GMAT Strategy

No Intended Meaning in GMAT Sentence Correction

In an SC question, there is only one sentence version that both is grammatically correct and effectively conveys a logical meaning. So, where did the intended meaning myth come from? We suspect that the intended meaning myth arose because, when people couldn’t see why an answer choice in an SC question is wrong, they erroneously decided that the only way to choose the right answer is to predict what the author’s intended meaning is.

The truth of the matter is that, in a well-written Sentence Correction question, such as an official SC question written by GMAC or a well-written third-party SC question (for instance, one written by Target Test Prep), there is only one sentence version that both is grammatically correct and effectively conveys a logical meaning.

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