Idioms Articles
GMAT Sentence Correction: What Can the Underline Tell You?
I ran across the problem below when I was reviewing a GMATPrep® test that I took a while back, and as soon as I saw it, I knew I needed [...]
GMAT Sentence Correction: How To Find the Core Sentence - Part 5
A while back, I wrote a series on how to strip a Sentence Correction (SC) problem down to its core. A lot of my students have told me that this [...]
How to Tackle Every Single GMAT Problem (Seriously!) - Part 3
Welcome to part 3 of our series on how to answer every single GMAT problem you’ll ever see. :) If you haven’t already read the earlier installments, start with part [...]
GMAT Sentence Correction: Where Do I Start?
On some Sentence Correction (SC) problems, an error jumps out at you immediately. On others, you’re left trying to figure out where to start. How do you dig in when [...]
Can you Spot the Meaning Error? - Part 1
Sentence Correction tests grammar, yes, but it also tests meaning. In fact, a decent chunk of grammar actually revolves around meaning in the first place. Try this GMATPrep® problem from the [...]
News From the GMAC Summit (By the Makers of the GMAT)
Last Friday, I attended the biannual GMAC Summit, a special conference that the makers of the GMAT put on for test prep companies. I want to share various tidbits that [...]
What’s Parallel to What? Parallelism and Meaning in GMATPrep
The first time I read the original sentence in the below SC problem, I thought to myself: wait, what? What are you actually trying to say? I knew immediately that [...]
GMAC Official Response to Idioms and Sentence Correction Debate
As Stacey pointed out last week , there has been some debate about changes to GMAT sentence correction. Students are rightfully concerned about this, which is why Lawrence M. Rudner, [...]
News from GMAC (the people who make the GMAT!)
Editor's Note: this post was edited on September 30, 2011, to reflect the information provided by GMAC. I just got back from the biennial GMAC Test Prep Summit. (Quick: what [...]
Analyzing a Tough GMATPrep Sentence Correction Problem
Yesterday we tried to crack a GMAT quant problem , so today we're looking for the correct answer to a GMAT verbal question. It’s been a while since we’ve tackled [...]
Is "Being" Always Wrong?
Most students (and many teachers) tell me some variation on the theme that, in Sentence Correction, “being” is always wrong on the GMAT. It’s true that the word “being” is [...]
Dealing With Partial Underlines in Sentence Correction (Part 2)
Last time, we introduced a new way of dealing with partial underlines : explicitly trying to figure out how the non-underlined (and therefore correct) part of the sentence fits with [...]
GMAT Idiom Tips for Non-Native English Speakers
Written by Jesse Sternberg. For more GMAT Verbal tips, be sure to check out our free Knewton webinar next week: The Top 5 GMAT Mistakes Made by Non-Native English Speakers [...]
GMAT On Demand: Idioms 101
// To celebrate the new and improved on-demand video player in our GMAT course, we’re releasing the first Knewton Sentence Correction lesson in nine handy installments. The final part of [...]
GMAT On Demand: The Most Commonly Tested Sentence Correction Errors
// At Knewton we recently a released a new and improved on-demand video player , and to spread the word we're sharing our first GMAT Sentence Correction lesson in nine [...]
Grockit GMAT and MBA Admissions Course: Lesson 5, Part 2 – Verbal Sentence Correction
We’re making sections of Grockit’s GMAT Course available to stream online for free! The course is taught by Grockit Founder Farb Nivi and covers the entire GMAT curriculum in 16 [...]
Thursdays With Ron: Sentence Correction (Use of the Phrase "Based On")
Every other Thursday, our instructor Ron Purewal (known on the Beat the GMAT forums as lunarpower ) hosts a free study hall session, called Thursdays with Ron , where anyone [...]
Top 10 Tips for the Sentence Correction Section
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, the Sentence Correction [...]
Idioms
By Guest Author, Jordan Schonig. Jordan is a GMAT expert for Grockit. On the GMAT sentence corrections, an “idiom” is a recognized grammatical construction that is a rule simply because [...]
How to Analyze a GMATPrep SC Question
This is the latest in a series of “How To Analyze” articles that began with the general “ How To Analyze A Practice Problem ” article (click on the link [...]