MBA.com practice test #37

[RonPurewal]

Thanks Ron. I'm not a native speaker and most of the time, I try not to ask why and just remember some examples.

What helps here is an understanding of how the brain works, in particular when it comes to relatively complex things.

Think about, say, social interaction (another complex thing). Think about concepts like "being a jerk".
It's pretty much impossible to make general rules about what "being a jerk" is, yet you probably have a good idea of what it means. That idea consists of tons and tons and tons of examples, stored up into a repository in your head.
The collective of all those ideas"”better known as "experience""”serves as a useful guide for judging whether any particular person is "acting like a jerk". You don't need to articulate any sort of general pattern to be able to do so.

The same is true for language. Even when it's possible to state general rules, those are only a starting point; general rules are clumsy and difficult to apply quickly. You should try to supplant those rules with a storehouse of examples as you become more familiar with the language.

[eggpain24]

Thanks Ron. I'm not a native speaker and most of the time, I try not to ask why and just remember some examples.

What helps here is an understanding of how the brain works, in particular when it comes to relatively complex things.

Think about, say, social interaction (another complex thing). Think about concepts like "being a jerk".
It's pretty much impossible to make general rules about what "being a jerk" is, yet you probably have a good idea of what it means. That idea consists of tons and tons and tons of examples, stored up into a repository in your head.
The collective of all those ideas"”better known as "experience""”serves as a useful guide for judging whether any particular person is "acting like a jerk". You don't need to articulate any sort of general pattern to be able to do so.

The same is true for language. Even when it's possible to state general rules, those are only a starting point; general rules are clumsy and difficult to apply quickly. You should try to supplant those rules with a storehouse of examples as you become more familiar with the language.

Please correct me if wrong

I think the main problem in choice C and E

C:"each" represents "singular", so it is in conflict with "products".
also, "their" has no clear antecedent

E:"each" represents "singular", so it is in conflict with "products".

[RonPurewal]

I was just now looking at this thread.

If "practice test 37" refers to the mba.com paper tests, then we can't continue the discussion here. The paper tests—like all paid GMAC materials—are off-limits on this forum, per the explicit request of GMAC.

We'll leave the thread standing, since it was started before that request was made.