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  • subject-verb agreement errors,
  • grammar, meaning, concision errors,
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  • pronoun errors,
  • modifier errors,
  • verb tense, mood and voice errors,
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September 17th (day 1): Subject-verb agreement errors.



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September 18th (day 2): Grammar, meaning, concision errors.



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September 19th (day 3): Parallelism errors.



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September 20th (day 4): Pronoun errors,.


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September 24th (day 6): Verb Tense, mood and voice erros



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Very much helpful forum... thank you for sharing such information sir.. Highly Appreciate the effort done by you all .. :)

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I highly recommend something similar for CR. One question type each day and pick the threads that have had the best discussions on OG / Gmat prep questions.
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I highly recommend something similar for CR. One question type each day and pick the threads that have had the best discussions on OG / Gmat prep questions.


thanks so much for liking the concept and encouraging us. We will definitely try to bring up something similar to this on CR at the soonest. If you would like to suggest anything on top of this , you are most welcome to do so.
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I highly recommend something similar for CR. One question type each day and pick the threads that have had the best discussions on OG / Gmat prep questions.


Hi fozzzy,
A similar compilation for CR is available gmat-critical-reasoning-10-most-common-question-types-162476.html#p1286256
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