Hi Ron, I have a question related to the second "that" in answer choice A and C. Much appreciate if you could answer my question. In answer choice A and C, they are saying that "it is the fixed costs that stem from building nuclear plants that makes it more expensive..." and &quo...

Hi Ron,

In correct Ans (A), I am trying to understand why there is no "by" in front of burning calories? is this ellipsis understood? I almost chose Ans (D) because of that.

Ans (A):
"rather than (by) burning calories to generate it"

Hi,

I would like to know if I can only do the Manhattan CAT test for the verbal part but not for the Quant part and still get a result for the Verbal and have the option to do that Quant part later? I am not sure if I will lose quant part exam if I skip it.

Many thanks,
Patrick

Hi Ron, In Ans E, "Unlike the tiny tubes that convey nutrients to bone cells, which in mammals are arrayed in parallel lines, in birds the tubes". I know that E is not correct because it does not follow a strict parallelism rule and compare all the tiny tubes with the tubes in birds. Howev...

Hi Ron, I know answer E is correct. However, I eliminated E at first glance because I feel the highlighted portion should be in a passive voice . So it should be "was taken four days by swift messenger" rather than "took four days by swift messenger" . The whole action for the ne...

Hi Ron,

What is wrong with Ans (D) then? It correctly uses "subject to" and "standard for". So it is wrong because "they" as a pronoun does not have a clear antecedent?

Cheers

Hi Ron, I still don't quite understand why Ans E should not be a in a passive voice. Ans (E): new of these shots took four days by swift messenger to reach New York City and another eleven days The main reason I do not understand is that the wording in (E) "by swift messenger" clearly show...

Oh I see. Thanks Ron!

RON my question is related to option A of this problem A say : Industrialization and modern methods of insect control have improved the standard of living around the globe while at the same time they have introduced some 100,000 dangerous chemical pollutants, having gone virtually unregulated since...

Hi Ron, Should a COMMA + each modifier serve to refer to the NEAREST PRECEDING PLURAL NOUN? So, in Ans A, "each" should serve to refer to the Galapagos (the nearest preceding plural noun) and the answer is non nonsensical then. I know correct answer is always correct so I would like to und...

Hi instructors, can i elimininate the options C and D, based on the following. C. that the beginning of the universe was an explosive instant 10 to 20 billion years ago that has expanded as "that" illogically refers to "explosive instant" D. the beginning of the universe to have...

Hi Ron, Q2 According to the passage, which of the following is true of the average rate at which real GDP per capita grew in the twenty-four years immediately before 1997? A. It was less than it had been between 1873 and 1973 because only forty percent of the population worked for wages between 1873...