The third question.

hiddragon

A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.
B.from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing
C.the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing
D.to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess
E.being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,
I always take it for granted that noun is better than verb. I think "the ability of assessing" is better than "to be able to assess". However, the key is D. Who can explain the reason why C is not the right answer?

braveMBA

以下是引用hiddragon在2003-9-28 23:34:00的发言：
A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.
B.from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing
C.the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing
D.to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess
E.being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,
I always take it for granted that noun is better than verb. I think "the ability of assessing" is better than "to be able to assess". However, the key is D. Who can explain the reason why C is not the right answer?

I always take it for granted that noun is better than verb. WHY? In GMAT, verb is superior to noun in most of conditions, and the ability to do , and be able to do, which are the favorites of GMAT, are better than the ability of doing.

braveMBA

If you had enough time, you had better read the explanation of OG SC firstly and will make sense. Good luck.

hiddragon

以下是引用braveMBA在2003-9-28 23:55:00的发言：
If you had enough time, you had better read the explanation of OG SC firstly and will make sense. Good luck.

Whenever I got time I will look it through, however, I might have even more questions to ask. Thank you for your help, braveMBA. May you good luck too.