Sentence Correction

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Verbal Section is composed of 3 main category.

  1. Sentence Correction (SC)

  2. Critical Reasoning (CR)

  3. Reading Comprehension ( RC)

GMAT MBA Exam only check these three areas. So being proficient in these area means archiving good score. Now lets start with Sentence Correction.

Few Sample facts of Sentence Correction:

NUMBER OF QUESTIONS:14-15
FORMAT: Multiple-choice (you select one of 5 choices by clicking on an oval)
SKILLS TESTED: English grammar,word usage, sentence construction and effective expression but not punctuation
Directions: The part that is underline is the part containing wrong portion. You have to correct only that part. The first option repeats itself and can be omitted to save time
Sentence Correction tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. While choosing your answer in Sentence Correction, follow the requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar, sentence construction and choice of words. Choose the answer that produces the most effective sentence; this answer should be clear and exact, without redundancy, ambiguity,awkwardness or grammatical error.
It would be good if you first see the example and try to find out the correct answer before going down to solution.

Example of the Sentence Correction ….
Patrice, whom according to the classical musician community is a virtuoso, plays in a unique style which is all her own but which also embodies a warmth prevalent during the golden age of violin playing.
A) whom according to the classical musician community is a virtuoso, plays in a unique style which is all her own but which also embodies
B) considered a virtuoso by the community of classical musicians, plays in a style all her own which at the same time embodies
C) regarded by classical musicians as being a virtuoso, plays in a unique style all her own yet embodies
D) regarded by classical musicians as a virtuoso, who plays in a style all her own which at the same time embodies
E) whom the community of classical musicians would consider to be a virtuoso, plays in a unique style while at the same time embodying
Have you reached the solution, Now look how it should be solved GMAT way:

Quick Tip:

Step 1: Try to read the all the option carefully

Step 2: Remove option that changes the original meaning of Statement.
Step 3: If you are able to find error in one option and that error is repeated in other option simple erase those option , Generally we are left with two option
Step 4: Try to find out which option will give you the simple statement, Complex statement often contains error
Step 5: Mark the right answer

Now keeping this approach lets find out the answer of above question
Step 1: Read all option
Step 2: No option changes the meaning but some create complex sentences
Step 3: ” Whom ” is improper and “who” would be better place than “whom”. So all the statement containing “Whom” are marked wrong i.e. A and E, left with B,C, D
Step 4: D uses “who” correctly but uses ” regarded” as a modifiers which makes the sentence fragmented and incomplete hence it can easily be marked wrong now left with B,C. Now Look At the option C it contain “being” which is wrongly used ( Tip: Being used in SC is always wrong) So we are left with B
Step 5: B is the right answer

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3. The highest number of structural fires in the country are in Buffalo, New York, which the cause of fourteen percent of them were deliberately set or are suspected of having been deliberately set.






4. Old English had three genders that resembled those of the Germans and so was probably very difficult for a foreign traveler to learn in a short time.






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8. William Hornby acquired bison herds for breeding stock hoping that this move would eventually lead to increasing in their numbers, and a fortification of their environment.






9. The strand fills with water during the rainy season that the peat then holds and keeps it humid, all of which creates conditions enabling trees to grow.






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12. Robinson is a botanist whose dream is to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii, a place now awash with introduced species of plants and animals.






13. As literary criticism grows more complex, students majoring in specialized areas like those of post-colonialism and Marxist discourse have been becoming increasingly successful at finding positions in the faculties of top universities.






14. The woodland sub-species were in isolation from contact with humans longer than either their marsh cousins or the tree-dwelling sub-species.






15. For almost five thousand years after its beginning 2.5 million years ago, Homo habilis roamed the earth, lived in semi-permanent camps, gathered food and shared their economy.








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