Please advise on the Verbal strategy improvement

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First of all thanks to the administrators and fellow GMAT aspirants for posting useful posts time and again! I would seek here further advise on the improving my verbal score. I am very consistent in scoring 32-33 in Verbal section with 17-20 questions correct out of 41. Consistency here was "sarcastic" though. My GMAT exam is on 21st July,2012 and i really want to improve my score to atleast 38-42 range.

Key highlights in my preparation so far has been:
1. Of all the tests given, my accuracy in 2 sections have been above 60% where third goes for a toss.
2. The accuracy shifts based on different tests i give to any one of 3 sections ( SC/RC/CR)
3. I am only able to complete around 31-32 questions in any exam consistently with rest of a minute only given in blind guesses.
4. All the blind guesses are generally wrong even though i stick to guesses with just 1 option.

So if you can observe, it is out of 31-32 questions, i get 17-20 correct. I can know more count this to be at least a good news since my accuracy in earlier days could have fetched a better score if attempting 41 questions. But in the last month of tests given, I am not able to. Kindly advise steps considering just 25 days for my D-day
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by Jim@StratusPrep » Sun Jul 08, 2012 6:36 am
Verbal strategy is based on a strong understanding of the language. Learn the grammatical rules for SC. Then focus on differences between answer choices and determine which rule is correct.

For RC and CR, verify your answers in the text given. The answers are in there, you just have to find them. And because of this you should not spend a ton of time trying to "understand" the passage. Read for structure and keep your answer choices as close to the subject of the passage as possible.
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