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GMATPrep Q&A: Choosing the Best Answer on SC

Posted on December 24, 2010 by

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This GMATPrep® Sentence Correction question was sent to us by a student who got stuck between two choices and couldn’t decide which was right. It is a perfect example of the fact that the GMAT asks you to choose the best version of the sentence from among the five choices given, not the best possible version. Let’s take a look: Regarded by opponents as ineffective and meddlesome and by supporters as a conserver of life… Read more

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Top 10 tips for the GMAT Sentence Correction section

Posted on September 6, 2010 by

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The Sentence Correction section of the GMAT can be intimidating, especially for test-takers who grew up speaking a language other than English. Luckily for all you Quant whizzes, Sentence Correction portion is actually quite math-like. There are specific words and phrases that you can use to eliminate options, and you can learn how different constructions must fit together in order to form a “correct” sentence. To ace the SC section, start by learning to identify… Read more

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GMAT Prep Tip: 5 Bad Habits on the Sentence Correction section

Posted on May 10, 2010 by

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Jen Rugani is one of Knewton’s top GMAT teachers. Do you bite your nails? Chew on pencils? Forget to the check the subject and verb on sentence correction questions? All of these are bad habits, but only one will affect your GMAT score. Test-takers tend to make the same grammar mistakes over and over again; learn to recognize—and avoid—these common traps and pitfalls. 1) Ignoring the Subject and Verb It’s one of the biggest, most… Read more

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Non-Native English Speakers and the GMAT

Posted on November 2, 2009 by

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This post was written by Ethan Hein. As a non-native speaker of English, you may find the verbal section of the GMAT especially daunting. You’re not alone. English is a particularly difficult language to learn as an adult. It’s a blend of several different older languages that still coexist uneasily in the grammar and vocabulary. The roots of English in German rub uneasily against its roots in Latin in ways that resist intuition. A lot… Read more

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