Gmat Strategy Part. for SC

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Gmat Strategy Part. for SC

by mundasingh123 » Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:26 pm
I am confused with my SC performance .
I just finished Kaplan SC with 90 % accuracy . Earlier , I had been solving OG and OG Verbal SCs according to the questions advised chapterwise by the MGMAT SC guide and my accuracy ranged from 86% to as low as 70% . I am confused . I did find OG questions a bit awkward as in they didnt correspond to the regular rules advised by Experts subject-verb agreement , pronouns and modifiers . I could give you an example of 1 such SC .
According to scholars, the earliest writing was
probably not a direct rendering of speech, but was
more likely to begin as a separate and distinct
symbolic system of communication, and only later
merged with spoken language.
(A) was more likely to begin as
(B) more than likely began as
(C) more than likely beginning from
(D) it was more than likely begun from
(E) it was more likely that it began

The Supreme Court has ruled that public universities
may collect student activity fees even with students'
objections to particular activities, so long as the
groups they give money to will be chosen without
regard to their views.
(A) with students' objections to particular activities,
so long as the groups they give money to will be
(B) if they have objections to particular activities
and the groups that are given the money are
(C) if they object to particular activities, but the
groups that the money is given to have to be
(D) from students who object to particular activities,
so long as the groups given money are
(E) though students have an objection to particular
activities, but the groups that are given the
money be
and many other Scs that shook me off

I don't think getting these SCs right depends on following the usual rules that GMAT Experts ask us to stick to .
Please Advise .
I Seek Explanations Not Answers
Source: — GMAT Strategy |