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(GRE Success! ) OT: Harry Potter and the art of learning English!

Srihari Yamanoor — 2013-05-21T19:06:02

Hello Everyone,

I have been a big fan of the Harry Potter for various reasons, but one of
the most intriguing reasons is that J.K.Rowling goes well beyond just
staying very true to various myths and legends, in that she is able to mold
English, and her various feed-in languages like a master artist molds clay.
If you are in the beginning stages of learning English (beyond the mistake
prone, essential communications), HP is a great place to start. Read the
answer from Sandhya Ramesh on this question:

http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-puns-word-play-in-the-Harry-Potter-series

And don't forget to go after the unstoppable P.G. Wodehouse, the erstwhile
Douglas Adams and the severally talented Charles Dickens, or Jane Austen,
who wrote tomes just based on one or two adjectives or nouns!

Enjoy!

Srihari

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2013-05-01T08:19:46

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Re: (GRE Success! ) Sentence Correction

Srihari Yamanoor — 2013-04-11T23:42:29

Hello Kartik,

Sure, I will try my best. Thanks for playing, and hopefully a few others
would join and make it a fun learning experience. Now, if we could get one
going for GRE Biology!

Sincerely,

Srihari


On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Kartik Datwani <kartikdatwani-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>wrote:

Re: (GRE Success! ) Sentence Correction

Kartik Datwani — 2013-04-11T20:00:54

Thanks for the game. Please unleash more sentences like this on me. :) . I
love to challenge myself and hopefully one day I'll get all the errors in
every sentence you post. Please keep posting. :) .




On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Srihari Yamanoor <yamanoor-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>wrote:

Re: (GRE Success! ) Sentence Correction

Srihari Yamanoor — 2013-04-10T18:43:11

Hello Kartik,

I agree, this sentence would not show up on a standardized test. It is
simply full of errors. However, it is a good learning experience for us.

Thanks for playing!

Sincerely,

Srihari


On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Kartik Datwani <kartikdatwani-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>wrote:

Re: (GRE Success! ) Sentence Correction

Kartik Datwani — 2013-04-10T18:35:35

Hi again

Thanks for answering. Actually if this question came up in a written test
like the GMAT, then it would certainly be beneficial to consider "it" a
mistake in the sentence. But in general talking and understanding I think
it'll pass as acceptable.

P.S. - The second "it" has no antecedent in the above sentence but in
general conversation [it] is understood.
Sorry for the useless joke :D :D.


On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:37 AM, Srihari Yamanoor <yamanoor-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>wrote:

Re: (GRE Success! ) Sentence Correction

Srihari Yamanoor — 2013-04-09T21:07:52

Hello Kartik,

When I responded today morning, I was glad I had shared the link to the
source article. I had to look twice before I made my statement. I will try
to defend it, but it is pretty week I have to admit :).

The author was referring to both the accuser and the defendant by using the
word "their". Your logic is absolutely right in strict terms, but I took a
looser interpretation after reading that sentence and examining the
context.

Sincerely,

Srihari


On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Kartik Datwani <kartikdatwani-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>wrote:

Re: (GRE Success! ) Sentence Correction

Kartik Datwani — 2013-04-09T19:55:20

Hi

Thanks for the reply. I have a question though -

Shouldn't the [their] have a proper antecedent? A pronoun is wrongly used
if it does not refer directly to an antecedent. Here the antecedents are
only Taitz and Botterud, and both are singular. Or is it legitimate to use
[their] in the way it has been done in this case?

Please clarify. :) . Thanks.


On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Srihari Yamanoor <yamanoor-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>wrote:

Re: (GRE Success! ) Sentence Correction

Srihari Yamanoor — 2013-04-09T06:35:47

Hello Kartik,

I would add correction "elections fraud in forgery" to "elections fraud and
forgery". I think [their] court date is fine.

Thanks much for playing!

Sincerely,

Srihari


On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Kartik Datwani <kartikdatwani-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>wrote:

Re: (GRE Success! ) Is there something wrong with this sentence?

Srihari Yamanoor — 2013-04-09T06:16:49

Well done! Either move the comma or add the article "and" as Kartik
suggested. The more grave error is as Raghu clearly points out in [2].

Sincerely,

Srihari


On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 7:17 AM, Raghu Rao <raghu.v.rao-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

(GRE Success! ) OT: Cover Letters and Resumes

Srihari Yamanoor — 2013-04-08T21:54:41

Hello Everyone,

Found a couple of links worth sharing:

1.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2011/03/24/how-to-write-a-cover-letter/

2.
http://career-advice.monster.com/resumes-cover-letters/resume-writing-tips/engineering-resume-tips/article.aspx

Oh yeah, be honest. Always. Not the best policy, but fairly good enough..

