Grammar Basics
TOPIC
WHAT IT MEANS
IN DETAIL
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TOPIC
SUB-TOPIC
BASICS
GRAMMAR
WHAT IT MEANS
1) Grammar: Does the sentence adhere to the rules of Standard Written
Grammar, Meaning & Concision: In SC English? 2) Meaning: Is the meaning of the sentence obvious and this is what we need and in that order unambiguous? 3) Concision: Is the sentence written as econornically as possible? to look for right answer
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1) Subject-Verb Agreement
IN DETAIL
PICKED UP ON THE WAY / KEY TAKE-AWAYS
1) Past particple by itself is not a working verb. For eg.: The electron named in 1894 is not a sentence.
2) A sentence can be a fragment in another way: it could start with a Connecting Word and contain no Main Clause (a clause that could stand alone as a sentence as is, with its own subject and verb): Because, which
Because and which are connecting words. These are also known as
Subordinators, because they turn the clauses they are attached to into
Subordinate Clauses, which cannot stand by themselves. To fix this sort of fragment, you either need to attach it to a main clause or,drop the connecting word 3)The GMAT hides the subject, so that you are unsure whether the subject is singular or plural! If you do not know the number of the subject, then you will not be able to select the verb form that agrees with it.For Eg. The discovery of new medicines (was/were) vital to the company's growth.
What is the subject, discovery or new medicines? If you ask yourself "What is vital to the company's growth?" you may be able to talk yourself into either choice. 4) If you can remove a phrase from the sentence, and the sentence still makes sense, the phrase is likely to be Middle-man or Warmup.
5) Middlemen & Warm-ups
a)Prepositional
Phrase b) Subordinate Clauses c) Other Modifiers
6) Many other words and phrases besides and can "add" to a subject. Are called Additive Phrases. For eg.: along with Polly, in addition to surgery, accompanied by me,
WHAT IT MEANS
IN DETAIL
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TOPIC
SUB-TOPIC
BASICS
GRAMMAR
WHAT IT MEANS
1) Grammar: Does the sentence adhere to the rules of Standard Written
Grammar, Meaning & Concision: In SC English? 2) Meaning: Is the meaning of the sentence obvious and this is what we need and in that order unambiguous? 3) Concision: Is the sentence written as econornically as possible? to look for right answer
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1) Subject-Verb Agreement
IN DETAIL
PICKED UP ON THE WAY / KEY TAKE-AWAYS
1) Past particple by itself is not a working verb. For eg.: The electron named in 1894 is not a sentence.
2) A sentence can be a fragment in another way: it could start with a Connecting Word and contain no Main Clause (a clause that could stand alone as a sentence as is, with its own subject and verb): Because, which
Because and which are connecting words. These are also known as
Subordinators, because they turn the clauses they are attached to into
Subordinate Clauses, which cannot stand by themselves. To fix this sort of fragment, you either need to attach it to a main clause or,drop the connecting word 3)The GMAT hides the subject, so that you are unsure whether the subject is singular or plural! If you do not know the number of the subject, then you will not be able to select the verb form that agrees with it.For Eg. The discovery of new medicines (was/were) vital to the company's growth.
What is the subject, discovery or new medicines? If you ask yourself "What is vital to the company's growth?" you may be able to talk yourself into either choice. 4) If you can remove a phrase from the sentence, and the sentence still makes sense, the phrase is likely to be Middle-man or Warmup.
5) Middlemen & Warm-ups
a)Prepositional
Phrase b) Subordinate Clauses c) Other Modifiers
6) Many other words and phrases besides and can "add" to a subject. Are called Additive Phrases. For eg.: along with Polly, in addition to surgery, accompanied by me,