Sunday, December 23, 2007

Sentence correction : GMAT 800

Look for the following errors...

1. Modifiers, Look for commos
2. IDIOMS
dispute over, concerned with....
whether while offering options.... if in hypothetical situations...
3. Comparisons,It should be between two similar things
donot.... i repeat, donot prefer passive voice over active...
4. parallelism
5. verb tense mismatch
6. Subject/verb agreement
7. Pronouns
8. Expressions, some of the idioms though gramaticaly correct looks awkward

Saturday, December 22, 2007

seven categories of difficult CR Questions

1. Numbers and statistics : based on percentage
2. Surveys and Studies : Approach with sceptism.
3.Scope Shifts :
4. Causation : Inorder to weaken the arguement , give another cause for the arguement.
5. Alternative Explanation : to weaken the arguement..
6. Explain the paradox
7. The " Odd man " out.

To identfy the right choice of an assumption based question, deny or negate the choice and c if the arguement is consistent.
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