/highlight]
I lost the SC.
if we are comparing part to parts , then i know we should use 'than any other neighbourhood'
10 Jul 2010, 12:55
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aravindb
"Greenpoint, Brooklyn" refers to the neighborhood Greenpoint, which is located within Brooklyn. The sentence does not refer to Brooklyn, but only a part of Brooklyn. The sentence compares this part - Greepoint - to other neighborhoods within the city.
And please don't worry about researching Greenpoint. All we need to know is that it's a place where people live. And I don't think there is a need to worry about "whole versus part" comparisons. We are comparing one place to another, and that's legitimate.
I hope this helped some.
And if you want to improve your English comprehension skills, try reading some GMAT Fiction books. This is a good place to start, and it's fun too!
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