sandy_online wrote:I have a question, how to tackle sentence correction questions wherein correction tests more of the general uses rather than the formal rules that all we know( e.g. pronoun uses, parallelism, modifier, etc). Such kind of sentence correction really create a lot of problem for me in terms of both time and understanding.

e.g.
It seemed that hardly any vote was cast on the Senate or House floor without some calculation as to how it might affect the midterm election.

A. without some calculation as to how

B. without there is some calculation as to how

C. without that there is some calculation as to how

D. without some calculation as how

E. without some calculation to how

please, tell your strategy to solve such correction issue. thanks

beat_gmat_09 wrote:

sandy_online wrote:I have a question, how to tackle sentence correction questions wherein correction tests more of the general uses rather than the formal rules that all we know( e.g. pronoun uses, parallelism, modifier, etc). Such kind of sentence correction really create a lot of problem for me in terms of both time and understanding.

e.g.
It seemed that hardly any vote was cast on the Senate or House floor without some calculation as to how it might affect the midterm election.

A. without some calculation as to how

B. without there is some calculation as to how

C. without that there is some calculation as to how

D. without some calculation as how

E. without some calculation to how

please, tell your strategy to solve such correction issue. thanks

IMO D
to how is incorrect use.

Shawshank wrote:

beat_gmat_09 wrote:

sandy_online wrote:I have a question, how to tackle sentence correction questions wherein correction tests more of the general uses rather than the formal rules that all we know( e.g. pronoun uses, parallelism, modifier, etc). Such kind of sentence correction really create a lot of problem for me in terms of both time and understanding.

e.g.
It seemed that hardly any vote was cast on the Senate or House floor without some calculation as to how it might affect the midterm election.

A. without some calculation as to how

B. without there is some calculation as to how

C. without that there is some calculation as to how

D. without some calculation as how

E. without some calculation to how

please, tell your strategy to solve such correction issue. thanks

IMO D
to how is incorrect use.

Can you show a thread with ex.. So as to how --> as wrong usage.

beat_gmat_09 wrote:

Shawshank wrote:

beat_gmat_09 wrote:

sandy_online wrote:I have a question, how to tackle sentence correction questions wherein correction tests more of the general uses rather than the formal rules that all we know( e.g. pronoun uses, parallelism, modifier, etc). Such kind of sentence correction really create a lot of problem for me in terms of both time and understanding.

e.g.
It seemed that hardly any vote was cast on the Senate or House floor without some calculation as to how it might affect the midterm election.

A. without some calculation as to how

B. without there is some calculation as to how

C. without that there is some calculation as to how

D. without some calculation as how

E. without some calculation to how

please, tell your strategy to solve such correction issue. thanks

IMO D
to how is incorrect use.

Can you show a thread with ex.. So as to how --> as wrong usage.

to either used in infinitives or to indicate movement or direction.
How is not a verb hence cannot be followed by to.

I dont have any thread references.

It will be great if some expert explains this.

Thanks

sandy_online wrote:I have a question, how to tackle sentence correction questions wherein correction tests more of the general uses rather than the formal rules that all we know( e.g. pronoun uses, parallelism, modifier, etc). Such kind of sentence correction really create a lot of problem for me in terms of both time and understanding.

e.g.
It seemed that hardly any vote was cast on the Senate or House floor without some calculation as to how it might affect the midterm election.

A. without some calculation as to how

B. without there is some calculation as to how

C. without that there is some calculation as to how

D. without some calculation as how

E. without some calculation to how

please, tell your strategy to solve such correction issue. thanks