A Data-driven Approach to GMAT Reading Comprehension

A Data-driven Approach to GMAT Reading Comprehension

Improving on GMAT Reading Comprehension appears difficult for many candidates because the relevant skills are less well-defined. Sentence Correction, Critical Reasoning, and the entire quant section have recognizable question types that can be mastered with the right...
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: Correlative Conjunctions

Common Sentence Correction Errors: Correlative Conjunctions

Many GMAT Sentence Correction problems involve the use of word pairs known as correlative conjunctions. These words are used to express a correlative relationship between two elements of a sentence. Here are the most commonly-used pairs: either/or neither/nor both/and...