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Please Help with Sentence Correction Prep [#permalink] New post   27 Sep 2014, 20:46
Over the last 8 weeks I have gone through all of the Manhattan GMAT books + OG and my real weakness is SC.

I just took the 1st practice exam from the GMAC and scored 660 Q44 and V36; I feel pretty good about everything besides SC. My goal is a 720; I didn't do any quant review prior to taking the test because I wanted to see what I retained. (I did the quant books before the verbal books)

On the Verbal Section I went:
12/13 on RC
10/11 on CR
4/17!!!! on SC (My score on OG Q's was 70% on SC so not sure what happened here)

English is my native language.

Has anyone else had a similar experience where they just couldnt nail down SC? What did you do to improve? I read through the Manhattan book on SC and honestly it was about as enjoyable as reading the dictionary so that probably didn't help in my learning/retention. Any tips or other recommended study sources would be appreciated. Also I am open to online classes specifically for SC.

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Re: Please Help with Sentence Correction Prep [#permalink] New post   01 Oct 2014, 15:40
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Not to pile on as another company rep wanting you to try his resources, but our Sentence Correction lesson is currently free on YouTube and I think would fill in a lot of those gaps for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8YVymgVTcg&list=PL8IRdvEjAM5IDE8qDQgfi98xEbDtgts_L

Often times studying too much "Grammar" can be a little counterproductive for a native English speaker, so you'll hopefully find that emphases on logic and strategy in this lesson reframe your process to help you take advantage of what you do well.
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Re: Please Help with Sentence Correction Prep [#permalink] New post   29 Sep 2014, 09:06
Books can only do so much. We recommend learning through video so you can get a sense of timing as well.

You may be interested in our SC Pill: https://www.gmatpill.com/amember/pricing.php

For practice SC, you can go to: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... -questions -- upgrade to get access to SC PILL course as well as video explanations.
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Re: Please Help with Sentence Correction Prep [#permalink] New post   30 Sep 2014, 06:18
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When it comes to Sentence Correction problems, there are four skills that can help:

1. Patience - don't jump the gun. For the hardest SC questions, you'll need to go through a few steps before you're ready to answer.
2. Meaning - SC questions are rarely only grammatical. Be sure you understand what the original sentence is trying to convey. This will help you rule out answers that don't make sense or violate the logic or meaning of the sentence.
3. Attention to detail
4. Don't just use your gut or 'ear' to select an answer choice. Try to eliminate incorrect answer choices systematically.

There are several tools you can use to help you tackle the sentence correction problems. The Economist GMAT Tutor, for example, presents you with practice questions that incrementally get harder, testing one concept at a time and then in combination. As you progress, you will have a chance to identify these structures in more and more complex sentences.

Best of luck!
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