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Please help_ what are best verbal books? [#permalink] New post   08 Aug 2008, 22:58
Hi everyone. I am not an native english speaker and i started to learn english 10 months ago. I had 32 in verbal in official GMAT and I want to improve my score at 40. My problems are in SC (big problem with idioms) and in infferences. Can you suggest some books? I already have Princeton, Kaplan, Barron, but I think that they are not sufficient. Thank you for help
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Re: Please help_ what are best verbal books? [#permalink] New post   08 Aug 2008, 23:20
Manhattan GMAT for SC is top notch
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Re: Please help_ what are best verbal books? [#permalink] New post   11 Aug 2008, 13:10
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For Sentence correction- Manhattan SC guide or Powerscore sentence correction bible
after that do all those SC questions from OG-10 and OG-11.

Critical Reasoning- Powerscore LSAT CR bible and then all those questions from OG-11. and OG verbal review.

For reading comprehension- Try to read a good newspaper ( Wall street journals or Economist)
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Re: Please help_ what are best verbal books? [#permalink] New post   12 Aug 2008, 08:12
Critical Reasoning- Powerscore LSAT CR bible is the same with Powerscore LSAT logic reasoning bible?
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Re: Please help_ what are best verbal books? [#permalink] New post   12 Aug 2008, 12:11
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If you need books, I recommend:

1. Manhattan GMAT SC
2. PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning

I'm not sure why everybody recommends the LSAT critical reasoning book vs the GMAT one. They're very similar. But I think you'll get thrown off if you read the LSAT one because the LSAT tests these reasoning 'games' which aren't on the GMAT.


Above all else, I don't recommend a book at all. I recommend doing the SC1000 and CR1000. Those will get you leaps and bounds ahead.
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Re: Please help_ what are best verbal books? [#permalink] New post   12 Aug 2008, 13:37
rigger wrote:
If you need books, I recommend:

1. Manhattan GMAT SC
2. PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning

I'm not sure why everybody recommends the LSAT critical reasoning book vs the GMAT one. They're very similar. But I think you'll get thrown off if you read the LSAT one because the LSAT tests these reasoning 'games' which aren't on the GMAT.


Above all else, I don't recommend a book at all. I recommend doing the SC1000 and CR1000. Those will get you leaps and bounds ahead.

Rigger, where can i get SC1000 and CR1000?
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