Tips for solving Sentence Correction Questions

Hi Aditya,

Congrats for scoring 650 in your first exam.. Now you should go for Manhatten GMAT SC prep book, it will teach you all basic concepts and rules which you should aware of while cracking the SC Q in the GMAT.

MGMAT SC is a great book to keep your skills going. Unlike CR and RC, SC is far less "strategy-heavy", however you can still develop a methodical approach.

Start with these most commonly tested errors: https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/10/ ... ted-errors

One way to approach each SC is to start with the "VPIMPS" and check systematically for each error. This takes longer than just "spotting" the errors, but is a good method for those times when you just can't tell what (if anything) is wrong with the sentence. I always start with identifying the subject and the verb and make sure they agree.

VPIMPS is an acronym for:

Verb agreement

Pronouns

Idioms

Modifiers

Parallelism

Sentence frags & run-ons

You can find many in-depth articles on each of these in the BTG library. Good luck!

VivianKerr wrote:MGMAT SC is a great book to keep your skills going. Unlike CR and RC, SC is far less "strategy-heavy", however you can still develop a methodical approach.

Start with these most commonly tested errors: https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/10/ ... ted-errors

One way to approach each SC is to start with the "VPIMPS" and check systematically for each error. This takes longer than just "spotting" the errors, but is a good method for those times when you just can't tell what (if anything) is wrong with the sentence. I always start with identifying the subject and the verb and make sure they agree.

VPIMPS is an acronym for:

Verb agreement

Pronouns

Idioms

Modifiers

Parallelism

Sentence frags & run-ons

You can find many in-depth articles on each of these in the BTG library. Good luck!

Thanks and that was precisely what I was looking for, VivianKerr and I've a basic question, is S.C all about mentally remebering the rules that we need to apply ,say use like when comparing nouns/pronouns ,such as for examples etc.? rather than applying logic

SC is really about knowing the dozen tested concepts. It's really not logic-based like CR. You just have to practice, practice, practice, know your English grammar rules cold, and learn what the GMAT "prefers" stylistically. Good luck!