Another strategy is to concentrate on construction so you can strip away the confusing aspects and judge correct answers based on meaning. An analogy for this is thinking that a car needs one engine, tires, and gas; if it is missing any part it cannot work correctly. So we can strip away all the con...

What is this grammar phrase called?

The energy source on Voyager 2 is not a nuclear reactor, in which atoms are actively broken apart, but rather a kind of nuclear battery that uses natural radioactive decay to produce power. I'm having trouble understanding what "kind of" is serving in this sentence. I know we are contrasti...

Can we more clearly define the rule of modifiers to state that a modifying phrase must modify the noun coming before it, but if the noun closest to the modifier is within a prepositional phrase than the subject to which that phrase belongs is actually the correct noun being modified? I am trying to ...

Another helpful tip is to notice the difference between choosing answers with preferred writing style vs ones that solve the actual errors. This is why learning and recognizing what the errors are is so critical. In each problem, pay attention to the error instead of the writing style so that you do...

My strategy for SC is to first read the sentence for meaning, and then find the error in the sentence. The process of reading for meaning starts my approach to the problem with a broader perspective that can be lost if I start by just looking at the details. This also allows me to use my 'ear' becau...

I second the CR Bible, it is the most insightful info on CR that I have found. Also remember that the CR logic and questions can become almost predictable when you unlock the patterns. However, maybe more than just CR is affecting your verbal score? The approximate amount of question types on verbal...

What to do when studying hasn't led to improvement

One of the most difficult GMAT scenarios I have faced followed from asking myself this dreaded question, “What can I do after I have studied hard for months and my practice tests are the same score that they were in the beginning?� I have consulted similar forum topics from test-takers, but woul...

in D, in the statement "the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs", "long rubbery limbs" refers to trees or sloth ? Is the sentence clear on that? Yes because of pronoun agreement in number. 'Its' is a singular pronoun therefore it must agree with 'the sloth' and not ...