Calling all Gmat SC Wizzes - Lower level problem HELP

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So.....this is my second time around studying for the gmat and I have been trying to make sure I analyze my trouble areas. I have discovered the I am actually getting the lower lever SC problems wrong @ a hgher rate than 700+ questions. Does any one have any insight regarding this issue

what are the key concepts tested in the lower level questions? What should my focus be when trying to solve lower level SC questions.
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by uwhusky » Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:44 pm
You have to be more specific on what type of questions you are getting wrong. One's definition of low level question may be very different than another person's.

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by KingTmo » Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:18 pm
uwhusky wrote:You have to be more specific on what type of questions you are getting wrong. One's definition of low level question may be very different than another person's.
My apologies - I have noticed that my biggest problem areas are with paralleism, past-particle, and using the appropriate modifiers and sometimes idioms

some examples of ?'s I answered incorrectly


A scrub jay can remember when it cached a particular piece of food in a particular place, researchers have discovered, and tend not to bother to recover a perishable treat if stored long enough to have rotted.

A. Same
B. they tend not to bother recovering a perishable treat
C. tending not to bother to recover a perishable treat it
D. tends not to bother recovering a perishable treat
E. tends not bothering to recover a perishable treat it

Between D and E, I picked E - answer is D

For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in
California, which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from
nearly three-quarters only a decade ago.

A. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from
nearly three-quarters only a decade ago
B. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a
decade ago, when it was nearly three-quarters
C. and that amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a
decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters
D. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly
three-quarters a decade ago
E. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from what it
was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters

OA is D but I picked B - can give more examples if need be

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by uwhusky » Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:25 pm
I think you are suffering what this person is suffering: https://www.beatthegmat.com/a-common-problem-t62585.html

I have an idea on why you are struggling, and I was also struggling with the same issues. However, I think it would be more beneficial to elicit insights from experts. I just thought you should provide more details.

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