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Tips for solving Sentence Correction Questions

by Aditya57 » Tue May 10, 2011 12:01 am
Hello Members of Beat The Gmat,
I'm new to the site here and started my preparation for GMAT three weeks back. I've recently come to terms with the exam pattern and as suggested took a sample test from GMATPrep .I've scored 650 in it.However on analysis I've done 13 questions wrong in the verbal section (8 S.C)* .All the posts here seem to be very advanced as they cover only specific topics of S.C. I more or less am relying on my 'ear' to detect the mistakes.I would request someone to please tell me how I should prioritse to detect the errors,I mean the basic errors like tenses, pronouns etc.. The order in which I should start to search for errors.thanks in advance.
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by itsmebharat » Tue May 24, 2011 3:29 am
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.
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by VivianKerr » Tue May 24, 2011 6:30 am
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!
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by Aditya57 » Tue May 24, 2011 6:48 am
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
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by VivianKerr » Tue May 24, 2011 7:04 am
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!
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