List Of Idioms To Remember

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List Of Idioms To Remember

by komal » Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:31 am
Below is a list of frequently appearing idioms on the gmat. It is a list of 40 idioms divided in 4 sets of 10 for easier viewing and comprehension. While this list is not exhaustive, it provides a good few examples: :

1) To exchange X for Y (exchange X with Y or any other form is incorrect)
2) Different from one another (Different one from the other is wrong)
3) X is unknown, nor it is known - is a correct idiom (Neither is not required) It is not that nor would always be preceded by a neither
4) To ratify (At ratifying is incorrect) An attempt to ratify is the correct use
5) Allergy to (Allergy of, allergy for are incorrect)
6) To try to fix is the right idiom (to try and fix is incorrect)
7) Just as... So too
8) X is different from Y (different than Y is incorrect)
9) Same as X..as to Y e.g Gravity will apply the same to an airplane flying in air as to a ship floating on water.
10) From X to Y (Grow from 2 million to 3 billion) (From X up to Y is wrong)

11) Estimated to be (Estimated at is incorrect)
12) Believe X to be Y
13) Acclaimed as is the correct idiom (Acclaimed to be is wrong)
14) Distinguish between X and Y
15) In an attempt to (gain control)
16) Worried about (When talking about someone's condition)
17) Attempt to 'do something' (Attempt at doing is incorrect).
18) Both X and Y (Both X as well as Y is incorrect) Both at X and at Y is correct. Both on
X or on Y is correct. Both should always have parallel forms associated to it.
Similarly, 'Neither... nor' should have parallel forms associated to it.
19) Adverb twice cannot be an object of proposition 'by'. 'Increase by twice' is incorrect; 'doubled' is correct
20) So X as to be Y (So unreal as to be true)

21) As much as (Republicans are involved as much as Democrats).
22) X prohibits Y from
23) x forbids y to do z
x prohibits y from doing z
24) Credit X with discovering Y (Credit with doing something)
25) Credit X Rupees to Y's account (When money is involved)
26) Given credit for being ones...who
27) Believed to have
28) Regarded as having
29) Regarded as ones who have
30) Concerned for - worried; concerned with - related/affiliated

31) No sooner...than
32) X expected to Y
33) Mistake X for Y
34) Not X; but rather Y
35) Persuaded X to do Y
36) So X that Y (So poor that they steal)
37) Require that X be Y (Not require that X is Y)
38) As a result of
39) At least as strong as...(At least as great as)
40) Modeled after
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by mmslf75 » Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:40 am
thanks komal..

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by komal » Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:47 am

ur welcome : )



I will be posting a list of other 30 or so idioms very soon.

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by komal » Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:17 am
Here's the 2nd n final installment of frequently appearing idioms :

41) So X that Y (So illiterate are people that they cant even write)
42) Intent on
43) Native of (Native to is also used in some cases, as in the example given below)
44) Compensate for
45) Adapted for
46) Plead guilty for ... failing
47) Descendent of (Descendent for is incorrect)
48) X is to... what...Y is to
49) Potential for causing
50) Aid in (Aid for is incorrect) People were asking Goddess Dia's aid in healing ills or thanking her for such help.

51) Consider X...to be Y (a little controversial)
52) Regard as is the correct idiom
53) When 'rates' means 'prices charged' it should be followed with 'for'
Rates for liability insurance
54) Distinguish between X and Y (2 very different items, distinguished, say red and
green colors) Some color blind people cannot distinguish between red and green
55) Distinguish X from Y (Two pretty similar items, say original paintings from fake ones)
56) Attribute X (An effect) to Y(A cause)
57) Not in a flash...but in a...
58) May be (This is a word) is idiomatic, maybe (This means perhaps) is not idiomatic
59) That X is called for is indicated both by Y and by Z.
60) Not so much to X...as to Y

61) Associate X with Y
62) Business ethics - Is a singular word
63) To worry about someone's condition (To keep worrying over an action)
64) Combined X with Y OR Combined X and Y (Both are correct)
e.g. Combined skill with determination Combined reactant X and reactant Y
65) way to provide (Way for providing is incorrect)
66) No less an authority than...
67) Acclaimed as ... is the correct idiom...
68) Allocated to is the correct idiom

Hope this helps all of y'all as much as it has helped me : )

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by money9111 » Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:51 pm
which guide did you get this from? it might be easier to direct people to that as well... i started going through it and was like "whoa... yeah where is this from" lol
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by chaya009 » Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:57 pm
hey komal, thanks a lot...

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by Giorgio » Mon Feb 01, 2010 9:57 pm
money9111 wrote:which guide did you get this from? it might be easier to direct people to that as well... i started going through it and was like "whoa... yeah where is this from" lol
These are from Sahil's Grammar notes !

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by komal » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:17 am
money9111 wrote:which guide did you get this from? it might be easier to direct people to that as well... i started going through it and was like "whoa... yeah where is this from" lol
lol ! They are compiled from Sahil's sc notes. U can get the notes off the net or i could send the file to u.
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by komal » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:18 am
chaya009 wrote:hey komal, thanks a lot...

Anytime : )

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by gmatad » Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:08 am
Thanks Komal!

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by Giorgio » Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:09 am
Komal You're sayin' in your first post that Distingusih X from Y is incorrect and than in your 2nd post sayin' that it's correct. pls check that .

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by money9111 » Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:15 am
hey komal can you send me the list?
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by komal » Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:56 pm
Giorgio wrote:Komal You're sayin' in your first post that Distingusih X from Y is incorrect and than in your 2nd post sayin' that it's correct. pls check that .

srry for the goof up. i have made necessary changes : )

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by komal » Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:03 pm
money9111 wrote:hey komal can you send me the list?
Sure i'll send u the list. Infact leme do it right away b4 i forget. chk ur inbox pls : )

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by papgust » Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:51 am
Guyz,

For those who were not aware, you can access Sahil's Grammar Notes from this path,
https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/resources