Common Sentence Correction Errors: Verb Forms and Parallelism

Common Sentence Correction Errors: Verb Forms and Parallelism

GMAT Sentence Correction Practice Questions: Verb Forms and Parallelism Two related error types on GMAT Sentence Correction questions are verb forms and parallelism. The form of a verb must be logical and appropriate for the timing of the performance of the verb. And...
Common Sentence Correction Errors: Animals and Agreement

Common Sentence Correction Errors: Animals and Agreement

GMAT Sentence Correction: Subject-verb agreement and pronoun-antecedent agreement Among the more basic and familiar types of Sentence Correction errors are subject-verb agreement and pronoun-antecedent agreement. A singular subject needs verbs of the singular form. A...
Common Sentence Correction Errors: Comparisons and Contrasts

Common Sentence Correction Errors: Comparisons and Contrasts

Comparing or contrasting two things or ideas is a common function of Sentence Correction questions on the GMAT. GMAT Comparison and contrast errors fall into two main categories: (1) using incorrect and unidiomatic wordings to express the comparison/contrast (2)...
Common Sentence Correction Errors: Meaning Mistakes

Common Sentence Correction Errors: Meaning Mistakes

Some GMAT Sentence Correction answer choices are wrong because their meaning isn’t clear enough – they might be misconstrued. But others are wrong because they have one clear meaning which is simply illogical. Almost always, this happens when the sentence is...
Common Sentence Correction Errors: Clarity, Clarity, Clarity

Common Sentence Correction Errors: Clarity, Clarity, Clarity

Every correct answer choice on GMAT Sentence Correction questions produces a sentence with a clear and unambiguous meaning. It’s hard to overstate the centrality of this aspect to the Sentence Correction “game.” Here is a short excerpt from the introduction to...