{"id":6183,"date":"2011-02-02T14:00:37","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T22:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=6183"},"modified":"2013-02-28T16:09:43","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T23:09:43","slug":"knewton-video-understanding-verb-tense-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/knewton-video-understanding-verb-tense-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Knewton Video: Understanding Verb Tense Errors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object id=\"wistia_256783\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" codebase=\"https:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoUrl=https:\/\/embed.wistia.com\/deliveries\/fa3ac4890ff6321cf8dcd4fa94b21308e3d30022.bin&amp;stillUrl=https:\/\/embed.wistia.com\/deliveries\/a83a97721006ac0cd7b17296b8ee67b08b7929f0.bin&amp;unbufferedSeek=false&amp;controlsVisibleOnLoad=true&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;endVideoBehavior=reset&amp;playButtonVisible=true&amp;embedServiceURL=https:\/\/distillery.wistia.com\/x&amp;accountKey=wistia-production_4247&amp;mediaID=wistia-production_256783&amp;mediaDuration=512.15\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/embed.wistia.com\/flash\/embed_player_v1.1.swf\" \/><param name=\"name\" value=\"wistia_256783\" \/><embed id=\"wistia_256783\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.wistia.com\/flash\/embed_player_v1.1.swf\" name=\"wistia_256783\" flashvars=\"videoUrl=https:\/\/embed.wistia.com\/deliveries\/fa3ac4890ff6321cf8dcd4fa94b21308e3d30022.bin&amp;stillUrl=https:\/\/embed.wistia.com\/deliveries\/a83a97721006ac0cd7b17296b8ee67b08b7929f0.bin&amp;unbufferedSeek=false&amp;controlsVisibleOnLoad=true&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;endVideoBehavior=reset&amp;playButtonVisible=true&amp;embedServiceURL=https:\/\/distillery.wistia.com\/x&amp;accountKey=wistia-production_4247&amp;mediaID=wistia-production_256783&amp;mediaDuration=512.15\" wmode=\"opaque\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><script src=\"https:\/\/embed.wistia.com\/embeds\/v.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n if(!navigator.mimeTypes['application\/x-shockwave-flash'])Wistia.VideoEmbed('wistia_256783',600,337,{videoUrl:'https:\/\/embed.wistia.com\/deliveries\/7de1a7b776e482048c2b36f0e7ec9277cdc8b6a1.bin',stillUrl:'https:\/\/embed.wistia.com\/deliveries\/a83a97721006ac0cd7b17296b8ee67b08b7929f0.bin',distilleryUrl:'https:\/\/distillery.wistia.com\/x',accountKey:'wistia-production_4247',mediaId:'wistia-production_256783',mediaDuration:512.15})\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We recently a released a new and improved in our GMAT course, and to spread the word we\u2019re releasing the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knewton.com\/blog\/tag\/GMAT-SC-Lesson-1\"> first Sentence Correction lesson<\/a> in nine handy installments. 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