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by mbrown10012 » Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:48 am
I know the OG books have the best test problems but are there any books that teach you the fundamentals from the ground up? I have quite a bit of time to prepare ( 2 years).

Also I'm not a native english speaker, so my english would be weaker than my math


Edit: I understand the verbal is divided into 3 parts...Are there any fundamental books that addresses each part by itself? I know there's a manhattan sc guide, but is that sufficient enough just for the SC part of the test?
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:03 am
The best thing a non native speaker can do to prepare for the verbal is to: read for at least an hour a day, go through a vocabulary builder book, and go through a grammar book. Do this before you even begin preparing for the verbal section of the test. After you have done that, go through the Manhattan SC guide, get the powerscore critical reasoning bible and those two books should help you with those two sections of the test. For math get all of the MGMAT math guides and you will be adequately preapred. Just maintain discipline and you will do well.
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by mbrown10012 » Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:33 am
Are there any vocab builder books or grammar books you would recommend?
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:38 am
Many of the international test takers recommend "Doing Grammar". For a vocabulary builder just look for one on amazon that has latin roots.
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by mbrown10012 » Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:25 pm
So I'm guessing start with Doing Grammar 4th edition by Marc Morenburg.....

then tackle Manhattan sentence correction and critical reasoning bible....Sounds good? Anymore insights would be great.

THere is a yellow cover one and a blue cover one, Im assuming the blue cover one is the newest one?
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by mbrown10012 » Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:12 am
Im working on chapter 3 in Manhattan SC.....I grasp the info but I have a hard time using this knowledge in real life....(Present Perfect tense, Past perfect tense, HAD HAD, HAS/HAVE HAD......

Will the Grammar book explain it with a bit more details and exercise?
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by Ashim88 » Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:47 am
mbrown10012 wrote:Im working on chapter 3 in Manhattan SC.....I grasp the info but I have a hard time using this knowledge in real life....(Present Perfect tense, Past perfect tense, HAD HAD, HAS/HAVE HAD......

Will the Grammar book explain it with a bit more details and exercise?
I can't help you with grammar books, but I can give a few examples of those:

1. He has had two years to practice for the GMAT.
2. The students have had many opportunities to learn the material for the class.

*I would avoid using "had had" because it is unnecessary.
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