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Shortlist:
Correct answer:
In GMAT Sentence Correction questions, the correct answers often Involve Structures or Tenses
used in Less Commonly Known Ways, so that people don't easily see that the correct answers
are correct.
1. Intended what – (We are not understanding as the sentence is written but are what author
is trying to say) Why, Structure, and how.
2. Not underlined parts
3. A little bit Analysis
4. What are differences in choices
5. What is being tested
6. What do I know
7. Which one is easiest – where to begin
8. Carry meaning and be prepared to do logical reasoning
9. Narrowed down at least two choices
10. Word by word recognize differences
11. Weigh the remaining ones using “severity of mistakes”
11.1 Obvious grammar mistakes
11.2 Subtle grammar mistakes
11.3 Gmat’s preferences
11.4 Overall meaning – Intended meaning and word order mistakes

Sequence:
1. Intended What?
2. Main why?
3. Structure and Meaning, Not underlined parts

1. Putting yourself author’s shoes, understand the sentence completely and identify author’s
Primary purposeand What Caused The Author To Write The Sentence: Main action?
and understand the Intended meaning.Generally: 1. Intended what? 2. Main Why? 3. Structure
and Meaningis delivered How? Structure: Sentence and meaning?
2. Look at the choices and ask: What are differences in the choices
3. Ask: What is being test?
4. What do I know? – Very important.
5. Ask: From which to begin.
6. Always carry “meaning” with you and be prepared to make logical reasoning
7. If Narrow down at least two choices if can’t why do you dream about 700+
8. You are with 2 or 3 contender choices
1. Word by wordrecognize differences
2. Weigh the remaining ones using the '' severity of the mistakes'' they include. My simple order is
Obvious grammar mistakes, subtle grammar mistakes (word order), gmat preferences(because
vs. due to the fact that), overall meaning(meaning not related to the previous mistakes, in other
words I would spot a meaning mistake caused by word order in an earlier step.)
 I. Grammar order of Operations
1. Meaning(intended)
2. Hard Grammar
3. Between part: Idiom and Diction
4. Rhetoric
1. Meaning (Intended)
1.1 Logic – even they are grammatically corrects
1.2 Modifiers
2. Hard Grammar
2.1 Agreement: Subject and Verb must be found
2.2 Sentence Structure: Mainly Subject and Verb
2.3 Parallelism
2.4 Tense
3. Between part: Idiom and Diction
3.1 Trust some, question the rest
4. Rhetoric - Writing effectively
4.1 Concision
4.2 Ambiguous Pronouns
4.3 Passive voice.
4.4 Awkwardness
Erika’s approach
So, Meaning issues, Grammatical issues and Rhetorical issues.

Veritas Prep
1. We are Not looking our desired version or ideal version of the Sentence but we are looking for
better version of the sentence among the five choices.
2. Using this advantage GMAT tries to entice us by creating attractive and well-known structures to
our eyes or ears. However, these Sentences have one or two Subtle Errors that are easy to miss.
Usually sentences are expressed as S+V+OBJ. But GMAT may give Sentences with Inverted
Versions of Sentences that may look strange and awkward. Actually, GMAT tries to hide the
errors with Well-known Structures and correct grammar with awkward versions of the
sentences.
3. So, eliminate the choices according to concrete reason and consider rhetoric at the end of the
Process.
Meaning
1. Intended meaning
2. Logic
3. Modifiers
4. Change of words

Hard Grammar(from a guy who scored 780)

1. Subject - Verb Agreeement
2. Pronoun & Antecedent Agreement
3. Tense
4. Sentence Structure
 5. Parallel Structure

In between
1. Pronoun Ambiguity
2. Modifiers
3. Comparisons
4. Idioms

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Lesson:
1. When you see these topics always ask:
Logical sense:
1. NOUNS: Can this noun do this action? Can this noun be equalized this adjective, adverb or
noun(aux verb): This development is a huge construction for the city. Does it make sense? No!
 The development of a hydrogen car based on expected performance parameters will
be able to travel hundreds of miles without refueling.
But be careful: The development of a hydrogen car... will be able to travel. .. ? Something
is wrong.
 Once developed, a hydrogen CAR based on expected performance parameters WILL
BE able to travel hundreds of miles without refueling.
2. PRONOUNS:
Check whether the antecedentand the pronounagree logically. That is, if you
replacethepronounwiththe noun, will youget a sensible sentence?
Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives, capitalized
on her keen observation and love of the natural world.
(A) Beatrix Potter, in her(okay: Antecedent, logical, close and there is no other antecedent
contenders) book illustrations, carefully coordinating them (antecedent?- book illustrations – agree
in number but logic: in her book illustrations she carefully coordinated her book illustrations
(them )- but how she can coordinate the illustrations in her explanations – does not make
sense!)with her narratives,
(B) In her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them (the same issue) with her narratives, Beatrix
Potter
(C) In her book illustrations, which she carefully coordinated with hernarratives, Beatrix Potter
(D) Carefully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations
(E) Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinated them with her narratives and

Take away:
In this case we learn that Noun and Pronoun are similar?
So,
Requirements for Noun are:
1. Subject and Verb exist or not?
2. Agree in number?
3. Make sense or not?
Requirements for Pronoun are:
1. Ooo… pronoun – Where is the antecedent?
2. Agree in number
 3. Does it make sense?
4. Ambiguity is a different issue.

3. Modifiers
Requirements for Modifiers are
1. Ooo Modifiers –

Reaction according to the Length of the Question:

1. Long Sentence
2. Short Sentence
3. Words change their Position
4. All parts are underlined
5. Short part is underlined.