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Read the comments in that article, people are asking the same question.
The key is the logic:
The past perfect is the " past in the past", so if you imagine a timeline it is before whatever past event.
If I am not able to make a clear timeline in the sentence, I need to use the past perfect.
Imagine the following sentence:
"I had my exams and then I had a party"
Can you tell me which event occured first? Obviously not.
Here you would the past perfect to make that clear:
I had completed my exams and then I had a party - now we know the exams came before the party.
But what if the sentence instead said:
After I finished my exams, I had a party.
Do you need to state that the exams occurred before? Clearly not, since you use "after"

and by using "after" you make the timeline clear on its own.
Using the past perfect is not necessary wrong, but it is unnecessary.


The first sentence should be "I had my exams and I had my party", without the then - sorry about that

Since we have ‘Before realist forms…..’ it is a time marker, hence past perfect tense will indicate the occurrence of a previous event. Hence option B.

You can use both - neither are wrong. Using "before" already tells you which event occurred prior

For someone who’s just starting out with Sentence correction, which is the best source of study material?
I was wondering between Kaplan and manhattan sentence correction

Both are decent. Besides, you may try Ultimate Gmat grammar Book from GMAT club

You can watch GMAT-Ninja’s SC correction series on YouTube

Hello,

I’m looking for recommendations on a reliable resource to improve my critical reasoning section. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

CR Questions November - 3 :

Q1. In Varisland, when a subscriber of one telecom operator calls a subscriber of a different telecom ope­­­­­rator, the latter’s telecom company charges a small connection fee to the originating operator, a fee stipulated by the regulator and same for every operator. Almost all the new telecom operators are enticing customers by charging much lower call rates than charged by the existing operators. Since the connection fee is one of the sources of revenue for new companies, an increase in the fee will significantly improve the financials of the new operators and enable them to compete better in the market.

Which of the following statements is an assumption made by the author?


A. The regulator will most probably agree with the author’s recommended course of action

B. To improve the financials of the new companies, all the possible sources of revenues should be utilized in the best manner possible.

C. One of the goals of the regulator is to make the telecom market highly competitive, which will ensure consumer welfare.

D. For the new telecom operators, the connection fee does not form an insignificant proportion of their revenues

E. New companies will not have to pay increased connection fee to the existing companies


Difficulty - Hard

Q2. Policy analyst: Most government agencies become less effective over time. Some experts go so far as to recommend that every agency be eliminated after 10 years and created anew by replacing all of its existing personnel and revamping its bureaucratic structure. However, this policy would be impractical since certain government agencies perform vital functions, such as protecting national security, and therefore cannot afford even temporary upheaval.

In the policy analyst’s argument above, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?


(A) The first is evidence offered in support of an opinion that the policy analyst rejects; the second offers information that contradicts that evidence.

(B) The first is a premise that the policy analyst accepts but argues against; the second offers evidence that supports the analyst’s position.

(C) The first is a position that the policy analyst argues against; the second is the position that the analyst defends.

(D) The first is a generalization that the policy analyst accepts as accurate and is used as the basis for an opinion that the analyst rejects; the second is a consideration used to defend the analyst’s position.

(E) The first is a generalization that the policy analyst accepts as accurate and is used as the basis for the analyst’s position; the second offers another consideration used to defend that position.

Was torn between D and E. But E seems to contradict the premise that connection fee is same for every operator. Hence, D.

Kirmani’s third study, as described in the passage,
suggests which of the following conclusions about a
black-and-white advertisement?
(Al It can be repeated more frequently than a
comparable color advertisement could before
consumers begin to suspect low manufacturer
confidence in the quality of the advertised
product.
(Bl It will have the greatest impact on consumers’
perceptions of the quality of the advertised
product if it appears during periods when a color
version of the same advertisement is also being
used.
(Cl It will attract more attention from readers of the
print publication in which it appears if it is used
only a few times.
(Dl It may be perceived by some consumers as
more expensive than a comparable color
advertisement.
(El It is likely to be perceived by consumers as
a sign of higher manufacturer confidence in
the quality of the advertised product than a
comparable color advertisement would be.

Hi guys! I’m Nick and i’m looking for someone, who is gonna pass GMAT next summer. Maybe, we can somehow connect and do exercises together if u don’t mind. Thanks

Welcome to GMAT Club. I would strongly recommend, if it’s possible, that you try not to stretch out your prep for so long. We have so many people who have burnt out by studying for months and years. Instead, I would recommend that you study for only three months . You are much more likely to achieve your goals by spending three or four months then spending six or 8 months. Take it as United advice for its worth. I’m just an old man what do I know😂

I have some problem I Gave official mock test 1,2,3,4 I scored 650,690,710,700 But on official tests I scored 520, 490 I do not know where is problem can you help ?

Where you nervous?

Wow. That’s a huge discrepancy… did you end up really running out of time?

I couldn’t agree more with this. I have been preparing for the last 1.5 years, with prolonged gaps in my preparation, of course. It’s depressing to see myself in such a pitiful situation now. No matter how much I try to focus, I always end up getting bogged down because of one reason or another.Nowadays, I am thinking about getting into a decent B-school, but I have no idea if I can get in with this score. Even while writing this, thoughts like ’I’m a terrible learner,’ etc., are popping up in my mind, and for some reason, my learning curve in verbal is not improving. P.S.: I have already taken the GMAT twice and scored 500 and 610 in the two attempts. and I belong to the group of over-represented crowd.

I understand this can be frustrating but if you have been preparing for such a long time don’t give up now. Have you tried working with a private tutor for verbal? Though expensive it might help you. Worked for me too