sentence correction strategy

[sulabhs63]

Hi
i am currently operating at 35-37 verbal score and i want to go beyond
40 , sentence correction is my weak area.
right now the strategy i am employing to improve sc is firstly going
through sentence correction guide in as detailed manner as possible
again and again so as to be thorough .
and secondly i am practicing all official questions og 15, verbal og
15. og 12 , verbal og 12 etc and going through all explanation whether
correct or wrong ,
please let me know whether i am in the right direction and whether
this can help me achieve my desired score or not ?
i know nothing is too much when you prepare for something but i have
got less than a month to give GMAT so would this strategy help ?

[StaceyKoprince]

When you're missing stuff on SC, it comes down to one of a few broad things:
1: there was a rule you just didn't know
2: you overlooked or messed up something to do with meaning
3: you fell into a trap (usually: you thought something wrong "sounded better" than the right answer)

Once you've generally learned the rules (#1), most of your learning will come at #2 or #3 - and that happens after you've finished trying an OG problem, while you're picking it apart and reviewing it. Read this:
http://tinyurl.com/2ndlevelofgmat

In that article, follow the link to the other article on the 10 Questions (you'll understand when reading it - go read it now).

And on verbal, you'd want to add this analysis:
1) why was the wrong answer so tempting? why did it look like it might be right? (be as explicit as possible; also, now you know this is not a good reason to pick an answer)
2) why was it actually wrong? what specific words indicate that it is wrong and how did I overlook those clues the first time?
3) why did the right answer seem wrong? what made it so tempting to cross off the right answer? why were those things actually okay; what was my error in thinking that they were wrong? (also, now you know that this is not a good reason to eliminate an answer)
4) why was it actually right?

Also, do you have access to our GMAT Navigator program? If so, use that to review SC from OG2015 - our explanations are much better than the official ones. Just a note: don't just read through our explanation. First, do your own analysis and figure out as much as you can on your own. If you get stuck, start reading our explanation, but as soon as you read something that didn't occur to you before, stop. Go back and again try to figure out as much as you can from there before you continue to read the explanation. (This is good practice for all questions.) You will retain those lessons much better when you figure out as much as possible for yourself.