viveknair86 wrote:
Hi !!!!..
I took the Idioms' Test yesterday and found a couple of answers to be unconvincing.
For eg. # 15 : Shouldn't it be " One in a million chance" instead of "One Chance in a Million"
# 3 : Shouldn't it be " School lack of rigor" instead of " rigor is lacking in schools".
# 20 : Shouldn't it be "consider the problems to be necessary inconveniences" instead of " consider the problem necessary conveniences".
Please correct me if i am wrong.
Awaiting a revert on the same.
Vivek
Hello Vivek,
in #15,
MGMAT SC establish "ONE CHANCE IN A THOUSAND OF WINNING" as the correct idiom. I think the important here is
chance...of + gerund. I guess "one in a million chance of winning" is correct too.
in #3,
B can't be correct cause
some schools is the subject, in order to be correct it should be "some schools
lack rigor / are lacking in rigor".
Regarding #20, this is a classic, the idiom is
Consider X Y. That doesn't mean "to be" is incorrect, but the first is preferred for concision. Note that the GMAT has its own "preferred rules" so be careful.
I hope it was helpful, if you have more questions go on.
Hi There...
Thanks Saruba. The revert was certainly useful.