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I have found cutting unnecessary words out for Sentence Correction to be very helpful. The GMAT SC questions tend to have a lot of descriptive phrases and colorful language that can be taken out without affecting the mechanics of the sentence structure. Parts of the sentence can also be replaced with simpler terms.
1) Deleting descriptive phrases/words: A lot of adjectives, adverbs, and clauses more often than not are superfluous, and can be taken out, without impacting the underlined portion.
2) replacement with simple pronouns: I like to replace phrases with simple nouns or verbs, such as objects with a simple "he" or "they".
This not only saves time (for examples, when you plug the answer choices back in), but also simplifies it so that you don't get confused or sidetracked. My advice is to always look to pare down as much as possible, and practice so that you don't cut too much and inadvertently eliminate something the error needs to address.
Example (Kaplan 800 2008-2009, pg 145, SC practice set 4 #9):
American executives, unlike their Japanese counterparts, have pressure to show high profits in each quarterly report, with little thought given to long-term goals.
a) have pressure to show
b) are under pressure to show
c) are under the pressure of showing
d) are pressured toward showing
e) have pressure that they should who
There are too many things going on in this sentence, such as the Japanese counterparts, quarterly reports, and long term goals. I can reduce the question to:
Executives have pressure to show profits. => They have pressure to show profits. [/b]
I can then take these two words (they... profits.) to quickly run through the answer choices. If you want to double-check, you can then take the answer and plug into back into the longer sentence, to make sure you didn't inadvertently create another error or change meaning.
I have seen this advice suggested elsewhere, but mostly mentioned in passing. I personally have found it such a powerful strategy and time-saver, I don't know why it isn't emphasized more.
1) Deleting descriptive phrases/words: A lot of adjectives, adverbs, and clauses more often than not are superfluous, and can be taken out, without impacting the underlined portion.
2) replacement with simple pronouns: I like to replace phrases with simple nouns or verbs, such as objects with a simple "he" or "they".
This not only saves time (for examples, when you plug the answer choices back in), but also simplifies it so that you don't get confused or sidetracked. My advice is to always look to pare down as much as possible, and practice so that you don't cut too much and inadvertently eliminate something the error needs to address.
Example (Kaplan 800 2008-2009, pg 145, SC practice set 4 #9):
American executives, unlike their Japanese counterparts, have pressure to show high profits in each quarterly report, with little thought given to long-term goals.
a) have pressure to show
b) are under pressure to show
c) are under the pressure of showing
d) are pressured toward showing
e) have pressure that they should who
There are too many things going on in this sentence, such as the Japanese counterparts, quarterly reports, and long term goals. I can reduce the question to:
Executives have pressure to show profits. => They have pressure to show profits. [/b]
I can then take these two words (they... profits.) to quickly run through the answer choices. If you want to double-check, you can then take the answer and plug into back into the longer sentence, to make sure you didn't inadvertently create another error or change meaning.
I have seen this advice suggested elsewhere, but mostly mentioned in passing. I personally have found it such a powerful strategy and time-saver, I don't know why it isn't emphasized more.
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29 Sep 2010, 23:14
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Trunksli,
This is a nice explanation of a good strategy on many SC questions. I want to add one thing to it, though: It's important to make sure that when you cut out the "middlemen" you don't inadvertently cut out part of the subject. For example:
"Bill and his wife Lisa are going to the movies tomorrow night to watch the new romantic comedy starring Brad Pitt."
In this example, and in others like it, you need to be sure you don't cut out the "and his wife Lisa" part and change it to "Bill is going to the movies." One way to be extra careful about this is to never ignore an "and" in a sentence. Little words make a big difference!
This is a nice explanation of a good strategy on many SC questions. I want to add one thing to it, though: It's important to make sure that when you cut out the "middlemen" you don't inadvertently cut out part of the subject. For example:
"Bill and his wife Lisa are going to the movies tomorrow night to watch the new romantic comedy starring Brad Pitt."
In this example, and in others like it, you need to be sure you don't cut out the "and his wife Lisa" part and change it to "Bill is going to the movies." One way to be extra careful about this is to never ignore an "and" in a sentence. Little words make a big difference!
30 Sep 2010, 02:19
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Thanks trunksli and thanks BKimball!
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