Sincerely,

Srihari

(GRE Success! ) Fwd: A.Word.A.Day--lex loci

Srihari Yamanoor — 2013-04-08T07:49:47

I thought they meant local books, having misinterpreted the root lex
wrongfully.

Hope this helps.

Good Luck,

Srihari

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(GRE Success! ) Finalizing a University - Pravin Dhandapani

dpravin2000 — 2013-04-03T12:03:05

Hi,


Now I am planning to do my Master's in US. And I have got admits from 4 universities and none has offered financial aids.


Following are the universities in which I got admits:

1) Ohio State University (US news ranking - 18)

2) University at Buffalo, SUNY (US news ranking - 25)

3) Clemson University (US news ranking - 30)

4) Oklahoma State University. (US news ranking - 32)


And I wish to specialize in Manufacturing or Supply chain.

And now I am confused in choosing between these universities.


Could you please suggest a better university for me?

And is there any other specialization which are better than those I mentioned?


In the list, Ohio State University is reputed but it costs a lot almost the double the cost of other universities and its hard for me to pay for it.


I hope you can help me in choosing the universities and get me out of this confusion.

Eagerly waiting for your reply.


Regards,

Pravin Dhandapani.

(GRE Success! ) 750words.com [1 Attachment]

Senthil Kumaran — 2013-04-02T17:27:48

Hello All,

I recently stumbled upon this website 750words.com which encourages
you to write something everyday. It is not a like a blog, it is
private and the interface is a full clear page for you to write. The
idea is that you write everything down, clear you mind off as you
start your day and you will be work better. You can see this tool as
some kind of productivity enhancer.  After you have a streak with the
site, it does some primitive sentiment analysis that you can look at.
That's a fun part, but the important thing is you get a skill by
writing something and giving to to your flow everyday.

Give this a try.

(GRE Success! ) File - Monthly Reminder

2013-04-01T08:11:39

Hello,

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Re: (GRE Success! ) Is there something wrong with this sentence?

Raghu Rao — 2013-03-28T14:17:08

"Armed with this knowledge, I and a team of others here at EPA are
dedicated to feeding people, not landfills through the Sustainable
Materials Management Program’s (SMM) Food Recovery Challenge"

[1] there should be a comma after "not landfills".  Otherwise, it will seem
like the SMM Food Recovery Challenge is for the "landfills" part and not
for the "feeding people" part.

[2] "I and a team of others here" -- I would reconstruct this phrase to put
"I" at the end, say, "A team of members/locals/whoever here and I"



On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 1:56 AM, Kartik Datwani <kartikdatwani-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>wrote:

Re: (GRE Success! ) Sentence Correction

Kartik Datwani — 2013-03-28T06:52:47

Hi

""Your opposition will constitute Obstruction of Justice, Aiding and
Abetting in the elections fraud in forgery [,] and treason in allowing a
foreign citizen to usurp the civil rights of the U.S. citizens and the U.S.
Presidency, with [an] [the] aid of forged IDs" Taitz wrote in an
email<http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/?p=360759> to
Botterud ahead of [their] [his/her] court date. "

1. The [,] is required just before the "and" because the expression after
the "and" is a long one.
2. A little rearrangement of the elements of the second "and" makes the
sentence easier to read and understand.
3. [the] should be used instead of [an]. Or it could be completely omitted.
4. [his/her] should be used instead of [their] in order to refer to Taitz -
I am not sure about this.

Please tell me if I am wrong. Also please tell me about any other errors
present.

Thanks.


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Re: (GRE Success! ) Is there something wrong with this sentence?

Kartik Datwani — 2013-03-28T06:56:00

Hi

Armed with this knowledge, I and a team of others here at EPA are dedicated
to feeding people[,] [and] not landfills through the Sustainable Materials
Management Program’s <http://www.epa.gov/smm/> (SMM) Food Recovery
Challenge<http://www.epa.gov/smm/foodrecovery/index.htm>
. "

The only error I can find is the one with the [,]. [and] should be used in
place of [,].

Please let me know if there are other errors.
Thanks.


On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Srihari Yamanoor <yamanoor-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>wrote:

Re: (GRE Success! ) Fwd: A.Word.A.Day--nudiustertian

Kartik Datwani — 2013-03-28T06:39:07

Interesting word, though it takes too much of an effort to say it out loud.

:) .


On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Srihari Yamanoor <yamanoor-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: (GRE Success! ) There is or there are?

Kartik Datwani — 2013-03-28T06:28:12

Exactly.

The 'is' is for the noun 'number' and not for the noun 'guns'.

Great Work !


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(GRE Success! ) Fwd: Google Alert - GRE

Srihari Yamanoor — 2013-03-27T03:31:08

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