Hi,
To my understanding, one of the key things about identifying the issue with sentence is to first find the subject and the predicate of the sentence. Although, I can make out the subject of sentences, I am still worried about it as it is the starting point of finding issues.
MGMAT SC does address this, but can you please help if there is a clear stratergy in finding of the subject, predicate for different kinds of sentence--(or if there is any book I can refer for testing difficult ones and clear explanation of these).
Thanks
Regards
Mihir
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Sorry it has taken us so long to get back to you.
Subject-verb agreement is often an issue, but not always, so you don't necessarily need to look for that agreement on every single sentence. The general approach should be:
Read the original sentence.
If you notice an error or if something doesn't sound right, examine that thing and determine whether it is an actual error (don't just go with "it's wrong because it sounds bad" - unless you have to!).
If it is an actual error, cross off A.
Scan the other choices for the location of that same error and cross off any others that repeat the error.
If you spotted any other errors within the original sentence, repeat the process.
At the point at which you no longer have anything to deal with in the original sentence (or if you didn't have anything to deal with in the first place), scan the answer choices vertically, looking first at the beginning of each choice and second at the ending of each choice. (After that, just move through the choices from left to right - again, comparing comparable parts vertically.)
The differences should trigger you to check certain rules (and, if they don't, you need to make sure you're studying in such a way that you recognize what error might be being tested based upon the differences you see in the answer choices).
Deal with any rules you know / feel confident about.
Repeat until either you have only one choice left or you've dealt with everything you know how to deal with - then guess and move on.
Subject-verb agreement is often an issue, but not always, so you don't necessarily need to look for that agreement on every single sentence. The general approach should be:
Read the original sentence.
If you notice an error or if something doesn't sound right, examine that thing and determine whether it is an actual error (don't just go with "it's wrong because it sounds bad" - unless you have to!).
If it is an actual error, cross off A.
Scan the other choices for the location of that same error and cross off any others that repeat the error.
If you spotted any other errors within the original sentence, repeat the process.
At the point at which you no longer have anything to deal with in the original sentence (or if you didn't have anything to deal with in the first place), scan the answer choices vertically, looking first at the beginning of each choice and second at the ending of each choice. (After that, just move through the choices from left to right - again, comparing comparable parts vertically.)
The differences should trigger you to check certain rules (and, if they don't, you need to make sure you're studying in such a way that you recognize what error might be being tested based upon the differences you see in the answer choices).
Deal with any rules you know / feel confident about.
Repeat until either you have only one choice left or you've dealt with everything you know how to deal with - then guess and move on.
Stacey Koprince
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Director, Content & Curriculum
ManhattanPrep
Instructor
Director, Content & Curriculum
ManhattanPrep
- Mihir Sahu
Thanks.
Hi Stacey,
Thanks. This was helpful.
The Last statement was bit funny- Guess and move on :) --But I do accept it.
Regards
Mihir
Thanks. This was helpful.
The Last statement was bit funny- Guess and move on :) --But I do accept it.
Regards
Mihir
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