Tuesday, July 29, 2008

800 GMAT

test 1 :

1. year 300 bc is considered redundant
2. one's , one is considered parallel
3. reminescent is not used to describe literary work

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Kaplan 2

1. its cannot be used to point to plural. theirs is fine when refering to inanimate object
2. compare only like terms even if preposition is missing
3. In turkey , much as it is France is correct than much like cause use as for verb phrases.. as is a conjunction use it when subject and verb is there. like is a preposition . use it when either sis not subject or verb is not there..

4. In using they , it is unclear but if other one is used go far it
5. and so lose is appropriate
6. ing words are considered wordy in gmat

7. it can never be used to refer a phrase.. it can only be used to refer a subject
8. take care of meaning while plural and singular are used
9. independent classes should not be split my comma
10. ing form if used as a connector must have a clear referent i in the main clause

11. so much ... as is the correct phrase.
12. despite the fact that is wordy
13. being is not always considered wordy

14. in that is considered overl formal . never use it
15. as a means to is right idiom
16. same as x as to y
17. is attributed to or attribute x to y is d right idiom
18. require , ask , request, mandate : subjenctive mood . indicate that the verb must be used in be form.
19. whenever less or fewer is there check if the nouns are countable

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Singular Vs Pronoun

1.' of ' is one of the middleman. Remove the word and check it
2. " and" give plural verb .

3. additive words like in addition to, as well as, along with, a , accompanied by, together with, including are all singular

4. or , " either ... or " , neither .. nor follow the subject after or

5. collective nouns are singular : army , audience, administration, class, crowd,faculty , ochestra,team

6. Indefinite pronouns : Anyone, whatever, Someone,everyone,Whoever. someone, something
are all singular except SANAM

Some, Any,None, All,Most depends on the situation

7.. Each and every are always singular , but when followed by subject they follow the
degree of the subject

8. "The number of X " is plural . A number of X is singular
The majority of students are ; the student majority is

9. Subject phrase like " having" , whatever are all singular
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