Meaning Articles
GMAT Sentence Correction: How to Find the Core Sentence - Part 7
Welcome to the latest installment of our Core Sentence series on SC problems! If you haven’t seen this series before, start here . Last time , we talked about how [...]
GMAT Sentence Correction: Spot the Trap! - Part 2
Last time , we talked about how to read for meaning and spot redundancy traps on Sentence Correction. I’ve got another trappy SC for you; this one is from the GMATPrep® [...]
GMAT Sentence Correction: Spot the Trap! - Part 1
If you’re a non-native English speaker, you know that you’ll need to be extra careful with idioms and other constructions that native speakers just “know.” If you’re a native speaker, [...]
GMAT Sentence Correction: How To Find the Core Sentence - Part 4
It’s here at last: the fourth and final installment of our series on core sentence structure! I recommend reading all of the installments in order, part 1 , part2 , respectively [...]
GMAT Sentence Correction: How to Find the Core Sentence - Part 3
Welcome to the third installment of our Core Sentence series. In part 1 , we began learning how to strip an SC sentence (or any sentence!) down to the core [...]
GMAT Sentence Correction: How to Find the Core Sentence - Part 2
Welcome to the second installment of our Core Sentence series; if you haven’t yet read Part 1 , do so now before continuing with this segment. How has your practice [...]
GMAT Sentence Correction: How To Find the Core Sentence - Part 1
Recently, I was discussing sentence structure with one of my classes and we practiced a crucial but difficult GMAT skill: how to strip an SC sentence to its core components. [...]
GMAT Sentence Correction: Where Do I Start? - Part 3
Welcome to the third part of our series focusing on the First Glance in Sentence Correction . If you haven’t read the previous installments yet, you can start with how [...]
GMAT Sentence Correction: Where Do I Start? - Part 2
Last time, we talked about how to find a starting point on a Sentence Correction problem when the starting point doesn’t leap out at you . If you haven’t read [...]
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 3
Welcome to the final installment in a series of three articles about meaning and sentence structure in sentence correction. Our first one tested meaning and also covered issues related to [...]
Can you Spot the Meaning Error? - Part 2
Last time , we tried a problem that tested meaning; we also discussed how to compare entire chunks of the answer choices. Today, we're going to combine those two things [...]
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 [...]
What’s This Mean? When to Use Common Sense on Sentence Correction
I totally understand why the test writers want to test meaning on SC – after all, business communication hinges more on meaning than anything else. Nobody’s going to care if [...]
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 [...]
Comparing Things in GMATPrep Sentence Correction
I’ve got a fascinating little GMATPrep® problem for you today. Try it out (1 minute 15 seconds) and then we’ll talk about it! * ” As the honeybee’s stinger is heavily [...]
Where are the Splits? Handling the “New” SC
A lot of students have reported lately that the Sentence Correction questions on the official test were a lot harder than what they were expecting, or that they’ve been having [...]
Comparing Things in GMATPrep Sentence Correction
I’ve got a really interesting GMATPrep® problem for you today. Try it out (1 minute 15 seconds) and then we’ll talk about it! * ” The striking differences between the semantic [...]
Meaning is Mean! A GMATPrep Sentence Correction Problem
We’ve talked a lot about meaning in sentence correction recently and I’ve got another problem along that same theme for you. The problem I chose comes from the new GMATPrep [...]
More on Meaning: a GMATPrep Sentence Correction Problem
We’re going to continue on our Meaning streak because so many students have told me that they love this topic. This one, though, is not going to address modifiers (at [...]
Modifiers and Meaning: a GMATPrep Sentence Correction Problem
We’ve been examining the issues of modifiers and meaning quite a bit lately because these topics are both so important on the GMAT. I’ve got another one for you today. This [...]
Modifiers and Meaning: a GMATPrep Sentence Correction Problem
Modifiers have always been commonly tested on the GMAT and emphasis on meaning has increased recently. In addition, these two areas can often be quite tricky – it’s hard to [...]
Meaning Issues in Sentence Correction (Part 2)
Last week, I wrote about meaning issues in sentence correction , and there’s more to say – so here’s part two of this topic. We’ll keep going till we don’t [...]
Meaning Issues in Sentence Correction
Recently, we heard from GMAC that it has been testing meaning more often in sentence correction than it used to (this increase started years ago). In the last couple of [...]