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Updated on: 25 Sep 2014, 04:12

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GMAT Sentence Correction: 9 Most Common Errors

Every day we'll be finding discussions of interesting and tricky questions from previous years. We will be finding 5-10 Sentence Correction topics every day based on Most Common Errors tested on the GMAT:

subject-verb agreement errors,
grammar, meaning, concision errors,
parallelism errors,
pronoun errors,
modifier errors,
verb tense, mood and voice errors,
comparison errors,
idiomatic errors
sentence structure and style errors,

Study those hand-picked tough and tricky questions which have not been discussed for at least a year or two (you may have missed them otherwise) and review replies and tips from our expert team and prominent members.

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Updated on: 27 Sep 2013, 11:58

September 17th (day 1): Subject-verb agreement errors.

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Theory on Subject - Verb Agreement
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Updated on: 27 Sep 2013, 11:59

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

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19 Sep 2013, 10:35

September 19th (day 3): Parallelism errors.

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neanderthals-had-a-vocal-tract-that-resembled-those-of-the-75586.html
building-on-civilizations-that-preceded-them-in-coastal-130798.html
salt-deposits-threaten-to-destroy-the-mohenjodaro-excavation-120675.html
over-75-of-the-energy-produced-in-france-derives-from-123735.html

Theory on parallelism:
Parallelism - Grammar vs Logic
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September 20th (day 4): Pronoun errors,.

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scientists-have-observed-large-concentrations-of-heavy-metal-83015.html
in-hungary-as-in-much-of-eastern-europe-an-overwhelming-89643.html
this-picture-of-beethoven-was-sketched-by-a-close-friend-of-91452.html
under-a-provision-of-constitution-that-was-never-applied-102889.html
rivaling-the-pyramids-of-egypt-or-even-the-ancient-cities-of-125274.html
thelonious-monk-who-was-a-jazz-pianist-and-composer-95232.html
before-its-independence-in-1947-britain-ruled-india-as-a-109904.html

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Pronoun Errors

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23 Sep 2013, 12:03

September 23rd (day 5): Modifiers

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making-use-of-contemporary-diaries-and-letters-florey-s-136885.html#p1110650
the-world-wildlife-fund-has-declared-that-global-warming-a-140340.html#p1129602
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a-letter-by-mark-twain-written-in-the-same-year-as-the-128351.html
rising-inventories-99562.html
based-on-accounts-of-various-ancient-writers-scholars-have-107639.html

Theory on Modifiers:
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noun-modifiers-can-modify-slightly-far-away-noun-135868.html#p1105003
verb-ed-modifiers-cannot-jump-over-verbs-158426.html#p1259569
verb-ing-modifiers-part-2-in-our-first-article-on-verb-ing-135567.html#p1102952
usage-of-verb-ing-modifiers-135220.html#p1101074
ed-forms-verbs-or-modifiers-134691.html#p1097934
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24 Sep 2013, 10:50

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

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the-ophthalmologists-offices-have-begun-selling-139052.html
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a-higher-interest-rate-is-only-one-of-the-factors-albeit-an-83528.html

Theory on Verb Tense, mood and voice erros:
in-a-nutshell-independent-clause-and-dependent-clause-160401.html#p1270476

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Updated on: 25 Sep 2013, 10:47

September 25th (day 7): Comparison

Practice Questions posted by Test Prep company’s representative and containing their Expert Replies.

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Practice Questions

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Theory on Comparison:

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Theory Article on grammer-quizzes.com

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26 Sep 2013, 10:39

September 26th (day 8): Idioms

Practice Questions

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Theory on Idioms:

Theory Articles on GMATCLUB

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September 27th (day 9): Sentence Structure, Style & Usage, and Misc Concepts

Practice Questions

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Theory on Sentence Structure, Style & Usage, and Misc Concepts:

Mau5
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Magoosh
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e-GMAT
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27 Sep 2013, 23:59

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

I will definitely go through every single link and study..

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Update :- New Article released by e-GMAT added in the Pronoun Errors section.
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11 Oct 2013, 06:36

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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11 Oct 2013, 06:39

fozzzy wrote:

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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Update :- Addition of Link to the Theory Article (By Stacey Koprince - MGMAT) in the Main Post. Check Here
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fozzzy wrote:

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