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Comment on University of Maltania Professors
Any reason we can't use "do"
Yes, we use DOES because
Yes, we use DOES because university is singular.
Example:
The university DOES have a high number of tenured male professors.
The universities DO have a high number of tenured male professors.
If choice A had "other" when
If we add OTHER to option A,
If we add OTHER to option A, we get:
The University of Maltania has a higher number of tenured male professors than any OTHER university.
This sentence still fails to compare two verbs. So it is still incorrect.
Finally, for choice B, we can
I'm always a bit uneasy with putting "does" in front
Yes both are correct.
Yes both are correct.
Funny, I seldom think to throw DOES in front like that, but whenever I see it, I think it looks super classy!
We are using place holder for
Hi Neha,
Hi Neha,
I have some examples in the post above yours.
Notice that, in answer choice C, the plural "DO" correctly matches the plural noun "universities."
In answer choice B, the singular "DOES" correctly matches the plural noun "university."
So, in answer choice B, we could also write "The University of Maltania has a higher number of tenured male professors than any other UNIVERSITY (singular) HAS (singular).
Hi Brent
I do not understand why B choice can use an inverted sentence ("does any other university" instead of "any other university does")? Shouldn't it need to be parallel to the first part?
Thank you so much!
Great question, yxlucy321!
Great question, yxlucy321!
The kind of parallelism you're referring to is not tested on the GMAT.
Example: "Joe owns more pets than Kaye owns" is just as acceptable as "Joe owns more pets than does Kaye"
Out of curiosity, I noticed a
Are they really different?
Hi Mohammad,
Hi Mohammad,
At 1:07 I emphasized the "S" to show that I was referring to universitieS. So, for that sentence, we need to use the superlative "HIGHEST"
Cheers,
Brent
A number of IS PLURAL right .
so why option B is right one because does is singular ...
or the case is that when we use a number of with uncountable noun than only it is plural otherwise not .?/ please correct me where i am wrong here ...
Thanks
A NUMBER OF is plural. So,
A NUMBER OF is plural. So, for example, we might write "A number of people HAVE visited."
IMPORTANT: In the above example, NUMBER is the subject. So, the plural subject NUMBER matches the plural verb HAVE.
However, in the practice question, the subject is UNIVERSITY. University is singular, which is why we need the singular verb HAS.
Cheers,
Brent
In the option B, shouldn't
You're correct; we can use
You're correct; we can use HAS instead of DOES.
To maintain parallelism, we could write "The University of Maltania has a higher number of tenured male professors than any other university HAS."
However, it's important to note that DOES can be used as a placeholder for other verbs.
For example, the following 3 sentences are fine:
"Joe owns more pets than Kaye OWNS."
"Joe owns more pets than Kaye DOES."
"Joe owns more pets than DOES Kaye."
Does that help?
Cheers,
Brent
Hi Brent,
I have a hard time understanding the difference between B and C in terms of the "higher", why have you eliminated C on this issue and accepted B as correct. Can you elaborate on the difference by providing examples?
Thank you in advance,
This concept is covered here:
This concept is covered here: https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gmat-sentence-correction/video/1182
If we're comparing TWO things, then we cannot use superlatives (biggEST, tallEST, fastEST).
Incorrect: Of the two Smith brothers, Joe is TALLEST.
Correct: Of the two Smith brothers, Joe is TALLER.
If we're comparing MORE THAN TWO things, then we use superlatives.
Incorrect: Of the three Smith brothers, Joe is TALLER.
Correct: Of the three Smith brothers, Joe is TALLEST.
In answer choice C, we're comparing the University of Maltania with all other universities. As such we need to use the superlative HIGHEST.
In answer choice B, we're comparing the University of Maltania with ANY OTHER university.
In other words, we're comparing the University of Maltania with EACH university (one pair of universities at a time)
As such we use the HIGHER.
Cheers,
Brent
Thank you Brent,
I understand,
What about these sentences:
Nik can beat all other classmates.
Nik can beat any other classmate.
Nik can beat each of his classmates.
Nik is taller than all other classmates.
Nik is taller than any other classmate.
Nik is taller than each of his classmates.
Which are correct and what are the differences in meanings?
All of the above are fine,
All of the above are fine, except we don't need the word OTHER, since "classmate" already refers to people other than Nik.
I would write: Nik can beat all of his classmates.
Cheers,
Brent
uh I excluded option B
Can I understand it as "has" is similar to does?
The verb DOES performs a role
The verb DOES performs a role that's similar to the role of a pronoun.
For example, we can take the sentence "Joe SKATES faster than Lyle SKATES" and substitute DOES to get "Joe SKATES faster than Lyle DOES"
Here, DOES is standing in for the verb SKATES.
Likewise we can take "Joe HAS more courage than Lyle HAS" and substitute DOES to get "Joe HAS more courage than Lyle DOES"
Here, DOES is standing in for the verb HAS.
Could you please explain why
22. Teachers in this country have generally been trained either to approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should force students to memorize rules and principles without truly understanding how to apply them.
A) to approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should force students to memorize rules and principles
B) to approach mathematics like a creative activity or to force students to memorize rules and principles
C) to approach mathematics as a creative activity or to force students to memorize rules and principles
D) that they should approach mathematics as a creative activity or to force students to memorize rules and principles
E) that they should approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should force students to memorize rules and principles
Sorry, but I prefer not to
Sorry, but I prefer not to answer unofficial Verbal questions since they often don’t represent what you’ll encounter on test day (please see comment policy).
I suggest you stick with Official Verbal questions (GMAT Club has every official question ever asked)