If you're looking ONLY at mechanics (always a bad idea), then, sure, those things look parallel. The problem is that they shouldn't be parallel. A "digital imprint division" does just that-- imprinting. Publishing. An imprint division doesn't sell books. Hi Ron, I still cannot eliminate E...

Hi instructor, I met with below two sentences when I were doing GMAT SC practices:

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Both of these two sentences are from correct answers. I am now very confused about the comparison objects.

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Now I am totally confused...

Please help me, thank you very much!

I still cannot eliminate E. Does imprint division publish books? I agree with you an imprint division does not sell books, but I don't think they publish books. "digital" = electronic/computerized "imprint(ing)" = printing/publishing there's no 'i think x' or 'i don't think y' h...

Hi Instructor, Can you please tell me if "by imitating and practicing" is better than "by imitation and practice"? I learn from Thursday with Ron that Verbal Nouns are impersonal, and Gerund Forms convey the idea that the subject is directly involved in the process. Here I think ...

Hi Ron, would you please explain why C is wrong? Isn't "some that formed..." a noun modifier, so that the construction of "NOUNs, each VERB..." still work?

RonPurewal Wrote:
(d) and (e) are unidiomatic; you can't write "proven records that they..."?

Hi Ron, could you please explain more about why "proven records that they..." is unidiomatic? Than you very much.

Also, can I state another reason why A and D is incorrect is that "...time, known as..." does not make sense. My understanding is COMMA+VERBed modifies the noun immediately preceding the COMMA, so that its usage is same as "which VERBed". Here the meaning of the sentence becomes ...

Hi Ron, can I confirm that there is nothing wrong with "in producing" and "for their producing of" in choice D and E?

"Are" is also necessary in that sentence because of "simply". "Simply" is an adverb that describes the fact that these things are random byproducts; i.e., it describes the verb "are". If you remove "are", then "simply" is an orphan with no...

What is wrong with A? I believe that both of the modifiers after the comma -- ",a market ranging" and ",which ranges" work in this case. the modifier in (a) doesn't work. that modifier has to follow "book market" or "market for books". "10 percent" ...

RonPurewal Wrote:you're making the biggest mistake one can make in SC: you're considering subtle/smaller issues, BEFORE big, fundamental, black-and-white issues.

in choice C you have "their" trying to stand for "company".
oops.

Oops...

Thank you, Ron!

RonPurewal Wrote:neither of those choices contains "in producing".

Thank you for pointing it out, Ron. Would please tell me what's wrong with "in producing" in Choice C?

RonPurewal Wrote:
"for their producing of" is very clearly worse / less efficient / wordier than the alternative, so you can eliminate it. (https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... ml#p118104)

Thank you Ron, that's very helpful!

you're making the worst possible SC mistake: you're considering small/subtle things BEFORE big, fundamental, black-and-white things. "its"? yep, there's the problem with C. You are correct, Ron! I do have this problem!! Actually I feel suffered when I am doing sentence correction question...

Hi Student Helper, In chapter 12 of Manhattan SC 6 edition, I got two examples about the usage of infinitives. 1) The building WAS DEMOLISHED to avoid falling down accidentally. [Incorrect] 2) The building WAS DEMOLISHED to keep it from falling do accidentally. [Correct] Here I understand it makes n...